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If they lock down JOC (James O'Connor) I would suggest they start him at 10. a backline of 9. Phipps 10. JOC (James O'Connor) 11. Vuna 12. Inman 13. Gerrard 14. Kingi 15. Beale Looks well-balanced, defensively solid, playmakers and attacking flair spread accross the backline. Looks good to me.

I dont think his "hard straight running" will be effective against the ABs or the BOKs who are great defenders. His hard runs work at super level but come test time i don't think he will be getting over the gain line very effectively and would probably be prone to getting turned over. I do...

Great find. Just wondering how old Stannard is?

Yes defensively he was superb! Digby, Lucus and Fainga were great at shutting down SBW and Fruen. If you want a defensive option in the centres then A.Fainga should get first pick (over barnes who is very fragile at the moment). Fainga still lacks something in attack though.

Completely agree about the bench bring filled with impact players rather then players who just missed out. Trialling JOC (James O'Connor) at 12 is also a must.

This was a hard one 3. Samo --- would be happy seeing him in a wallaby jersey 2. Cooper --- freakish kick returns/offloads 1. A.Fainga -- so strong on defence

Apparently so does Digby who managed to run him down. Who ever said that guy was slow? Does this mean Diggers is faster then AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) who was run down by Fruen?

This thread is turning into "who should be wallaby 12". For me it should be "Deans' reasoning for selecting players is shit house". Your argument is very valid. But lets not forget we are not arguing that Gits is a better choice as he has more experience. We arguing that Deans is wrong in...

Yes a rugged barging type centre would be perfect outside Cooper. But the reality is we don't have any. A.Fainga doesn't have the strength to be a successful barge centre at Test level and Carter lacks a bit of everything. Mortlock is far from his former self. I can't see any of these players...

Given Barnes and Gits are our incumbents and realistically our only other options for 12 apart from JOC (James O'Connor) then Deans' comments just don't makes sense. If defence was the real issue then Barnes gets first pick. But Deans has expressed that JOC (James O'Connor) would be able to handle 80minutes, well at the...

That really is a stupid comment by Deans. I'm pretty sure Gits is smaller then JOC (James O'Connor) and Barnes is a bit taller but he's a twig compared to other players. Deans should have said something more sensible like "he lacks test experience at 12, so playing him for 80mins there is unlikely". But to say...

that explain the choice in jerseys then. Except for the Force. Why the hell did they go blue when they could have used black and gold. Everybody looks good in black!

It is a bit silly every team has blue. They really should be: Reds: Red Tahs: Light Blue Rebels: Dark Blue Brumbies: White Force: Black Brumbies can just switch current home and away jerseys. Force should change as there is no reason for them to be Blue and I actually like the look of the...

Don't speak too soon, he'll be tested this week against SWB and Fruen. If he has a blinder you never know he might get a look in.

If you can ignore Gerrard for being slow then u can ignore Mortlock too!

haha fuck didnt even know Willie left league to play union. Its not the smartest rugby move by the baa baa's but geeezzzz i want to see this game now just to see Willie get owned! So must be a marketing move!

Yeh deep down we all know its AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) but still he's not a very good answer if its 24 pages and still going. What happens if AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) gets injured?

@Darkhouse.. I would argue that Horne would actually fit into the backline better on attack then AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper). Sure AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) is a proven player to break the line or get over the advantage line consistently but he is also a ball hog. Horne also has the ability to get over the gain line but he has one thing AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)...

I have to agree with Ash, While Horne has shown a lot of potential I doubt very much he will be in Test level form come RWC. He has not played all year and the year before he only had a handful of games. Maybe if he had one or two good games in super rugby and then the whole tri-nations he could...

I'll tell u who id consider now.... Gerrard!