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This seems like a stretch… a 25 year old stretch.

We can’t give every player an opportunity… They need to at least show their worth in Super Rugby or some other similar tiered comp first to get selected.

Because they're better coached teams?

Who are the alternatives we didn't look at? Or rather, which players was Rennie supposed to dump to look at said alternatives? Foketi has been a good Super Rugby player the past two years, but it would've been hard to justify selecting him ahead of Kerevi and Paisami. And I'd say with Foketi...

Is it also true that Uelese wants to play for Samoa? I haven't read anything official but there's been a few posts on here alluding to it. If that's why he's not involved in Australia A, then surely he wouldn't have been considered for a late Wallaby call up?

You wouldn't select Kaitu'u over Pollard based on their respective form this year... Simone didn't start - he was on the bench after we'd lost Kerevi and Paisami... and now it looks like we'll require him on the Spring tour, so it was probably the correct decision in hindsight to include him in...

BH beat me to it... The crux of Smith's opinion is - too many Brumbies... He doesn't specify who these Brumbies players are, although I'm sure most of us would agree that Tom Wright has been lucky the past few matches... He outlines the Brumbies' success this year as a reason they don't...

The answer is clearly more Brumbies...

Does he? That's not exactly a solid argument, and certainly not one Smith makes a reasonable case for... I hesitated to click the link this morning because Wayne Smith lost his marbles some time ago and comes up with these nonsensical rants that often go nowhere, occasionally littered with...

Wayne Smith says too many Brumbies (not enough Reds): https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/rugby-australia-were-bold-to-back-rennie-it-s-time-the-coach-followed-suit-20220927-p5blbi.html

It seems the whole competition is in a bit of a mess... https://www.rugby.com.au/news/premiership-rugby-club-worcester-to-be-placed-in-administration-suspended-by-rfu-2022926

Depending on how many players they're taking, I wonder if Gleeson will miss out if Hooper is coming back for the spring tour...

I think it was Paul Cully who suggested AAA, as Slipper probably won’t be first choice for long…

Hooper to return for the Spring tour, but not as captain according to Doran... https://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wallabies/wallabies-news-2022-michael-hooper-return-available-for-spring-tour-not-as-captain-comeback-leave-of-absence/news-story/457fb8d34f6ff4e25add99cf93ac7ff6

Apologies, ignore me - I actually misread your post...

I'd say Simone is now a shoe in for the spring tour with Paisami the last 12 standing...

We didn’t have Swain… And Neville is usually a strong maul wrecker as well. But I don’t think maul defence is going to be skill set that sees Skelton selected if he still doesn’t posses the workload for test rugby.

I have no doubt that RA will expand o/s selections from three for the RWC next year… Kerevi and Koroibete the obvious two walk up starters… But then we’ve got Cooper, hoping to be fit, and Foley… Banks a possibility… And then there’s Arnold, and potentially Skelton, but I’m thinking that our...

If only there was some kind of competition that existed to pit these players against each other, and we could use those performances to judge whether they should be selected for the next level?

Nah, Donaldson and Edmed only come into contention if we lose Foley, Lolesio and possibly Hodge…