Wallabies 2023

[Dctarget]

Great news on Tupou, reads as if he'll be right for Wales.

 

[Sword of Justice]

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Great to see those Melborne players get a run. They are so under represented, never hear of them.

 

[Highlander35]

Melborne

Sunwolves

smrt

 

[Agent]

When is the Wob team to play to play Fiji being named?

 

[The Red Baron]

When is the Wob team to play to play Fiji being named?

This afternoon at 5:30 our time I believe.

 

[Italophile]

Wallabies lineup: Angus Bell, David Porecki, James Slipper, Nick Frost, Will Skelton (c), Tom Hooper, Fraser McReight, Rob Valetini, Nic White, Carter Gordon, Marika Koroibete, Samu Kerevi, Jordan Petaia, Mark Nawaqanitawase, Ben Donaldson.

Res: Jordan Uelese, Blake Schoupp, Zane Nonggorr, Richie Arnold, Rob Leota, Issak Fines-Leleiwasa, Lalakai Foketi, Suliasi Vunivalu.

Skelton pulled up at training with a calf issue. It's being scanned.

 

[cyclopath]

Wallabies lineup: Angus Bell, David Porecki, James Slipper, Nick Frost, Will Skelton (c), Tom Hooper, Fraser McReight, Rob Valetini, Nic White, Carter Gordon, Marika Koroibete, Samu Kerevi, Jordan Petaia, Mark Nawaqanitawase, Ben Donaldson.

Res: Jordan Uelese, Blake Schoupp, Zane Nonggorr, Richie Arnold, Rob Leota, Issak Fines-Leleiwasa, Lalakai Foketi, Suliasi Vunivalu.

Skelton pulled up at training with a calf issue. It's being scanned.

This belongs in the match thread, just FYI.

 

[Beer on the hill]

Skelton injured is a huge concern.

 

[rugbyAU]

Skelton injured is a huge concern.

No shit

 

[Tomthumb]

How many bloody training injuries

 

[Sir Arthur Higgins]

At this point it should honestly be no contact between games. Calf probably didn’t blow out due to contact but this is kind of wild to have so many training injuries again

 

[Tomthumb]

Crazy amount of training injuries by all teams

 

[KOB1987]

True he did well, but was still pretty young when he switched . …plus it wasn’t the professional area back then in the early 90s

he also dropped to 5th grade club rugby to learn his craft lol .. I doubt many modern players would be willing to do that

This is not a case for players switching to the front row late in their career, more just a bit of a trivia from even more the amateur era.

Jon White was a second rower at school and actually made his debut for the Wallabies (v NZ) in the row. On the subsequent tour due to an injury he took one for the team and jumped into loose head prop. And stayed there forever, becoming a Wallaby Hall of Famer.

 

[Beer on the hill]

No shit

Wow no need for the sarcasm

 

[stillmissit]

Apparently Wallabies to pocket $25K each if they get to the semi final and $175K each if they win the cup.

That strikes me as peanuts for a pro player.

 

[Wilson]

That strikes me as peanuts for a pro player.

It's a bonus, in addition to contract salary and match payments. It'll cost RA around 6 million if we win (though they will be insured against it and that's before the obvious financial benifits of winning).

 

[stillmissit]

It's a bonus, in addition to contract salary and match payments. It'll cost Rugby Australia around 6 million if we win (though they will be insured against it and that's before the obvious financial benifits of winning).

175 x 23 = 4m + a bit or is the 175 on top of semi $$$?

 

[Wilson]

175 x 23 = 4m + a bit or is the 175 on top of semi $$$?

It's 25k for the semis and another 150k for winning (total of 175k), but it's the whole squad who get it, not just the 23. Payout gets even larger if there are injury replacements throughout the tournament.

 

[Wallaby Man]

If they miraculously pulled a RWC win off then the players would have earned every cent of the bonus. The money it would bring in and swell of public support would considerably outweigh the cost of bonus payments. Plus it’s like 99% of high end jobs, there is performance bonuses.

 

[rodha]

At this point it should honestly be no contact between games. Calf probably didn’t blow out due to contact but this is kind of wild to have so many training injuries again

I remember all you guys blasting Rennie for his training intensity, it was all Dave's fault, the injuries. It clearly wasn't, it's just your blokes are made of teflon.