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Or you don't have it and can do other shit exceptionally well.

I do tend to agree with this premise. However they can both play footy. That’s the massive gap we have currently. Hunter Paisami is 172cm, albeit 90kg.

I tend to agree with the others here, he’s a converted 12. You blokes had your own issues at 10 and he just happened to be the best fit, and that then fortuitously translated to a gig as Wallabies 10 for the same reason. I’d be surprised if they don’t have a look at Harrison and possibly Gordon...

Beale probably plan B, if it was a super game I’d say that it is Foketi, not sure about a test match though. He’d be plan C though.

Lonergan and Mcinerny ( I think) are native Canberrans so the logical solution would be for Fainga'a to return home to NSW. It seems that mackellar rates their maul skills immensely so it should suit all parties.

I thinking he was focusing on the 'wide open' positions.

It sounds like there won’t be too many unforced changes, Rennie sticking to his guns with continuity. Alalaatoa and Tupou back in, Latu to start to cover some of Hoopers on ball presence, Samu at 7 and Swinton taking his spot on the bench.

Possibly, horse people are horse people for life. Campdrafting, barrel racing, etc are more analogous to a junior competition, but it's not like their going to put a bunch of 12 year olds on a 550kg animal at let them loose around a racetrack at 60 km/h.

The junior pathways come more through the equestrian area, eg pony club, campdrafting etc, there are apprenticeships, and there still exists an amateur competition. It would exist without gambling but the prize money would be a lot lower, although sponsor ship would likely become the main...

The inference would be crowds and viewership. and yeah it is. The horses and riders are all athletes. You don’t have to like it but if motor racing qualifies then horse racing certainly does. However, for this exercise I’d say confining it to team sports is a better metric.

It’s probably more a complementary product to be honest, if there is such a thing. Lots of people used to go from Randwick to the SFS for the Tahs, and I’ve seen a similar correlation in Brisbane. Racing is definitely tier 1 though, the gambling dollar would verify that.

He plays a very similar style to Hooper though.

Someone mentioned on the Brumbies thread (before the draw came out) that one game would have to be played at Manuka due to a clash. Presumably it’s that one, and in that case an afternoon match would make sense.

OK given it's in the England match thread I had assumed the excitement was about bringing him into the squad this tour. Going forward no issue including him in the discussions. Given our current predicament at 10 include as many as possible!

There might be serious excitement about him but they haven't flown anyone over as cover yet so I doubt he'll be getting a call up. Let's see how he goes for the Reds next season.

That's pretty much the team I had in mind too, I wasn't so much suggesting giving all the uncapped guys a run, just favouring the younger capped players. Changes to that team would possibly be starting Bell over Slipper, testing Swinton out again, and perhaps seeing how Perese goes at 13...

I’d be sending out a ‘team for the future’, without ex pats, except maybe Latu because we need him on the bench.

In what respect?

That was my thought as well while I was reading RY's post and before reading yours

I think that is because he needed to be on the end of a good backline. He didn't very often have that privilege during his first stint in Super Rugby.