Wallabies 2023
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John Thornett (49)
Very easy to say in slow motion
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John Thornett (49)
You cant say just cause he got a red card put a line through him, we had about 3 reds on the spring tour last yr alone
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
If you read the article it starts with Skelton set to be included in the RC squad, and then proceeds to say that he and Arnold might be included in the RC squad...
And then obviously it relies on Rennie having to cut one or two o/s players depending on whether Kerevi is away with the Comm Games 7's squad.
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Steve Williams (59)
You know Kerevi is our most important player when he can potentially go off and play 7s for a bit and not a single person bats an eyelid.
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
I haven't really followed too closely what Kerevi's exact plans are, but if he is going to join the Comm Games squad the 7's will wrap up a week before the RC starts, and the Wallabies spend the first fortnight of the competition in Argentina...
I would assume that they don't rush him back and he's still available for all of the tests against SA and NZ.
I would assume that they don't rush him back and he's still available for all of the tests against SA and NZ.
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Tim Horan (67)
Skelton played pretty well before his red, though the red undoes everything.
Monster in defence and minced the English scrum. The bloke is clearly influential, premierships with Waratahs, Saracens and La Rochelle are not a coincidence. With him, Tupou and Bell our scrum would be a reliable weapon. We could actually give the backs some clean ball.
Monster in defence and minced the English scrum. The bloke is clearly influential, premierships with Waratahs, Saracens and La Rochelle are not a coincidence. With him, Tupou and Bell our scrum would be a reliable weapon. We could actually give the backs some clean ball.
LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
Looks worse full speed imo - he's very clearly gone to put a bit of a cheap hit on after the knock on, English player has dropped his height slightly to try regather, and Skelton's collected him in the head. Tucked his shoulder, planted his feet, and driven into the contact. His nervous laughter afterwards says a lot too. Genuinely not sure how you're defending it in any way.
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That has to be one of the lowest impact red cards I've seen.
Not saying it isn't a red card but it's pretty innocuous as far as they go.
Skelton stops and then at best braces for contact by leaning forward. He's hardly driven into the contact.
Not saying it isn't a red card but it's pretty innocuous as far as they go.
Skelton stops and then at best braces for contact by leaning forward. He's hardly driven into the contact.
Nope, that was the Champions cup final vs Leinster where he was close to best on ground
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
The Skelton red card doesn't help his argument for selection, but it hardly rules him out either, particularly given Arnold's record of late. With Rodda's injury they look likely to pull at least one lock in for the Rugby Championship and it's still every bit the contest between the two.
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
That wasn't test level footy.
It is the best measure we have
qwerty51
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Undoubtedly a higher standard than any of the domestic players have been in.
I think you might need to watch the highlights of the England BaaBaas game mate
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
Dctarget
Tim Horan (67)
Pretty huge injury ward too. Do we have anyone injured from our first XV?