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LMFAO.....I think I saw that guy on the left at Twickers on the weekend...hahaha

True....kinda reminds me of this guy who was an OK fullback. We liked him in NZ anyways....Christian Cullen? I was so pissed off when the All Blacks coaches let him go back in 2003. Apparently Ben Blair and Ben Atiga were considered better options at the time. Hmmm......who were the AB...

Does anyone think that Beale could be a better 10 than Cooper ever would be? I guess that's the premise for my belief he should play more at 1st-five. If I could choose between having the best 10 in the world or the best 15, my preference would be to have the best 10. His influence on a game...

WTF?!?! I can't understand how Foxtel can't have all the Wallaby games. (Not to mention the AB vs England game).

I disagree....KB (Kurtley Beale) could learn how to make that pass. But in reality, he doesn't HAVE to learn it to become a world-class fly half. But learning how to tackle is as much or more so about attitude and desire as it is about technique. Those things can't be taught. You can be a great 1st-five...

He may have. But is this one aspect of his game enough to overcome the glaring deficiencies? I think Beale's pass is more than adequate enough at Test level. Cooper has great feet and a nice step - I think Beale is just as nice. Beale can kick just as well as Cooper. He tackles better and I...

I agree he is great for the Wallabies at fullback BUT I think he has the skill-set and more importantly, he may now have the maturity, to move towards being one of the world's best 1st-5's. When you look at the amount of influence that each position can exert on a game, I know where I'd want...

He played one good game against the Boks (who have been horrible this year). IMO he's over-rated. The supposedly amazing passes that apparently no-one else can do - I would expect from most top fly halves at international level. Put him up against the truly great 1st-fives of our time and he...

It wasn't the first time it's happened either. Every week so far has been pretty abysmal on the tackle front. From an AB supporter's POV, I hope they persist with QC (Quade Cooper). For all the talk about Cooper being the best attacking fly-half in the world, he is yet to feature on anyone's Top 3 MOTM...

How bad does QC (Quade Cooper)'s tackling have to be before he can't be considered a starter? I think JOC (James O'Connor) missed as many tackles as QC (Quade Cooper) did on the weekend....that wouldn't have you a little bit concerned?

KB (Kurtley Beale) to 10 A Fainga'a to 13 AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) to 15 Maybe?

Fair enough. But when you look at some of those other positions where perhaps it hasn't been so clear, I think Deans hasn't done so well as per my prev examples (Maafu & Fainga'a).

Usually, when referring to 'offloading' (esp in SBW's case) you're talking about committing one or more player to the tackle and getting the pass away in the contact. 'Draw and pass' commits defenders to the man with the ball but often one gets the pass away before the contact. Usually you're...

Beale also took the Tahs to a Super Rugby Final which they were winning before he got injured. It wasn't all him obviously but I just think that he has matured both on and off the field and with the skills he has, he could be carving teams up if he had the ball more. I don't honestly think QC (Quade Cooper)...

They pick themselves on their S15 form. And apart from Mortlock (kinda), who is still running around from the heydays of the early 2000's?

If the Wallabies are desperate to win (really?!?! it's ITALY?!?!) you have to have in the forwards: Pocock Sharpe Moore/TPN Elsom (maybe) Just pick the rest randomly cos they've either come up short this EOYT OR they're unknown. Here's the backline I'd be tempted to go with...

Pull the other one. All three of these guys probably pick themselves when you look at the Wallaby team. Who else would take any of their spots? Look at guys like S.Fainga'a and S.Maafu - here are positions where Deans really needed to spot or develop some talent that wasn't so obvious - FAIL.

It's not just the British Press pupming your guys up like rockstars. There's been more than the odd Wallaby fan and poster who have made similiar claims - not to mention the ARU pulling out all stops to keep the marshmellow that is Quade Cooper from going to the NRL. Back then, most of you...

That was a few seasons ago? He apparently turned-down an $850k offer from the Eels to stay with Union so you'd have to think he'd be up over $500k at least. And yes, some heat should go on the forwards for giving him a good platform but out of the 3 games played so far on the EOYT, he hasn't...

Slightly off topic but.... Looking back over the ratings so far, has QC (Quade Cooper) ever been in anyones Top 3? How many guys in the Wallabies get paid more than Quade do ya reckon?