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Doran was inferring in his article which was before your mail that JOC (James O'Connor) was to be named on the bench. Sounds like Banks is getting punted for Hodge and Paisami for Ikitau the only other possible change, although Len's left boot could save him. So if you're right then yeah, chuck Quade on the bench.

Not words that are commonly witnessed!

Slipper

Interesting. My initial reaction is that 10s was a flop and this will be too. I’ll sit on the fence for a bit.

I’m not sure you blokes read my post properly. I wasn’t saying that Harrison should be the Wallabies 10, only that he is a much more creative playmaker than LoLo, with the caveat that he’s even less ready for test rugby than Lolesio. Nor was I dissing on Lolesio, like others have suggested he...

Yes. Well, you know what they say about death and taxes, but the next level after that anyway.

The Hoozano

I largely agree with you and I posted something similar before the game. However the release of Uelese, to the benefit of FF (Folau Fainga'a) and Lonergan was somewhat odd. And to a lesser extent the selection of Pete Samu over Wilson and Naisarani - just to clarify, I don’t mind Samu being picked, but it was...

Holmes likely obviously but Robertson has a fair bit of THP experience right? Even at test level?

Agree in principle but JOC (James O'Connor) hasn’t played in 3 months and Quade is untested at this level in a LONG time. Start Hodge with one of those blokes on the bench.

Harrison shits on Lolesio when it comes to playmaking. He’s even less ready when it comes to test rugby though, or we are to assume that at least.

Thats all true. But assuming you guys don’t lose to Argentina again, if we win we can actually climb to 4th.

Yes. Argentina weren't in the RC, but we were playing NZ and SAF twice, an inbound tour and then the EOYT. 2002 for example we played 10 tests but a lot of the players came through the era of only playing 6 or 7 tests a year. Plus we had 3 players in the 2003 RWC side that were bought from league.

3. McDermott 2. Hooper 1. Kerevi

I think the current option will appeal to fans as long as we can be winning. I don’t think we need a lot of players to make that happen, but I agree the focus needs to be on retaining the future stars, not buying a lot of players back. The only foreign based players who should be bankrolled are...

Yeah fair enough. The employees are the most important parts in the system because they make it happen, but yes they need to be able to sell the product. My point was money can fix that. Fingers crossed.

Meanwhile, I’m watching this 9/11 rehash on TV. Losing a rugby game ain’t that bad. Night all.

We struggle to have any test quality players, let alone 10s. Harrison is the only one that oozes class IMO, although I’m looking forward to seeing what these Gordon brothers offer. In the meantime, JOC (James O'Connor) or Reece Hodge might not make the All Blacks if they were eligible, but they are certainly...

Yeah I get that. Did you read the rest of the post or just the bit you quoted?

Except that there’s about 4 Brumbies supporters on the whole forum.