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I think there have been very few decent modern test 10 defenders (like Carter and Wilkinson) the rest are all about the same ranging from average to tragic. I would put Foley in the average area

Such a crazy concept to put the best defender you have in the position where he is likely to do the most tackling

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McMahon has been injured for most of the season, I don't disagree with his (or Timani's selection) yep, it appears Cheika wasn't satisfied with the in-form locks, they had their chance, they have been in the training camps, others are now getting their chance I just find it interesting to...

Foley misses tackles usually by being run over or just stepped, but it isn't for lack of effort, he is a leg tackler who doesn't shirk or hide; he just gets beaten

Yes but if we are looking at "efforts" in 2017 as the criteria for selection, why no derision on Timani's selection in June or McMahon now? They were selected on past reputation as well

If he didn't see what he wants from Carter's efforts in June, he shouldn't look elsewhere?

Coaching bullshit? Nah - you know what I mean?

At playing the way cheika wants his team to play or being Higgers?

Was he? I was at the Scotland match, he didn't appear to be one the better players in that match On the second rowers, the starters appear set, the bench option appears undecided

Yeah so I wonder at 8 or 6? Leaving Hanigan out could leave Hooper & McMahon playing right/left with Timani up the middle You lose lineout and gain dynamism

I see a lot of THPs all of a sudden, where have all the LHPs gone?

Cheika said Timani wasn't fit enough, once he was he was selected

I think he will have a role at 8 again, as the attacking structure posters above have talked about that Cheika uses. , I see him playing there ruling around the ruck, with a 6 who is a lineout option and the 7 & 6 planted wider to support the ball being moved wider. That structure is not...

McMahan and Hooper and possibly Hardwick are all modern sevens, high workrate all rounders. The only straight fetcher dinosaurs left are absolute freaks like Pocock "Dempsey and Korcyzk", agreed, but I will be surprised if either gets squad time, let alone game time. I think Timani getting...

I am quite amazed to see our best forward by quite some distance being pictured as one of our major issues o_O And I will remind everyone again, the fetcher as we once knew it is dead as a role, it has evolved over the last 10 years from a specialist role to a responsibility every player has...

I think he would look to be a much better captain if we were winning, whilst we aren't, he gets blamed for everything from the temperature of the pies at the kiosk to global warming

my concern was that Alan Jones said it was a good decision, something about a leader by example

apart from being the best 10 by miles in the country?

Piece in Fox on Douglas, there is a story of redemption building https://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/whats-happened-to-kane-douglas-the-forgotten-man-of-australian-rugby/news-story/da7b1aa0d0333b308ea33f304676f062 I think he will be the forth lock for the next few games and competing with...