So we all think Sam Carter is not a chance?
Reports suggested that neither Horwill nor Skelton did a huge amount. Skelton played 80 minutes though which surely helps him even if he wasn't hugely effective.
I think he's the most likely forward to face the axe following Bledisloe 2 and I think Link is more likely to give Horwill/Skelton a crack off the bench than retain Carter in that role.
I would give Carter another crack, he is the best TH lock we have and one average game doesn't make him crap, but I wouldn't pick Skelton anyway, Horwill on the bench
Lilo is in the squad?The only squad members that played were Pek Cowan (who will be on the bench and didn't get on in the second Bledisloe), James Horwill and Will Skelton (who haven't had much football lately), Kyle Godwin (returning from injury, very unlikely to be in the 23) and Matt Hodgson (also unlikely to be in the 23).
Do 2 average games satisfy that description? His body height was crap in Sydney.
Lilo is in the squad?
I would give Carter another crack, he is the best TH lock we have and one average game doesn't make him crap, but I wouldn't pick Skelton anyway, Horwill on the bench
The Bokke chance to beat the Wallabies as as slim as Zimbabwes vs Australia in cricket. Wallabies by 55.
Check the cricket scores, mate.
I think that's the joke?
Yes you have. He always backs against the Saffers because he can't back a winner.It might have been, had he picked the Saffers to thrash us. Or have I missed something?
McKenzie has kept his plans for the halves tightly under wraps but at training on Monday afternoon ran the Waratahs' title-winning combination of Phipps at halfback and Foley at No.10.
Tevita Kuridrani ran in the midfield outside Matt To'omua and Adam Ashley-Cooper shifted out to the wing, where he started this Test season against France. Incumbent winger Rob Horne retained his spot, as did Israel Folau at fullback.
James Hanson is expected to be named at hooker on Tuesday in place of an injured Nathan Charles as the Wallabies plumb the depths of their hooking stocks.
McKenzie is expected to persevere with his preferred second row pairing of Rob Simmons with Sam Carter, despite the lure of rookie Will Skelton's x-factor and bulk. Former captain James Horwill is also pressing for a return via the bench after playing 40 minutes in the National Rugby Championship on Sunday.
In the back row, the Wallabies coach is expected to stick with the combination of Scott Fardy and Michael Hooper at No. 6 and No. 7 respectively, but could bring Matt Hodgson into the 23 for the Western Force veteran's skill at the breakdown.
No. 8 Wycliff Palu also appeared to have done enough to keep his spot despite the loss in Auckland, leaving Scott Higginbotham and Ben McCalman options off the bench.