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My 2 cents worth - I avoid the forum completely if I’m not watching a game live (assuming I don’t want to know the result), but I think it’s reasonable to assume that if I go to a thread titled ‘Wallabies 2022’ after the game is played, but before I’ve watched the replay there is in all...

I’m not his number 1 fan, I defend him when he gets unfairly singled out. Overall he was our most effective back tonight. I agree with the general premise of you post though.

He was dropped, and then reinstated when Mackellar appeared on the scene. That said I don’t have any issue with his initial re-selection because in fairness it was after Koroibete withdrew. i have several issues with his continued selection beyond that though.

Technically you are correct but of the things that could be said about that ‘try’ that one would be pretty low on the list. Even the scorer stopped running. Going through the game reel and trying to find somewhere in the entire game where we could make up the 2 points, calling Beale out for...

He’s more composed and conservative. Not sure if that translates to better. We went shit with both of them, they both need a better team around them to be compared properly.

Aside from Tuquiri none of those blokes are big by any standard. I stood behind Larkham in a queue for the athletics at the 2000 Olympics, tall but very lean. I’ll admit he was a pretty imposing presence though, but I think that’s because of who he was rather than his size.

I think because they have a centralised system the majority stick wth their roots. The movements probably mostly come about if there is inequity in a particular position e.g there are 3 test quality hookers at one franchise and none at any of the other ones ;)

There's also the 'KB (Kurtley Beale)' syndrome, although a bit rarer. I.e. rather than 'give it to the big kid', give it to the bloke who's going to run straight through them and there's no need to teach him any other skills.

That's something that can be coached out of /into him though, and TBH a stint at full back would probably do him good. That's the same path Foley took (sans the 7's halfback bit), and Larkham actually. I should point out I'm not saying this should be the combination for next season, or even...

Yeah but he's a unit and he's not a 12. Incredibly skilled, definitely not there for either size or defence, as per my post above.

I think the key message is that size isn't everything, and not a lot of successful selections have ever been purely because of size. SBW and Kerevi are both big but they have significant other positive attributes, and Nonu was a long term development project, it took them almost a decade before...

Yeah his debut was in the Sydney game. Cheika changed it up for the return Bledisloe next game (mostly in the forwards though), but the SAF & ARG games were after that so I'm just guessing/assuming he played.

Well we beat NZ in Sydney and Wales in the pool game before England (with 13 players and a huge defensive effort remember?), Scotland in the QF, and we won the tri nations that year so I'm assuming we beat both SAF and Arg. I could be wrong about that and I'll give you France & Ireland, but...

He was, I can't remember the circumstances of that selection but there was a reason for it and from memory he just played an offload game and left the kicking and distributing to Burke (I think it was?). Which would have made him look even more average as a 10! There are plenty of blokes who...

Yes but at least he was a coach in the Waratahs system!

I think because Kerevi is both big and effective size is seen as the key to our issues at 12. But you're right, it's difficult to pinpoint a heavyset 12 who was a regular Wallaby starter before him. Not to forget we beat every top tier nation on the planet only 6 years ago with a 10 Foley 12...

Birth name Matthew James Giteau Date of birth 29 September 1982 (age 39) Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Weight 85 kg (13 st 5 lb; 187 lb)

Ah I see, fair enough. However, I think the criteria is that they came totally through the NSW system and then played for the Wallabies, I don't think it should matter who his dad is.

Bell is a miss? He was capped for Australia as a 19 year old in arguably the most technically and physically demanding position on the field (by that I mean it requires high levels of both), and the position that the vast majority of players don't reach their prime until they are in their mid...