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Sure - but he has far more potential than that. And both his issues are capable of being addressed in the short term. It’s not like his left to right is terrible. And it’s improved from last year. It just needs to improve further. His box kicking is a bit harder to judge IMO because he rarely...

He does at the moment. But it’s not like White is a world better. And it’s not like the issues in Tate’s game are that hard to address. I’d be very disappointed if White is still our first choice half by World Cup time.

I agree Tate played generally well, and was better overall, but some of his passing was still below par as was his box kick (or at least the one I remember). Rennie has been pretty clear on what Tate needs to improve on to start. Gordon can feel lucky for sure, but I am not sure McDermott can...

Okay. So name names. Shouldn’t they demonstrate they are up to it at Super level first? McDermott is the only one who, IMO, offers any credible alternative to those picked. Certainly none of the other 10s do. I am a big fan of Harrison and I really like the very little I’ve seen from Gordon...

Injured is my understanding.

I feel like the person under pressure here is Matt Taylor. Wisemantle’s attacking strategy will continue to attract criticism until such time as the players can successfully execute if. It already cost Petaia a lot in terms of reputation and you can see Paisami has also copped some criticism...

I like that team. I would have been happy for McDermott to start, but I am okay with Gordon being given a chance at redemption. Big opportunity for Tupou. I can understand why Ala'alatoa was given the first start, and it may well be just a but of rotation at play but, for mine, Tupou is very...

It’s interesting you use the adjective ‘mad’. IMO the selection policy you are advocating is crazy and has been demonstrated not to work. I’m all for sensible change, but I’m also very much for players earning their spot. Part of the problem here is that Lolesio is not yet at the level you...

I think the two conflicting problems here are that, firstly we don’t enough depth at 10 & secondly you can realistically only give one player experience at a time. One way or another Rennie needs to roll the dice. If we remember back to when Cheika started he tried to build depth at lock by...

Okay. I might be misinterpreting the comments and the press release. It seemed to me that the whole discussion was around the premise that the press release indicated they had been promoted to the full squad. I think you’ll find most if not all of us interstate supporters think it’s a...

But I guess the concern is that if 8 players are in your full time squad then the majority of the are going to be needed to play regular Super Rugby next year. Which seems to be the point that most posters are trying to clarify. I think your misreading the room here (or I am misunderstanding...

Rennie has already answered this. He issued a statement to the effect that he doesn’t understand why Hooper attracts so much negative press/opinion. And he made him captain again when there was an opportunity for change if he wanted to. McReight may get a shot in test 3 to rest Hooper, but the...

I thought it was the right option, executed badly. As BH said earlier he had acres of space, he needed the composure to know he didn’t need to go for the inch perfect kick. But that better decision making and composure comes from time and experience (and the odd savage post game video...

I dunno - I’ve know lots of short guys and they’re generally angry at the world.

I thought Valetini was fine. I’d love to see him trampling blokes - but that doesn’t happen that often at test level. But, from memory, he had a good work rate and all bar one of his carry’s he was strong in contact. ESPN stats have him at 32 metres from 13 runs. Getting tackled into touch...

As far as I can see neither Petaia nor Vunivalu is in the squad. Was there a later announcement of them being called in https://wallabies.rugby/squad/wallabies

I don’t think Petaia is in the squad

Never in doubt!!!!

I think that’s all pretty accurate. I thought Stewart had a bit of a surge in 2020 and thought he might have really kicked on, but unfortunately he doesn’t seem to have this year. I think he is sound as a 10 back up, but I think it was notable that McDermott was more prominent when JOC (James O'Connor) was...