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One only has to track the history of the whole beale saga to see why there is anti-tah sentiment. rightly or wrongly. I'm also heading back to the match thread and will make this my final word on this issue. As stated above, I find it very difficult to justify Beale's inclusion on any front...

I would prefer if Beale wasn't in the squad, but could at least justify his inclusion if we had several injuries, but we dont. Seems to me Cheika intends to play beale at some point instead of the guys that have been on tour for the last month. that's really disappointing if its true. Cheika...

agreed. hopefully none of that will matter tho. If our attack clicks we'll run in enough tries to make up for the pummelling

Wallabies just need a fast start. If they can score a few early tries, the French won't trouble them Going to be under serious pressure in the scrum. We chose a much bigger, stronger pack in the June series and we still struggled to hold our own in the scrums. Like last week Im worried that...

Well technically Speight already had a run on tour.

Whilst I think everyone would have liked to have seen Speight play on the weekend, it is hard to justify dropping AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) or Tomane. Both were good last week. There is a reason there is a lot of hype behind him. He was clearly our best winger at provincial level, but that doesn't mean he'll get...

Wobs' bench: 16. James Hanson 17. Benn Robinson 18. Ben Alexander 19. Will Skelton 20. Matt Hodgson 21. Will Genia 22. Quade Cooper 23. Rob Horne

Just rewatching the Ireland/Bok game. Funny how the Wallabies are copping flack about their scrum but in the same breath the NH are talking up Ireland as a smoky for the world cup. The Irish scrum was pulverised. No reason the wallabies scrum shouldn't have the upper hand next week

I agree that Sexton has had an amazing year and do think he'd be up there with the best flyhalves in the world but id rate Cruden a better flyhalf. On a good day I'd much prefer Cooper. I'm not so sure he would be selected at flyhalf if he played for australia. He is consistent though. To...

This is all a bit off topic but.. I think Hunt could turn out to be the back up for Folau we are looking for at Full Back. I know a lot of people are talking about him as a centre but he has all of the qualities we are looking for at full back. Extremely confident under the high ball...

Hunt did fight closely with Billy Slater for the QLD fullback spots for a few years. I'd rate Slater as the best league fullback of all time. That's saying something.

The "TBA" bench is annoying. Now I cant complain about the players Cheika has left out of the 23. Any thoughts on why he's done that? some players battling injury? or maybe not wanting to show his whole hand to Les Bleus

probably a bit early to be picking a back line because the big decision of the halves (cooper/genia v Phipps/Foley) will rest a lot on how they perform in Super rugby next year. At the moment I see something like this 9.Phipps 10. Foley / Cooper (both a good choices, whoever is in better...

Tough one to call. It's always a great fixture when these two sides meet. Maybe not the most exciting games from a try scoring perspective but for rugby purists it will be a tense experience. The Boks generally have the wood on England. The English game plan tends to play into their hands...

when do we get a team guys?

Saia walks a fine line between being super effective at the breakdown and getting penalised off the park. He got things right last week, but he cant get sloppy

Agree with the comment about Pocock/Higgers combo. polar opposite players really. You can afford to play a Higgers when you have a Pocock. This tour is a good opportunity for the likes of McCalman and Higgers to stake their claim at 8 and 6 respectively, with Palu/Fardy at home. McCalman is...

I don't believe anyone mentioned David Pocock. I was just pointing out that Hooper really seems to have moved away from that traditional 7 role. On the weekend I thought a traditional 7 could have really flourished. Hodgson made the most of his limited time. Pretty sure this thread is about the...

Agree McCalman was very good. I also thought it was pretty telling that we played three guys that can all play 7 at a pinch but none of them got a turn-over, yet Hodgson gets one within 10 minutes of coming on the field. For all his upside, Hooper really doesn't threaten much at the break-down...

dont think so