KiwiM
Arch Winning (36)
Agreed - some of the $109 tickets are a better view than the $250 tickets (let alone value).
Bledisloe 1: 29 July @ MCG
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Agreed - some of the $109 tickets are a better view than the $250 tickets (let alone value).
Dctarget
Tim Horan (67)
does the M stand for Melbourne?
KiwiM
Arch Winning (36)
Ha no - though it could given I live here.
They're selling. I'm checking like every day, they will definitely "sell out" but that still means 75-80k
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Bob Davidson (42)
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Highlander35
Steve Williams (59)
I think Jed is a necessity within the players selected for this squad for both Skelton and a conventional 7 to play in the same starting lineup, Tom Hooper aside. LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto), Hanigan, Swinton strike me as the alternatives outside of the squad, but all have good arguments against.
Dctarget
Tim Horan (67)
Semi-interesting article by Nick Bishop on hope for the Wallabies.
www.rugbypass.com
Not rushing me to be optimistic just yet. For those that doubt Skelton's effectiveness it may convince you.
I disagree with his final position that Eddie should play Frost at 6 vehemently. We already lack from breakdown threats, Frost is not going to bend the line or drive people back in tackles. Maybe in 5 years of muscle growth a la Scott Barrett at 6 but right now he's just not big enough. We need an on baller who will actually dent the line and drive back attackers.
Why there's already reason to believe in Eddie Jones' Wallabies
On the evidence of two matches, the Wallabies tight five could quick become a major force in world rugby.
www.rugbypass.com
I disagree with his final position that Eddie should play Frost at 6 vehemently. We already lack from breakdown threats, Frost is not going to bend the line or drive people back in tackles. Maybe in 5 years of muscle growth a la Scott Barrett at 6 but right now he's just not big enough. We need an on baller who will actually dent the line and drive back attackers.
The Ghost of Raelene
David Codey (61)
Frost isn't a threat in Defence at all besides box kick pressure.Semi-interesting article by Nick Bishop on hope for the Wallabies.
Not rushing me to be optimistic just yet. For those that doubt Skelton's effectiveness it may convince you.Why there's already reason to believe in Eddie Jones' Wallabies
On the evidence of two matches, the Wallabies tight five could quick become a major force in world rugby.
I disagree with his final position that Eddie should play Frost at 6 vehemently. We already lack from breakdown threats, Frost is not going to bend the line or drive people back in tackles. Maybe in 5 years of muscle growth a la Scott Barrett at 6 but right now he's just not big enough. We need an on baller who will actually dent the line and drive back attackers.
I think Skelton has been good. I know some don't think it but he's getting up and down from contact faster than those around him, he's definitely able to slow down the oppositions clean ball.
Slim 293
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Semi-interesting article by Nick Bishop on hope for the Wallabies.
Not rushing me to be optimistic just yet. For those that doubt Skelton's effectiveness it may convince you.Why there's already reason to believe in Eddie Jones' Wallabies
On the evidence of two matches, the Wallabies tight five could quick become a major force in world rugby.
I disagree with his final position that Eddie should play Frost at 6 vehemently. We already lack from breakdown threats, Frost is not going to bend the line or drive people back in tackles. Maybe in 5 years of muscle growth a la Scott Barrett at 6 but right now he's just not big enough. We need an on baller who will actually dent the line and drive back attackers.
Yeah, I think we're already short on quality locks so I don't see the benefit of taking our sole promising domestic based one and shoving him into an already congested field of backrowers.
Tomthumb
Peter Fenwicke (45)
It's not that he hasn't been good per se, its that he's been labeled as "the best lock in Europe" for years now, when in reality NZ has at least 3 locks that are clearly much better than him. He's a solid player that has been talked up as a world beater
The Ghost of Raelene
David Codey (61)
Good point.
I wasn't expecting Retallick out there so maybe I'm happier than some others. I would say he has the ability to impact out team in the positive though. He is an international standard Lock and some of the guys he's competing with aren't IMO. We won't threaten the best sides with the Matt Phillip types as much as he does right.
I wasn't expecting Retallick out there so maybe I'm happier than some others. I would say he has the ability to impact out team in the positive though. He is an international standard Lock and some of the guys he's competing with aren't IMO. We won't threaten the best sides with the Matt Phillip types as much as he does right.
Mr Pilfer
Alex Ross (28)
I don’t think you can go a 6-2 especially if one of them is Petaia. I would still like to see Gordon at 22 with the other 2 you mentioned on the bench.
I have an uneasy feeling that Eddie is going to put Donaldson in somewhere though
Dctarget
Tim Horan (67)
whoops meant to have Gordon there, don't think he's getting dropped anytime soon.
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Sorry, what? Kellaway is massively smarter footballer than Wright.
