Rugby Championship 2025 : South Africa v Australia Round 2

[Brumby Runner]

But he's also not kicking at the same success rate he was five or so years ago...

But he was second fiddle to Noah, and lack of consistently using a skill will see some deterioration in performance.

 

[Brumby Runner]

I agree with what a couple of others have said in that he has played very little footy in the past 12 months or so and needs to prove himself again and throwing him into the fire again the AB's and the Puma's would not be a wise move. We have depth in his position at the moment with Wilson, Valetini, Gleeson, Hooper, NCDC etc. Cale will need to get some match fitness and Super Rugby Aus would be a fantastic place to do it. I hope he 'shoots the lights out' there and reminds everyone of his potential.

The thread of this discussion started with a comment by @Blue about depth at 6 and 8 going into the RWC27. "Especially another real 8. Back row attrittion is always an issue. Going into 27 you need to know who is third in line at 6 and 8. Not a stop gap guy."

Hence my post that you refer to contained the observation that Cale would need a big year in SR26. The discussion was not about now, or the remainder of TRC 25 when it is widely known that Cale will miss the whole of this year's comp.

 

[wamberal99]

If you were watching you'd know it was a leadership group decision.

The Coach makes the decisions.

 

[Yoda]

I think with him as a pure 10 and kicking his goals we probably take the chocolates in that one.

Not sure about that. He was selected for his kicking and goal kicking v Lions and didn't come up trumps. As a 'pure' 10 he is just a shoveler. Anyway, I'm not Joe, he rates him for some reason.

 

[Drew]

JAS should kick the goals. He had a high percentage in league. I’m sure he could easily hone his range and distance as kicking in union has more variables than in league

 

[Major Tom]

Not sure about that. He was selected for his kicking and goal kicking v Lions and didn't come up trumps. As a 'pure' 10 he is just a shoveler. Anyway, I'm not Joe, he rates him for some reason.

Yoda, I assume you're talking about Lynagh as per usual. I don't how it's difficult to realise that he's had 5 games (started 3) at test level, which is not really a big enough sample size to work out if he can kick straight at this level. He missed 6 kicks in total at Super Rugby. Law of averages suggests that he'll turn this around pretty quickly.

 

[Dctarget]

I thought Kwagga's rag dolling of White was against the spirit of the game. Pretty predictable outcome.

Also, they're enver beating the allegations:

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