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How did Will Genia rate?

I completely agree with the sentiment but not sure if it applies directly to Koribete. For a tenured professional rugby player his skillset is pretty limited for an outside back - apart from the strong foundations of run hard/ tackle hard (to be fair he didn't need to do more than this during...

You've got some interesting really interesting takes. Koribete's never been known for his nous - he commits to everything at 100% whether it's the right option or not. He made a number of bad reads over the weekend which led directly and indirectly to tries - the bloke needs a rest for next...

I'll pay that acceleration is more important than top end speed in rugby but either way we don't have enough of that in the current team. We might not have had the 'fastest' outside backs traditionally but they were still 'rugby fast' and top tier - Kellaway, Hodge and most of our current backs...

Wilson is a probably/ definitely a better footballer than Swinton and he shows this in Super Rugby AU. The problem is that against the top teams he's not robust or strong enough to play the way he wants to - and he's been shown up physically repeatedly. Swinton is far more limited in what he...

Yeah I honestly think Ikitau has shown genuine potential. He needs to get more involved and missed one tackle on Akira (as did half the team) but when he does get the ball he generally troubles defenders and pokes his nose through. That plus his combination of a big left foot and few mistakes...

100% - you need to be able to attract the top athletes.

Our outside backs just aren't fast enough as a unit and it really shows through our inability to finish. Guys like Kellaway look pretty good compared to their Aussie counterparts but will continue to get shown up against their elite counterparts (not just the ABs but also SA, England and France).

Hooper was noticeably effected by the head injury - he was nowhere near 100% so I wouldn't read too much into that.

You clearly don’t actually watch much rugby league- they are far more conservative ball in hand. You rarely see players forcing offloads and certainly not to the extent in union.

A good pass in an acting halfback position does not equal a strong ball player at inside centre.

Is either actually playing any better than they were before they left? Hooper's still our best and hardest-working player and Kerevi's doing what he always did- runs hard, breaks tackles, forces offloads and struggles to pass.

You're fine mate. Ignore Derpus - he's clearly lost it.

He's right though - fundamentally the ABs are stronger in 14 out of 15 positions - how can we consistently compete with that?

There's no real solution - we will only ever beat the ABs through the combination of luck plus some red cards with the current talent. We can talk all we like about Hodge and Samu making a difference but its always easy to look strong against fatigued defence by playing straight and direct...

The 30 rugby fans in WA who would actually know Kaitu'u's name?

Quade is a meme selection but I would still get behind it.

Decent squad with a couple of observations: - Lonergan only gets on the field if we're leading or behind by 30 - The Queenslanders will be upset but it's worth giving Samu a shot - Wilson is yet to convince me at Test level - No Quade is an absolute tragedy

He's played a total of 3 games at 10 for the Wallabies - I guess that's literally numerous.

And all these comments back up my underlying point; He's not a natural fly-half and is only ever chosen there out of necessity even at Super level. He's really a centre (or potentially fullback) but isn't good enough to be a candidate in the 12 or 13 jersey for the Wallabies. Why would we...