An uncapped 30 year old journeyman? Seems very unlikely in my view.
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An uncapped 30 year old journeyman? Seems very unlikely in my view.
stillmissit
Peter Johnson (47)
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.
Tomikin
David Codey (61)
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.
It will be interesting to see when he returns; I think I put him at fullback, Wright to the wing with Toole, and Murihead to the bench or left right out..
That's kind of my point. I can't see how anyone would think he's the best available and he falls behind the rest of the options significantly from the age perspective and intertwined with that, his potential.
In my view he'd need to be the obvious standout to be picked above pretty much every other 10 in the country.
wamberal99
Jim Clark (26)
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.
Yoda
Cyril Towers (30)
Are you serious?
Yoda
Cyril Towers (30)
Your dreaming.
stillmissit
Peter Johnson (47)
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.
TSR
Andrew Slack (58)
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.
If we look at how Lolesio & Gordon are now tracking I think it demonstrates there is significant risk in throwing these guys in too early. Not saying it never works but I just think it is a path we should be extremely cautious with.
Strewthcobber
Simon Poidevin (60)
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
They are managing both these young guy's loads pretty closely, which is good to see
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
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 do think that Harry McLaughlin-Phillips will be off with the 20s pretty soon though (under 20s Rugby Championship is in April), that may change the strategy a bit when Creighton/O'Connor comes into the 23 as the other 10 option.
PhilClinton
Mark Loane (55)
If players are going to be rested (and my position on that is well known) then I would hope they don't do it for a home game. The home fans and members pay to see the best players in the field, particularly for their own team.
Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
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.
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
I think Harry's game has elevated this year, at least what I've seen of it. He seems to be a bit smarter with his running angles and looking to get a short ball off to the support players. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see him in a Wallaby 23 this season.
As I have said about Wilson previously, one of his key assets which is largely overlooked, is when he takes the hit up in the middle, he gets that ball back and presented so quick. As others have pointed out, and has been shown statistically by RugbyPass, the quick ruck ball is a vital aspect of the Reds play this year. Wilson's work in attack is vital to this.
stillmissit
Peter Johnson (47)
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.
TSR
Andrew Slack (58)
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).
I don’t think characterising him as a battering ram captures even half of what he does.
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stillmissit
Peter Johnson (47)
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.
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