Powell got limited Wallaby time but he did fuck all with the time he did get. Cheika was guilty of a lot of things but he didn't screw Powell over.
To be fair, Powell was always the 3rd/4th string scrumhalf at an international level; Genia, White (for 2019) and Nic 'The Harbour Bridge' Phipps were all ahead of him.
I'm still scarred from the third test against Ireland where Powell played 10 minutes and threw at least three shocking passes that you could argue cost us the game.
Remember that time we were leading a Bledisloe and with 90 sec to go he box kicked to NZ and we lost
Remember that time we were leading a Bledisloe and with 90 sec to go he box kicked to NZ and we lost
My old man brings that up every time he sees White play.
BR his own Super Rugby coach seems to give him a raw deal too then? Wasn’t even in the match day squad last weekend
To be fair, Powell was always the 3rd/4th string scrumhalf at an international level; Genia, White (for 2019) and Nic 'The Harbour Bridge' Phipps were all ahead of him.
BR his own Super Rugby coach seems to give him a raw deal too then? Wasn’t even in the match day squad last weekend
Powell got limited Wallaby time but he did fuck all with the time he did get. Cheika was guilty of a lot of things but he didn't screw Powell over.
Remember that time we were leading a Bledisloe and with 90 sec to go he box kicked to NZ and we lost
Phipps didn’t even make the Wallaby RC squad last year..... Powell did and was that standby halfback for the World Cup...
And yet Phipps played against Samoa.
Powell has 4 test caps off the bench, two of those for a combined 4 mins.
Come on D. Less than 5 minutes average per game, but mostly 80 minutes on the bench. Even Petaia wouldn't excel in those circumstances.
Remember that time we were leading a Bledisloe and with 90 sec to go he box kicked to NZ and we lost
I never understood the value of that when he sprayed them like a shot gun.Fair point. I guess my opinion was rather tainted by the Ireland test.
People rag on Phipps a fair bit but he did at least have a point of difference in that he could get to and clear the ball faster than most halfbacks.
Considering he’s been a regular starter under said coach... probably not.