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John Thornett (49)
Certainly hope so! APS boy through & through. Shame he lost his whole aus u/20's cause of covid
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Peter Johnson (47)
Agreed on all points.
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Bill McLean (32)
Would love to see Vudogu get a run at 13/wing - looked great for Souths, could give us that linebreaker in midfield
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Peter Sullivan (51)
does anyone have an idea if and when Pone will be fit. Every photo except one from yesterday, he looks like he is in "civies", with the tubigrib support on his injured calf. it has been nearly 6 months since he injured it and i know props need their legs to be fully functional, but !
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Peter Johnson (47)
Wests?
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Peter Johnson (47)
He looks in pretty good shape though! I know he is a giant and looks aren't an accurate show of aerobic capacity but he looks a lot more jacked and shredded then any other front rower in Australia and most the big backrows (eg Leota)
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John Thornett (49)
When he 1st came from league he was a lock in the 13 man game & wanted to play number 8. He was very quickly moved to the front row with his size.
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Tim Horan (67)
Looks like Quade's 5am club is working wonders
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Peter Sullivan (51)
this man also looked like Tarzan and but played like Jane, and i'm very happy Pone looks to be in great shape (thanks QC (Quade Cooper)), just concerned that his leg might still not be working well enough to scrummage.
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Peter Johnson (47)
Lahiff is starting for Bristol so can't be that Janeesque
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Peter Sullivan (51)
Thanks I didn’t know that. last I looked he was struggling at Bath
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John Thornett (49)
He's playing a good role at Bristol, he's killing at his podcast on rugbypass. Def a future in the media.
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John Thornett (49)
Interested to hear the reasoning behind Eloff and Fa’amausili both being considered tight heads now. They played the first 7 games of super rugby au with Eloff at 1 and Pone at 3.
I am happy to admit my technical knowledge of srumming in the front row is poor and I watch all the home games live from behind the sticks so don’t get the best angle to see it. So my judgment is more the impact they have around the park
In my opinion those two were the most impactful props that we had. So are you both looking to play them at 3 so there is the consistent impact over the 80 minutes? Or do you think Orr is better at the set piece and earned his spot that way?
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John Thornett (49)
Eloff is old skool & can play both sides if needed & did last year when Orr & Van Nek pinged hamstrings. But yes he is a 3
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Peter Johnson (47)
Eloff was signed as a 3 but had to cover 1. I'd love them to be both on but that would mean having Vannek on the bench (18) who I don't think is in the same league as Orr and Gibbon (who are both LH's) So for me - Starting Pone and finishing with Eloff with Orr and Gibbon as the 1 & 17 is the best way to structure the unit.
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John Thornett (49)
I'd like to look at it from a wallabies point of view, with Nela & AAA both players who can start & play long stints you could train Pone to be a pure impact 30 min player if either if them were missing.
On the plus side I think Cabous will be wallabies qualified after this season. With his versatility he would be a great depth player.
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Phil Kearns (64)
I think you might be on the money with Pone as an impact, from what I've seen Eloff is already the better technical scrumagger and I think he might be starting tighthead by the end of the season, if not from the get go. Pone has excellent impact around the field but he still has a fair way to go in the scrum. That said having Stiles around as GM of rugby should help his development, I really rate the work he did at the Reds and Brisbane City with the props coming through at the time.
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Rod McCall (65)
The recent trend for looseheads has been towards big bodies props, technically it’s a less demanding position when compared to right head also.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Pone makes the shift to loosehead, I think it would be better for the Wallabies also with Sio’s form sliding the past couple of years.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Pone makes the shift to loosehead, I think it would be better for the Wallabies also with Sio’s form sliding the past couple of years.