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John Solomon (38)
Wasps expect him to run on this year. He is elligible under the Gittau law.
Few recent reports his debut has been deferred.
No set date yet.
Wasps expect him to run on this year. He is elligible under the Gittau law.
He's still in rehab from a serious knee injury and has signed for the wasps in England.
Won't be seeing him again any time soon
IS is everything ok?
I don't think I've seen you post anything with a positive tone, or remnance of a positive message in it, since I joined this forum 4ish years ago.
I think in the process of making observations and comments on the higher-ups in the code, we often forget that it is us, not the Wallabies, that are rugby union in this country. Times are certainly tough, but a collective bad attitude by the fans in this country won't help.
We are down to our 4th choice 12. Gittua, Beale, To'omua. After that the choice is playmaker or big bopper. One of those choices brings Quade in, but what is the best Foley-Quade combination? I think they got it right.
I don't really think that the selections will greatly change things either way. The best thing that's happened for the Wallabies is that it's rained for the past 3 days in Wellington, with more rain forecast for tomorrow. Might slow the ABs down a bit.
Folau and Pocock might make the starting 15- I would take Pocock over Cane all day
McCalman's dropping from the 23 this week indicates to me that the coaching staff realise their mistake but only after the event.
How to dress like an accountant/ Mad Men extra. Good to see rugby players busting the comical stereotypes they've built over the years
McCalman is injured. It was reported that he had a flare up of his scapula injury (although won't be out for long).
McMahon was also unavailable again.
Agreed. I hope to see that sometime this year. But surely if you made that decision you'd take the opportunity to pick a player at 15 who could kick. Like DHP, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), or hodge.
Foley doesn't have to be in the side if he's not picked at 10.
Rathbone expressed frustration that, heading into Wellington, nobody within the Wallabies' ranks had come out and spoken plainly about their chances.
"What I would give for the coach or player who when addressing the media let rip with this kind of unprecedented truth bomb: 'Look, we're almost certainly not going to win on Saturday. The last time we won in New Zealand was back in 2001 and our home record against the All Blacks isn't great either. They are one of the greatest sporting teams in history so we've got to play at our best and hope they have an off night if we're going to steal a win. That's the reality but we're up for the challenge.' "
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/a...ll-blacks-clive-rathbone-20160825-gr1jlw.html
I'm backing both Cooper and Foley especially to have good games.
A phrase I've heard countless times by both journalists and punters alike over the last few days on less reasonable sites than this one is that Cooper has never played well against NZ. Also that he can't handle the pressure of playing in NZ.
We are down to our 4th choice 12. Gittua, Beale, To'omua. After that the choice is playmaker or big bopper. One of those choices brings Quade in, but what is the best Foley-Quade combination? I think they got it right.
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Rathbone expressed frustration that, heading into Wellington, nobody within the Wallabies' ranks had come out and spoken plainly about their chances.
"What I would give for the coach or player who when addressing the media let rip with this kind of unprecedented truth bomb: 'Look, we're almost certainly not going to win on Saturday. The last time we won in New Zealand was back in 2001 and our home record against the All Blacks isn't great either. They are one of the greatest sporting teams in history so we've got to play at our best and hope they have an off night if we're going to steal a win. That's the reality but we're up for the challenge.' "
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/a...ll-blacks-clive-rathbone-20160825-gr1jlw.html
Articles like that (Rathbones's) are usually symbolic of a low/turning point. Let's hope so anyway!
You could probably successfully argue that he would have been retained on the bench ahead of Skelton though. With McMahon out too it means the last bench spot came down to Skelton or Timani.Cheika did say that he would not have been selected anyway
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...s/news-story/443b3efe79c5c950f4c4055ce6d969be
It is quite realistic "we've got to play at our best and hope they have an off night if we're going to steal a win. " is our only hope.
Yeah it wasn't so much the content, it was the headline..'delusional Wallabies'.