Wallabies 2023

[duckbill]

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#toomanytahs

It's like the cheika days all over again...

 

[Goosestep]

#toomanytahs

It's like the cheika days all over again...

Yeah cause Eddie Jones is such a tahs stan :/

 

[Linerunner2023]

Surprises but not surprised
Unlike NZ who picked the oldest and experienced squad. Average age 28

25 guys 25 years or younger and 25 first RWC is interesting

Still don’t understand that guys not playing any minutes have kept their spot, while some haven’t and some playing and looking close to locks are gone

thoughts

1. would prefer sio at LH - schoupp has won, maybe the loss of tobertson
2. Back row no hooper is surprising, and no Samu
Holloway gone which i am but arnt surprised - with kemeny coming back a shock
3. Lonergan will feel unlucky, IFL is good but again come from no where while Lonergan has been a trainer
4. No Cooper is a wtf moment, he would have helped gorden, 1 specialist 10? And Ben Donaldson fff I would pick most super rugby 10s over him
5. Unlucky for ikatau - injury may have been too late for him. Petaia looks good at 13 though
6. Look knock Jorgensen but again come from no where, Suli is another wtf moment

I would have picked Sio, Samu and hooper, longeran, Cooper and Wright

there is a lot of age, caps, experience not there between Sio, Robertson, AAA, rodda, Holloway, hooper, Samu, Cooper, foley, JOC (James O'Connor), ikatau, Beale, Wright

 

[SouthernX]

James O’Connor surely is the next cab off rank if they need to call in a back…

 

[Linerunner2023]

Next question
Would this side being injured or not selected beat the wallabies side
1. Sio
2. Lonergan
3. AAA
4. Rodda
5. Neville
6. Holloway
7. Hooper
8. Wilson
9. Lonergan
10. Cooper
11. Daugunu
12. JOC (James O'Connor)
13. Ikatau
14. Wright
15. Hodge

16. Mafi
17. Robertson
18. Talakai
19. LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto)
20. Samu
21. Gorden
22. Foley
23. Pietsch

 

[Brumby Runner]

Does anyone have the list of ARU top ups? I would love to see how many didn't make this squad, and how many domestic player in the squad don't have a top up

Top ups is one area of comcern, so too is the compulsory rests for players during the Super season. Upwards of eight Brumbies who were forced to rest have either been dropped or will miss the RWC through injury. A potential two more wins during the season would have placed them in a good spot to host a semi final. Complete waste of time and effort.

 

[rugbyAU]

Will Skelton 5th Wallabies captain this year you gotta love it

 

[LeCheese]

Yeah cause Eddie Jones is such a tahs stan :/

I bet Eddie's stoked he's managed to squeeze 4 Randwick lads (plus a former) into the squad though

 

[TSR]

Great reflection on super rugby results at least this team should start well and end up getting beat in the second half... Oz rugby's finest

Ikitau & Ala'alatoa obviously would’ve been there if fit.

There is a case for Wright, Neville & Lonergan but none of those three could feel too hard done by.

 

[Tomthumb]

As opposed to the young, proven world-class players he's selected? Some of these guys are hardly proven Super Rugby players.

But Pete Samu is the first name that comes to mind.

It’s a young, exciting team

You being so offended that they didn’t pick Reece Hodge is bizarre

 

[rugbyAU]

If there were no overseas eligibility restrictions or injuries hypothetically (ie our strongest squad) what would that look like?

 

[Goosestep]

It’s a young, exciting team

You being so offended that they didn’t pick Reece Hodge is bizarre

Agreed

 

[dusk]

What is Vunivalu and Donaldson doing in training to keep their spot??

 

[young gun]

Carter mentioned in his interview with Morgs that a few guys outside of Donaldson can cover 10 - genuinely who?

Will Skelton. He's got an enormous boot on him.

 

[KOB1987]

#toomanytahs

It's like the cheika days all over again...

Jorgensen is a bit of a wild selection but if you’re going to punt on an 18yo he’s the one, regardless of what franchise he plays for. Trade him off for Hooper or Holloway who everyone pretty much expected to be selected. Outside that all those Tahs were expected to make it except Donaldson, but every franchise has a player that wasn’t the expected to be there a few weeks ago:
Tahs - Donaldson
Reds - Nonggorr
Brumbies - Schoupp
Rebels - Kemeny
Force - IFL

Its the non selections that are more surprising

 

[Brumby Runner]

Hypothetically … if I’m rugby Australia and I want to protect wallabies going offshore for big money you maintain the 3 maximum giteau law players for World Cup but you expand those giteau law players maximum allocation for the TRC just before the World Cup.

Use TRC as the preseason. Trial combination of players who are based overseas and see how they integrate with the wallabies super rugby players but come World Cup squad selection night. You pick 3 and no more.

I think this TRC we did have 4 names (Cooper, Korobiete, Arnold and Skelton) glad we only taking the 3.

Is Kerevi the invisible man?

 

[Bullrush]

It’s a young, exciting team

You being so offended that they didn’t pick Reece Hodge is bizarre

Exciting?

I'd be excited if I were a Fiji, Wales or Georgia fan.

I said Pete Samu - not Hodge.

 

[Tomthumb]

Exciting?

I'd be excited if I were a Fiji, Wales or Georgia fan.

Wait until you find out what Gatland did to the old Welsh players haha

 

[Wilson]

Definitely too many Tahs!!!

It's funny, it doesn't feel as tah heavy as it is. I think it might be because there's only 3 of them in the best 15 and maybe one more on the bench

 

[qwerty51]

think Fair.

I’m just convinced he’s said fuck it the CEO I coached won’t sack me. Planning for 25,27 in his head.

RWCs are his speciality. People should have some faith, he’s going 100% for this. I don’t agree with his selections but clearly this is what he thinks gives us the best chance of winning it.

I don’t like Eddie but fuck me some people really ought to be fair dinkum. Throwing a RWC? Nah.

He’s mentioned he needs youth because a lot of the veterans are cooked from injury so it’s not purely a youth only gamble, also a reality.