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Game changer? Who ever said that. He proved himself to have solid performances against the 2 best teams in the world. PROVEN he is capable. Douglas could easily end up being a huge liability or a complete passenger like he was on his previous Tests. Douglas, rightly so, has huge...

You think picking a player for his 2014 super xv form alone is sending a good message? When you got guys like Horwill missing out. An ex-Captain who has 2 recent solid runs on the board against the 2 best teams in the world. Don't tell me Cheika isn't taking a huge risk here?

Nice post. I 100% agree. Douglas is being selected on potential alone. Which is bullshit because if your selecting on potential then they need to be in form. Douglas has no form for the last 12 months.

It all seems a bit ironic though now that Douglas was selected for the squad. I mean why do they ignore that he had zero club rugby form but it's not okay that JOC (James O'Connor)'s club form wasn't there? JOC (James O'Connor) actually has a history of superb Test performances on the wing, plus his skillset would be...

Surely the compassionate grounds part means we could do it to avoid forfeiting.

Seriously though... Surely one of the props have been training at Hooker.

And Tomane for TPN/Moore when we don't want to play scrums or line-outs.

That doesn't make sense. Why don't you name a Hooker and bring an unnamed winger along for training?

Think about this: Douglas will surprise everyone and bash guys at the ruck TPN & Moore stay fully fit Phipps & Genia stay fit and Genia returns to his 2012/2013 form Cooper plays every match like his 2013 AB match. It could happen.

Come on TWAS I'm trying to look at the glass half full here! ;)

Even as a Brumbies supporter I can't understand why both made it.

We can't blame that for the lose though.

It would take 2 simultaneous injuries for that to happen. If any position we had 2 simultaneous injuries then we are screwed. Except winger cos we have a shit load of those - and they always get injured apparently ;)

fixed. On second viewing, Palu actually had a decent 40mins against the ABs.

I disagree. Gits third cover for halfback. Sio/Smith third cover to hooker. If there is a minor injury to the starter the backup will play 80mins. It's not as bad as first thought. The inclusion of Douglas is really doing my head in, he got the chance to play 20 minutes which he...

Luke Jones phoned Horwill and White..

Sio or Toby Smith must be able to play backup Hooker.

Like-for-like? Horwill is more Like-for-like then Douglas. Horwill the next best line-out jumper. I recall Douglas being average in the line-out.

I'm genuinely pissed off at this decision. Not that I dislike Douglas or love Horwill... but on the basis of 20mins of poor performance V Horwill being the in form lock.... wtf?