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Merci monsieur highlander. What does it actually say?

I wondered somewhat facetiously if the all Aussie panel decided it was better to have him take up one of the 33 spots in Englands squad than someone else. If you are serving time out during the tournament you can’t be replaced right? Given the smellies are on our side of the draw.

Based on the fly halves in this squad it would seem there is a very large chance that person is Foley. Also, no one is mentioning Hodge as being a notable omission.

That’s totally the wrong way to look at it. Firstly, Wales were crap. Even if you look past that you obviously noticed that England were as you say down to 12 players for about 5 minutes. That was because they were playing without 2 players who were yellow carded and one that was shown red, in...

Can we make this the official Wallabies RWC thread and leave all the other crap going on the Wallabies 23 one? Positive, constructive rugby & Wallabies relevant talk only.

I don't think it even got a start at Kings

That is if you subscribe to the theory that this is the final 33. Which doesn’t need to be settled on until the day after the France game. Eddie said as much in the interview with Turinui that Michael might be ready for that game.

I don’t think they have refused to, everyone is just suggesting they probably won’t. It sounds as though Cooper may have thrown the baby out about being one of the ‘extras’ though. Hooper is still injured but if fit will more likely be tested in the warm up v France.

Well you wouldn’t use it as the primary line out option but it’s certainly viable as a variation. Much like throwing it to the fat bloke at the front, which still happens in every line out from 6th grade to test matches In the case of the 3 subjects we are discussing, for sure. Not...

You would think that at the very least Valetini and Skelton could give McReight some pretty good air.

I was talking to a fairly knowledgeable group last night and it came up that the deeper you go into the tournament the less reliant you are on the back up players, but they are important in the pool stages and having some options and these so called utility players is also important. As you...

I think it was to educate to kids that sport is more about participation than winning. Or something like that. Much like most clubs have done away with the ‘best player’ etc awards for these younger age groups. Also a lemon. Sport is about participation AND winning. Just like any field...

Or maybe its all part of a bigger plan to free Willy from the NH and bring him home. He will be 35 in 2027, that's doable for a tight 5 player.

I’m with you on this. There are probably other reasons e.g. Jorgensen needs time with the squad whereas Ikitau could walk in and get up to speed pretty quickly. Maybe the reason we haven’t sighted Gleeson yet is he is not quite yet back to 100%. Etc, etc. I still think we will see some...

They can up until August 26th without any need for clearance though. The next fortnight will be interesting.

Does Skelton being captain infer that he’s penned in for 80 minutes?

Jorgensen is a bit of a wild selection but if you’re going to punt on an 18yo he’s the one, regardless of what franchise he plays for. Trade him off for Hooper or Holloway who everyone pretty much expected to be selected. Outside that all those Tahs were expected to make it except Donaldson...

Weird squad. I’d expect some subtle changes between now and Aug 26th

Yes, and we have to name our final squad by Aug 26th. We can make as many changes as we like between now and then. I am going to assume that the 33 that gets named tonight, and the 5-10 extras are the actual squad members. There is probably still a bit of jostling to happen.

You would think the precursor in this country would be a reduction from two rugby codes to one. At this point in time you would put your money on the other code bring the one that survives. However, that could be unique to Australia, and if there is no one to play against it could actually be...