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I get that he dropped a couple of balls in the final and that will make him a target - but to my memory he was good under the high ball for the rest of the season, wasn’t he? I don’t rememberer it being a problem through out the year and generally he seems to have great skills. I like Wright...

He box kicked earlier in the year. His box kicking was good against the Brumbies in the first round of the Super Rugby proper. Not sure why he shelved it. Agree it is something he needs to work on and be able to deploy at test level. His passing does also need to improve.

Not meaning to single you out - but this exact comment is where I reckon a lot of us go wrong. Sure White did some good things, but he was mundane for big periods in between and the Brumbies were worse with him on the field. Picking guys on their highlights doesn’t cut it at test level. You may...

I’d be happy with that, but White is in the conversation because he is the only one with test experience and the first test is against the All Blacks, so we are assuming Rennie will want to balance the introduction of new talent. He also has the biggest kick of any of the half backs. I don’t...

I dunno - I thought Simone was pretty exceptional. He certainly made me take notice a few times and I thought he was pretty consistent. I thought he was the best 12 in the comp but with the caveat that To'omua played mostly at 10. Also, Simone is not a kid. Likewise I thought Lolesio was the best...

Fair point. None the less the other three do all have kicking games, even if the aren’t as good and I think they all offer other stuff. I do get the impression though that some see him as some sort of safe, dependable option. I don’t really think he has demonstrated that consistently at test...

But he’s always had a great kicking game and yet he’s still never been more than passable at test level.

I don’t really see what White has done, either recently or historically which has elevated him to a ‘must pick’ in some eyes. And, on reflection, I hope he isn’t because it seems to me he would be the most conservative option and, whilst I get that conservative often works at test level I...

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Simone may be bigger, but To'omua plays heavier. I’m not opposed to Simone being given the gig - I think he was one of the most consistent and best performed backs across super rugby and even though he doesn’t have a Wallaby Cap yet he has had a couple of years in super rugby. But it’ll be...

Agree on Ramm. Very impressed with him.

It’s been noted plenty of times Daugunu can kick and with the Reds playing a field position game it’s interesting he rarely (never?) did. I can see why there are concerns. But gee he has looked bloody good. In saying that I think Wright has been exceptional all year too. I have read some...

Qld sure struggled with it

Or elbow him in the head

I’ve always rated McCaffrey highly. Based on a couple of his performances over the last couple of weeks I can’t help but wonder if he had been able to grab the 6 jersey earlier, would we have a clear leader in the race for the Wallaby 6 jersey.

Credit to both Powell & Lolesio - they were both terrific. If stories are true that Powell is off the Rebels then I think that’s a bit of a shame. He’ll never by an star international half, but then neither will White and I don’t think Powell could have done much more for the Brumbies this...

Whatever happens next year I think Thorn deserves a lot of credit for being prepared to tear it all down and completely re-build. I do hope we can keep this group together. It seems almost inevitable we’ll lose some, but they seem a really good group of young men. I’d love to see every last one...

I reckon he’s going okay. He is really performing at the level that is normal for a young bloke starting out.

Congrats mate.

I think some of your observations are fine. But if I recall correctly, when Deans was passed over for the ABs job one of the specific criticisms was he’d given no thought to his support staff. The failings of RA are well known and there is clearly plenty of substance to Deans’ claims. There...