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John Thornett (49)
tigerland12 said:
Us GAGR lot are a fickle bunch. Last week most of us seemed to agree with Sharpe not playing, now all of a sudden he should be starting over Simmons?
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Don't count me in the people who've changed their minds... Never thought Simmons should start over Sharpe, although I do think the young bloke has a big future and should definitely be in the RWC squad and probably on the bench. From a rotation-for-experience perspective it wasn't the worst move. Sharpe playing would not have changed the result, IMO.
 
barbarian

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Phil Kearns (64)
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tigerland12 said:
Us GAGR lot are a fickle bunch. Last week most of us seemed to agree with Sharpe not playing, now all of a sudden he should be starting over Simmons?
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Speak for yourself. I voiced my disapproval on the podcast and on here, now feel rightly vindicated. Feels good to be right for a change.

Although that said Simmons will probably play the house down on Saturday and make me look a fool. Again.
 
Ruggo

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Mark Ella (57)
Sharpe is a good player but he is a magnet for hyperbole. He is deffinatly RWC bound but I don't see him as done enough to unseat the Horwill, Simmons partnership.
 
barbarian

barbarian

Phil Kearns (64)
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Ruggo said:
Sharpe is a good player but he is a magnet for hyperbole. He is deffinatly RWC bound but I don't see him as done enough to unseat the Horwill, Simmons partnership.
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He was THE standout lock in the Super 15 IMO. And I would suggest it is not so much what he has done, but what Simmons hasn't done. He was very poor on Saturday, and merely solid against the Boks.
 
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What did Simmons do on the weekend? After taking the ball up and getting smashed by Kaino, he became the new invisible man.
 
qwerty51

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Stirling Mortlock (74)
barbarian said:
Sharpe consistently makes the advantage line with ball in hand. Simmons does not. Sharpe can make dominant tackles. Simmons cannot.
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Sharpe is a good ball carrier however making dominant tackles is definitely not in his resume.

Anyway imo it looks as if Robbie will go for Horwill/Vickerman and with either Simmons/Sharpe on the bench and I don't care who's on the bench between them two.
 
Bowside

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Peter Johnson (47)
He was good in the lineout. But he really suffered from the lack of structure in the wallabies forward play.

And the other thing I noticed was that he seemed to keep tackling people after they had passed the ball, its like he wasn't trying to read the attack at all.
 
Ruggo

Ruggo

Mark Ella (57)
barbarian said:
He was THE standout lock in the Super 15 IMO. And I would suggest it is not so much what he has done, but what Simmons hasn't done. He was very poor on Saturday, and merely solid against the Boks.
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Completely disagree. Sharpe was A standout lock in the Super 15 and Saying he was THE standout lock is just more hyperbole. Horwill and Simmons were also among the standout locks this year and if it was about THE standout lock this year, it would be Horwill. I am confident Simmons will Start again and that just suits me fine as it will the Wallabies.
 
Slim 293

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Stirling Mortlock (74)
Ruggo said:
Completely disagree. Sharpe was A standout lock in the Super 15 and Saying he was THE standout lock is just more hyperbole. Horwill and Simmons were also among the standout locks this year and if it was about THE standout lock this year, it would be Horwill. I am confident Simmons will Start again and that just suits me fine as it will the Wallabies.
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Ha.

Barbarian, haven't you learned by now that you that if it doesn't wear red it's hyperbole?
 
matty_k

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Peter Johnson (47)
He's been credited a few times for being able to pick better players so what I want to know is why is Blind Freddie our coach?
 
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