I wonder if he could be a smokey for the W's assuming he comes back from injury OK.
An uncapped 30 year old journeyman? Seems very unlikely in my view.
I wonder if he could be a smokey for the W's assuming he comes back from injury OK.
BH, don't care if he is considered a journeyman IF he is the best available then I'm OK with it. He had a season or two in NZ and looked much better last season at the Brumbies. My view of him in his time at the Rebels? was a solid 10 (without being great) but lacking some ticker.An uncapped 30 year old journeyman? Seems very unlikely in my view.
Yeah, I don't think he's that guy. To be fair, he fits in the Brumbies model well, as we played off the 9 a lot with White; I think we are missing that a bit this year with Lonergan not as good as White in some of that play. Will be good to see if he comes back and we aren't as clunky.I wonder if he could be a smokey for the W's assuming he comes back from injury OK.
BH, don't care if he is considered a journeyman IF he is the best available then I'm OK with it. He had a season or two in NZ and looked much better last season at the Brumbies. My view of him in his time at the Rebels? was a solid 10 (without being great) but lacking some ticker.
Are you serious?I wonder if he could be a smokey for the W's assuming he comes back from injury OK.
Your dreaming.I'd prefer to err on the side of inexperience. My audacious pick is HMP. He is tough enough, so far at least. He might be exposed down the track, but there's only one way to find out. If he continues to perform strongly during the Soup season, I would expect him to be in the Wobs squad.
Could be. The bit I saw of him in the Reds was not as good as coming off the bench last week. He has the talent and he has the D, could be.I'd prefer to err on the side of inexperience. My audacious pick is HMP. He is tough enough, so far at least. He might be exposed down the track, but there's only one way to find out. If he continues to perform strongly during the Soup season, I would expect him to be in the Wobs squad.
I don’t think he’ll continue to start ahead of Lynagh at this stage at the Reds. He may well go past him in time but I don’t think he’s there yet. He looks a great talent I don’t personally think we should rush to push him to the front of the queue.I'd prefer to err on the side of inexperience. My audacious pick is HMP. He is tough enough, so far at least. He might be exposed down the track, but there's only one way to find out. If he continues to perform strongly during the Soup season, I would expect him to be in the Wobs squad.
They've got a week off after the Brumbies game so I'm not sure they'll need to rest/rotate for the Highlanders. That said the Moana game the week before is probably the ideal one if they want to.I reckon the plan will be for Lynagh to start the next three games, and then he'll get a rest for the Highlanders match at Suncorp after getting through the Moana Pacifica match in NZ.
They are managing both these young guy's loads pretty closely, which is good to see
But battering ram is what Harry W mostly seems to play. I agree he has other skills, but most of his involvements in a game are hitting up to the defensive line and going to ground. The best I've ever seen Wilson play (comparatively speaking) was as the No 6 for the Aus U20s side. He played wider or down the blind side and regularly split the defence. He doesn't do that at SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) or test level.These are different horses TSR and need to be picked on merit. I have always thought BV was the best #6 we rarely play in the Wallabies. Not sure why as his weaknesses are what Wilson has and vice versa. I would play them depending on the opposition. BTW I don't remember Keiran Reid making too many tackle meters. Not suggesting Wilson is another Reid but we need a thinking 8 and not just a battering ram.
BR, I think the silly bugger was trying to do a bobbieV and failing. I understand Kiss has told him to use his step and offloads and he seems to be performing better for it.But battering ram is what Harry W mostly seems to play. I agree he has other skills, but most of his involvements in a game are hitting up to the defensive line and going to ground. The best I've ever seen Wilson play (comparatively speaking) was as the No 6 for the Aus U20s side. He played wider or down the blind side and regularly split the defence. He doesn't do that at SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) (Super Rugby Pacific) or test level.
But I don’t think that’s true BR. Especially not this year. In the last two weeks alone he has thrown the last pass in two tries and on the weekend he threw the second last pass in two more aswell - albeit both from the back of rucks but one was a very good one hand flick. Not to mention his between the legs feed to McDermott for his try v the Chiefs. He has thrown 17 passes in the last two weekends and a lot of those are running good support lines and a lot of those are out wide. (And we are only talking attack here. He also has both work rate and accuracy in defence and also seems to be doing his share of the breakdown work).But battering ram is what Harry W mostly seems to play. I agree he has other skills, but most of his involvements in a game are hitting up to the defensive line and going to ground. The best I've ever seen Wilson play (comparatively speaking) was as the No 6 for the Aus U20s side. He played wider or down the blind side and regularly split the defence. He doesn't do that at SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) (Super Rugby Pacific) or test level.
I don't think Valetini thrives on playing that RL-style player. I suspect there is more to him that has not been unlocked but I could be wrong, he doesn't strike me as a dumb 'take it up the middle' player but is just doing what the coaches have wanted him to do.Didn't he also end up with quite high post contact metres last year?
Regardless, Valetini's impact for the Wallabies was minimal last year. He was used in extremely predictable situations, often multiple times a game, and was easily accounted for.