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John Thornett (49)
BPA, FF (Folau Fainga'a), Fessler, Uelese, Latu, Pollard, LL, Porecki, Mafi there's 9 straight off the top of my head & there is defiantly 3 available
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BPA, FF (Folau Fainga'a), Fessler, Uelese, Latu, Pollard, LL, Porecki, Mafi there's 9 straight off the top of my head & there is defiantly 3 available
LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
Pretty impressive of Faessler to play 125min across the two Wales tests without being in the squad.
Derpus
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Latu? come on man...
Adam84
Rod McCall (65)
Faessler and Pollard are in the squad already... Lonergan, Paenga-Amosa and Porceki are all injured.. So those 5 don't count.
Mafi... had had one of his worst seasons yet.. Latu is a grub...
Uelese is the only one who can count themselves unlucky, hardly the '7+ hookers' that you claimed though
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LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
Nasser and Blyth - notable players of “club rugby” standard, who have 31 and 59 Super caps respectively.
Derpus
Nathan Sharpe (72)
He had no significant off field issues in his second stint with the Tahs did he? but he looked fairly ordinary.
Tomthumb
Peter Fenwicke (45)
This would make me question the level of the top 14 more than anything
Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
Retired from Super Rugby.
RebelYell
Arch Winning (36)
Why not add Jeremy Paul, Phil Kearns and Josh Mann-Rea while you're at it?
Hard to argue that anybody outside of Faessler, Nasser & Pollard deserved a call-up for this series. FF (Folau Fainga'a), Uelese, Latu, Mafi all signed overseas beyond this year. LL and Porecki injured. None of the three put a foot wrong, really.
Horton, Dolly, BPA might all come into the frame at some stage. It's a position of strength for us IMO
TSR
Andrew Slack (58)
I’m not ready to call it a position of strength, but it is funny how things can change quickly. Suddenly we seem to have a core group who can throw and scrummage. I don’t see any of them going in to challenge for World XV anytime soon but having a couple of guys who can hit their lineout target consistently is on its own a big step forward for me.
Marce
John Hipwell (52)
Wait a moment. Actually that's a bloody good example. NBA is by far the best basketball competition in the world and the USA's national basketball team is the number one team in Olympic Games and destroy any opposition.
So according to your own words. This pathway is gonna make France the best team in the world and they are gonna smash any opposition. That's it, you got the answer why we shouldn't celebrate thr exodus to France
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Ted Thorn (20)
Dolly is definitely one to consider. Issue is he has already been capped by England, not sure on how long he will need to standdown until he can be considered for selection.
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
Dolly's last test for England was on 19/03/2022, he becomes eligible for selection after the end of year tour, but before the first test of next year - on 19/03/2025
Tazzmania
Bob Loudon (25)
Bringing Australians Home. Headed to the Western Force, see Western Force 2025 thread
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
Guy Porter, who had been rumoured to be in talks with the Force and maybe the tahs, has apparently retired:
Concussions the cause,. hopefully it's getting out before too much damage has been done.
Concussions the cause,. hopefully it's getting out before too much damage has been done.
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John Thornett (49)
its like you only read the words you want to read, yes there are 7 hookers better than him & as I said there were 3 available. He doesn't deserve his wallaby's cap
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John Thornett (49)
Glen Viahu playing rugby league in qrl scoring 2 tries in his 1st hit out
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
I think we all read it the same way, but essentially the only other two available hookers picked in the squad were originally selected ahead of him... and one of those didn't perform as well as Nasser.
So saying he didn't deserve his Wallabies cap is just complete bullshit.