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Australia v England: Match III, SCG, Sat 16th July 7.55pm AEST

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Phil Kearns (64)
Brumby Runner said:
I'd say Rob Leota is in the same boat. His form in Tests 1 and 2 has been excellent and surely he doesn't deserve to lose his spot.

The injury problem in the locks could see Rob Leota move of course, and I agree that Harry could be next cab off the rank in the 6 spot, but if that occurs it will essentially be as a result of injury not because Harry's form has forced the issue. That is the point I was attempting to make.
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I wouldn't be describing Leota's form as excellent, so far he's been solid but not spectacular. Importantly he lacks impact across his minutes and would hopefully have much greater impact in a ~30 minute role from the bench. Particularly compared to Harry Wilson who has demonstrated both work rate and impact across the 80 minutes repeatedly this season. Right now we need players who are going to start much stronger than what we've been putting out there.
 
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
Yeah we just need to weather the forwards storm for the first 30-35 minutes. Get through that and we are the better side.
 
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David Wilson (68)
Marce said:
The Irish tour is OK in terms of injuries. Isn't it?
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Seems plenty to me, Ireland have even gat a former player form my local town to play, and think they have lost a few. Just seems an awful lot of players out from injuries this season, even in Argentina they have 5 out this week.
 
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Rod McCall (65)
Brumby Runner said:
I'd say Rob Leota is in the same boat. His form in Tests 1 and 2 has been excellent and surely he doesn't deserve to lose his spot.

The injury problem in the locks could see Rob Leota move of course, and I agree that Harry could be next cab off the rank in the 6 spot, but if that occurs it will essentially be as a result of injury not because Harry's form has forced the issue. That is the point I was attempting to make.
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Leota played very well in game 1, but was pretty average in game 2. Wouldn’t say either game were excellent. Does he deserve to be dropped? Probably not, but could be a tactical shift and Wilson brings a hell of a lot to the table.
 
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John Thornett (49)
Brumby Runner said:
I'd say Rob Leota is in the same boat. His form in Tests 1 and 2 has been excellent and surely he doesn't deserve to lose his spot.

The injury problem in the locks could see Rob Leota move of course, and I agree that Harry could be next cab off the rank in the 6 spot, but if that occurs it will essentially be as a result of injury not because Harry's form has forced the issue. That is the point I was attempting to make.
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I'm a little bias & a massive Leota supporter & personally think that he has done enough to keep his spot, but I can understand if he is benched to become cover as a lock/loose fwd.
 
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Greg Davis (50)
Adam84 said:
On the topic of injury..

In the state of origin 3 players have gone off in the first 5 minutes for HIA, all obvious concussions, and all 3 were tacklers as well.
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The upright tackle technique, or lack thereof, in League is just baffling
 
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John Hipwell (52)
I'm watching SOO and the physicality in first minutes is just INSANE. I expect something similar for our decider, after all both games are deciders lol

The boys are watching this, so I hope they can match the English' forwards brutality
 
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