So you'd be quite surprised?
I don't know whether I made it clear enough, Hornet, that I wouldn't just be surprised, I'd be blown away.
But I can see how that might have been lost in the substance of the post.
I don’t think Liam Wright has the attributes to play 6 at test level....
I would be surprised if Hooper isn’t a starter, but this backrow could be pretty good:
6. Valetini
7. Wright
8. Naisarani / Wilson
What's he missing?
He’s essentially a tall open side flanker, and doesn’t provide any balance to the backrow playing at 6.
I think we need a bit more grunt in that position.
6. Naisarani
7. Hooper
8. Wilson
Who do you have on your shortlist for captain aside from Hooper?I don't for a second think Hooper's got 7 locked away, nor do I think we'll see the C necessary next to his name. More importantly, 6 and 7 are so interchangible these days, that you can easily switch sides, and being a specialist pilferer is probably more detrimental in today's policed breakdowns.
Hooper is probably a more gifted athlete in terms of engine, but I'd dare say Wright has more of a footballers brain. I think Wrights demonstrated he plays with his eyes up where Hooper busts his gut to do everything he can. There's the age old saying of work "smarter not harder" and I think that probably sums up any debate between Wright and Hooper.
We played a lot of dumb Rugby with Hooper on the field (not blaming him for the gameplan), but whether that's what you want in the captain for our next chapter is something you should consider.
6. Naisarani
7. Hooper
8. Wilson
Who do you have on your shortlist for captain aside from Hooper?
I thought Naisarani was out for the season?
Would be a very big call to make Wright captain when he’s got one test cap. If he’d done something like lead the Reds to a Super Rugby Championship then it might be less of a leap but he’s not going to have the opportunity to do that.I'd imagine it'll be someone out of the following;
Hooper, Wright, AAA, DHP, To'omua.
It also depends on how Rennie wants to approach it. He may very well go for a stop gap solution until he gets to know the players/he finds his captain. So that'd more lean towards a Hooper. Whereas' if he wants to pick a guy he see's playing in his squad for the next 4 years, I'd imagine it'd be Wright or AAA.
Simply because I haven't seen or heard much of AAA, I've got no idea how he is as a leader. I'm sure that because he was picked by the Brumbies to don the Captaincy means there's a lot of merit to him.
What I will say is, I can only remember AAA speaking publicly lately where he gave his support to Folau during that shit show. Whether that plays against him I'm not sure.
Would be a very big call to make Wright captain when he’s got one test cap. If he’d done something like lead the Reds to a Super Rugby Championship then it might be less of a leap but he’s not going to have the opportunity to do that.
Nah, again the balance isn’t right playing both Naisarani and Wilson.
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