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I hear he is still ripping it up. Hard worker, finds work off the ball etc etc. I think he will easily remain top notch through the next World Cup. He will have competition, which is a very good thing. Suali also joining next year To also push for a spot.

He reminds a lot of Chris Latham. He has crazy skills but sometimes has taken poor decisions early in his career. He is getting on top of it, as Latho did, and now he hopefully becomes that level of fullback.

You need a few blokes in the pack to just provide grunt and do the hard yakka. I think they were Williams, Wright, McReight and Valetini last week. Kailea and Cale were also very busy when they came on. Clean outs tackles ruck involvements etc.

I think the long term options are likely Marika K. and Corey Toole. I assume Lancaster will get a run in the next few weeks. I see him and Pietsch as being on a similar level. Lancaster may offer more?

That’s why I would not mind Lancaster starting with Daugunu on the bench. If not Lancaster then Pietch. Daugunu was heavily involved and played well but he is a bit slow as an outright winger these days and does not have the best boot.

We did not win comfortably enough to make wholesale changes. Back row looks right. Front row is close. We could look at maybe another winger, 5/8 and lock, most likely off the bench. Otherwise we need to build as Wales surely will having had a look at us.

They are very similar players, both with great rugby intellect.

I think a couple were at inopportune moments in the match. We need to be smarter with our contestable kicks when on attack. Carry the ball a few more phases to see if we can score with ball in hand. Last year we tended to kick to much ball away and Paisami has been guilty of the same with the...

Great contribution chap. Maybe you can pull a couple out of where the sun doesn’t shine? We have some decent young 10s and they will develop. You only got what you got. I have a feeling that Schmidt will go to Lynagh very soon.

He was pretty quiet. Did not see the ball in space but once again was everywhere he needed to be. Made some good defensive plays. A solid debut.

Paisami carries well with the crash ball. He needs to stop kicking away the pill and go wide earlier. He was OK. Very good in defence.

Good player. Has great vision and almost always takes the right option. It’s time for these young blokes to come through. Our last generation were not the best. Some of these young players will end up being stars.

Not yet, but he has been getting better every year. He has developed into a very good 12 with distribution skills etc, as Kerevi did. There is also young Issac Henry who looks to have great potential. Time to rebuild.

And we can test their scrum early

I imagine that it will be a simple game plan. Grind them down and then open up late in the game through the likes of Wright, Paisami, Cale, McReight and Pietsch. Not sure what Wales are bringing to the table but they looked decent occasionally against SA.

We are coming from a very low base. Even through Rennies time we were just a speed bump in the RC. The less said about EJs little foray the better. Schmidt will hopefully build from the ground up, as he did in Ireland. He has good people around him and up is the only way to go.

Yes?? Does all the basics very well. Will go all day and is a proven leader. Deals well with refs and teammates. No nonsense. And yes, check the stats. One of the best lineout forwards in Oz. Top two no question.

I think some are selling him short. He will most likely be our next long term skipper. First one who really fits the mould since Hooper. Great player. Does the graft, hard on the ball and is one of the best in Oz at lineout time, maybe the best?

No longer has the raw speed and Lancaster has the height to be a threat in the air. Ditto for under the high ball in defence.

I would guess that this is pretty close. I would start Lancaster on the wing and have Daugunu on the bench in place of Pietsch to cover 13-14.