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Dempsey officially called up into the Scottish squad...

Reported in the Crimes yesterday... https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7948979/brumbies-forward-rushed-into-wallabies-squad/?cs=14240

Nah, Swain’s “6 week” suspension finishes on Nov 6 regardless… That decision was taking into account all the matches available to him - Bledisloe, 3 x Aus A, and 2 x Wallabies matches.

Paul Cully is the Kiwi who writes for the SMH…

It’s one of Samu’s strengths… Not sure if the Brumbies will be after another small backrower who isn’t proficient in that area of the game... among other key roles of a rugby backrower that league doesn’t possess.

How is Crichton's lineout work at the Roosters?

The Brumbies are severely lacking in 12's...

It was a real shame... he was killing it in that game as well. That backrow of Dempsey/Hooper/McMahon was looking pretty deadly at the time. We've had a few promising 6's test careers cut short with injury... Daniel Heenan barely lasted one starting test against England in 2006... Hugh...

I believe it’s five years service at Super Rugby level with an Australian team…

Nay... o/s picks still require thirty test caps or have spent five years playing in Australia.

They beat the AB's for the first time under Ledesma in Sydney back in 2020... [/pedant]

They were both the same sacrificial card - last line of defence, slowing down the ball to prevent a certain try.

I wonder where Goddard is at now? In 2018 Waikato tried to lure him over the ditch, and then the following year he got a short term RWC injury cover gig at Connacht.

With the level of praise McKellar heaped on T Hooper prior to his injury, I think he was likely to have a rapid rise up along with Gleeson... Particularly with the Brumbies mafia running the operation.

Is Philip still injured? I'd imagine he would start if fit with possibly Neville... Holloway at 6, and Frost on the bench. Having said that, I'm not sure how to read the selection of Neville on the bench for the last Aus A game with Frost rested.

I'm keen to see how Skelton performs... it would be great to see the likes of Arnold and Skelton transferring their Euro form to test rugby... But I'm skeptical.

Who could forget all of Larkham's favourites during the Cheika years... Thankfully the McKellar Mafia now have control, and have clearly asserted their influence on the current squad.

Wright has played some good tests though, starting with his debut against the AB's back in 2020... This year he was superb against England, and looked to carry on initially against Argentina... I'm am however surprised they stuck with him from South Africa onwards.

I feel for Harry Wilson… In my opinion he’s still easily the best backup no 8 if Valetini goes down. And what direction are we now going at 6 with Leota out? Until I see Ned Hanigan win a collision against his opposite winger I won’t be convinced he’s a candidate.

That’s what I thought… it seemed strange they would name if prior to the game. There’s still plenty of time for two more flyhalves to go down…