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Ned has a big motor, is good in the lineout and doesn’t lack aggression. He just lacks the accuracy & muscle to go with it. If he works on that I reckon he’ll come right back into the mix. Personally I hope he kicks on. He’s copped an awful lot of stick for a bloke whose biggest sin, as far as...

It seems to me that every year there is one guy who comes through out of the blue and commands a starting spot over another player who was widely tipped to get it. I am interested in which player(s) people think that might be next year. Or maybe just a young guy who is going to storm through and...

Based on the lack of strategic kicking we used in our attempted exits, I’m not sure it would have.

For mine, guys like Maddocks, Banks et al have clear potential, but have failed to conclusively grab their opportunities. That is not to say all the guys in front of them have clearly outperformed them or that a few guys weren’t given fortunate runs. But that’s sport. Cheika (IMO) proved to be...

Nomad - do you think they will persist with him as a hooker in that case? Or would he be a better prospect to convert to a flanker now while he is young enough?

As a front rower, he should be utterly ashamed of that clip. A length of the field try FFS. Clearly needs to be eating more pies.

Rodda is the least of our problems.

Hopefully it’s a try feast. If any captain elects to take the 3 on the penalty I expect the crowd to do the right thing and boo.

Normally this spam annoys me - but I can’t help but chuckle that the link that comes up on the Wallabies positivity thread is about sadomasochism & Asia.

You Boffin

Depends what scale you are rating them on. IMO neither of them have demonstrated they are proven test performers at such a level that they will be materially better then what we’ve had over the last few years. That’s not entirely their fault - they are both just young and starting out, and both...

To be clear - I’m not rejecting your criticism of Cheika. But if Castle was going to overrule him she should have told him point blank (and I agree she was certainly entitled to do so). In not doing that she weakened her own position (IMO at least). In answer to your question, if my boss was...

What is clearly in the article is that she asked, and when she didn’t get the answer she wanted she circumvented him. That’s very poor on her behalf. At that level, if she didn’t accept the response she should have gone to him directly. I am no Cheika apologist - nor necessarily an arch...

I get what you’re saying - but I doubt that will be the net outcome.

I’m not sure the Giteau law should be relaxed - although it may well turn out to be inevitable in the end. I can’t help but wonder if we would have a stronger halves combo and some other spots if we hadn’t just stuck to guys who were available for 100% of tests and built combinations around...

All of those guys are possibilities UTG, I agree - and I would expect guys like Maddocks & Banks to continue to improve as well. In a year or two a guy like Mark Nawaqanitawase will hopefully come into the reckoning as well. But at the moment none of those guys are anything more than guys with...

Regardless of that, WTF were they doing thrashing it out in public like that. Did it honestly not occur to either of them from the outset that it was a conversation to be held behind closed doors? I understand people in these positions aren’t always going to see eye to eye, but if neither of...

We are looking better than we have for a while, but there is still a few gaps and some players who are still being elevated in this forum on potential rather than performance. Not saying they won’t measure up - I’m actually pretty confident in a number of the guys coming through but guys like...

Maybe he just wants to differentiate himself from Robbie Deans

Generally I am happy with that approach Reg. But the space at THP seems to be a clear short coming in our roster. It’d be nice to see someone in there with a bit of experience.