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Some of Foley's better performances off the bench for the Wallabies early in his international career were in the outside backs. He's not a world class flyhalf, but has shown himself to be a tremendously versatile player; in fact if we were to select only two scrumhalves in the squad and needed...

Lonergan got a lot of game time for the Vikings last season and was better than Powell for much of it. He'll be good enough for Super Rugby next year, no worries.

As tremendous as Genia is, I think some of this is attributable to White. Genia has an infuriating tendency to arrive behind the tackled player and just stand there like a lawn ornament, waiting for somebody else to clean out, even as the ball is being ripped away by the defence. White, on the...

At every level he plays, Leali'ifano is good for a minimum of one spectacularly dumb error per game. It's usually a charged down clearance kick, but dreadful intercept passes are a close second. I still think that he - by and large - put in one of the better shifts from an Australian flyhalf...

Amazing the difference a good hair hat makes.

Samu does jump in the lineout. While he may not have the bulk of Naisarani, he was one of the best ball runners for the Brumbies this year. Doesn't seem to have any trouble breaking tackles. Having been very skeptical about his merits when he made his Wallabies debut, I would now say he's an...

It does have the sniff of excrement about it. I think in particular the way Slipper was treated was poor, given he was clearly having trouble dealing with his grief and his employer's response was to unceremoniously boot him out of the club he'd served so well and for so long. For Thorn to use...

Yeah that's a sound argument, fair enough. Find out what he's capable of and make a call early; makes sense.

Does anyone else think White is a spectacularly odd choice? I appreciate he's played well (when he's started) at Exeter, but it seems ill-advised to select him on that basis, given the competition he's playing in is probably below Super Rugby standard. I wouldn't even have him in the squad ahead of...

Maybe Dctarget's stats are for when he had the ball.

I've been surprised at times by his turn of pace this year.

Hansen and Kuenzle are both very talented prospects, but I think Lolesio looks to have the mentality most likely to suit stepping up to the regular starting role next season. I've been enthused by Fisher's comments re: trusting the systems and relying on the local and academy talent. Bringing...

Yep I think that's a great solution. It would make space for White to return to the Brumbies without Powell or Lonergan having to leave.

I appreciate that Lonergan is young, and McKellar has done an excellent job of easing promising young players into pro rugby in a slow and measured fashion, but Lucas is a significant step down late in the game. Wouldn't have been my choice.

I hope to see Nic White go to the Rebels to replace Genia. Powell is doing an excellent job and Lonergan seems set to be a better player still. They're both local boys, so it would be preferable to see them stay at the Brumbies at least as long as they're playing in Australia. The distinctly...