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Nathan Sharpe (72)
Im pretty sure he just uses cohesion as a predictive factor. i.e. you are more likely to succeed where your team is more familiar with itself. You still wouldn't pick an inferior player because he has a partnership at club level. There's also a whole bunch of different ways to build cohesion.Sully that's a fine sentiment but does history support it as a necessary way to go? How many tests did Lynagh play outside a Qld halfback? Genia/Cooper was an excellent partnership but not exclusive to either one. Similarly, Gregan and Bernie. I suppose had the partnership benefits been paramount in the past, people like Ben Darwin wouldn't be spruiking cohesion as the panacea to our problems right now.
I see no issue with a combination of White and To'omua or O'Connor in the upcoming tests if that's what Rennie wants.
He didn't talk about it but i think Japan is a great example of a highly cohesive team. They achieved it by being in camp for ages.
I think Rennie should choose his favored halves and let them learn to play with each other over the next few years. This also means allowing them to fail.
If i was building a team i would have my halves as McDermott, Gordon, Harrison and Lolesio.