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That sounds like a real unicorn...

Lolesio has started 10 tests... half of them against the All Blacks. I'm not sure what his U20's role has to do with anything? He was selected on the back of a very impressive year at flyhalf with the Brumbies in 2020 where he directly outplayed his Australian opponents, culminating in his...

Dan Carter didn't start at flyhalf for the All Blacks until he'd played more test matches than Lolesio... The majority of his starting tests in his first year were at inside centre against tier 2 nations, and then in his second year he was the AB's starting inside centre for the Tri-Nations...

It's essentially why he left the Brumbies for the Force... That, and those elusive Firepower dollarydoos.

Where were these opportunities? The Wales test aside, the final test on an EOYT when McReight wasn’t on tour… The Wobs have only played tier one test nations the past couple of years with mixed results, and COVID didn’t help with a reduced number of games…

https://www.rugby.com.au/news/australia-a-squad-confirmed-for-pacific-nations-cup-2022614

But is Bryce Hegarty good enough to be a test player? Probably not...

Tom Wright saved his worst game of the year for that one... I hope. I thought Foketi looked alright at 12, and Ikitau was almost, almost faultless. They looked ok in parts, but almost like a team that's gone through an almost starting team worth of changes...

3. Valetini 2. Ikitau 1. Koroibete I'm still unsure about my top pick - I thought Ikitau was almost faultless... one wayward offload aside.

As the commentary stated at the time - “awful pass”…

If Slipper had caught that with his face it would have been quite inspiring...

Nah, the first one was also unnecessary, and poorly executed...

A bit later he threw another poor offload just outside the Argies try line...

I’m not really surprised by the omission of Philip - seems the logical choice based on the last two tests if they want to give Arnold a run…

Here's the thing... During those two seasons (2010 and 2012) that Rob Horne was the starting Wallabies outside centre, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) was playing fullback at the Brumbies, and then the Waratahs where Horne was also the starting outside centre...

Specialists, like Mortlock and Kuridrani... Meanwhile, the All Blacks wingers for the RWC 2011 final were Kahui and Jane.

For whatever faults Lolesio may or may not have... nervousness don't seem like one of them.

It would seem Quade's winning percentage during that decade is higher...

He might get 60 mins... off the bench.

Nah, they've been using their "Bomb Squad" off the bench with good success in recent years... And they sometimes get more minutes than the starters, like Kitschoff lcoming on in the first half last week.