Wallabies 2024

[KOB1987]

Harry Potter getting capped for the Wallabies before Corey Toole would be the most ludicrous thing in the history of rugby

At this stage he's not capped - my uneducated read on this is that he needs centre cover. I had expected Schmidt to blood Sua'ali'i into the system by playing him in the centres for the A team. I was wrong, he is instead going to blood him as an outside back in the Wallabies. It's Sua'ali'i who will take Toole's cap, not Potter.

 

[dru]

Pleased to see Edmed get rewarded for some good form in the NPC but it’s a huge step up to Test rugby. Lynagh was talked up here as the new messiah without having played a full Super Rugby season and that hasn’t gone too well. Patience with Edmed and our other 10’s is imperative moving forward. If our forwards can provide a good platform up front, then at least our 10’s will have something to work with.

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[Adam84]

Pleased to see Edmed get rewarded for some good form in the NPC but it’s a huge step up to Test rugby. Lynagh was talked up here as the new messiah without having played a full Super Rugby season and that hasn’t gone too well. Patience with Edmed and our other 10’s is imperative moving forward. If our forwards can provide a good platform up front, then at least our 10’s will have something to work with.

The messiah part is made up, the rest you’ve addressed yourself previously.

Lolesio, Donaldson and Lynagh were the form 10’s this season
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People here seem to think that we can throw an inexperienced 10 in the hot seat and all of a sudden they’ll be world beaters. It’s comical.

 

[Brumby Runner]

For the Edmed fan base, it would be wise to remember the NPC is a level below Sujper Rugby in NZ. How many players have jumped from NPC level into the ABs without proving they can handle Super Rugby along the way? I suspect it is likely to be zero, or very close to it.

Apparently Tane had a good NPC experience but he has not set the world on fire for the Tahs. It would be asking too much to expect him to suddenly be the one we've been looking for to fill the Wallaby No 10 spot. But I wish him the best if he does get a chance, None of the other options has really stepped up over the past couple of years, including young Lynagh at the Reds.

 

[TSR]

Lynagh was talked up here as the new messiah without having played a full Super Rugby season and that hasn’t gone too well.

Even some of us who are Lynagh fans have commented the fact he is there speaks the issues we have at 10. No one has talked him up other than some general praise for his potential.

 

[Tomthumb]

For the Edmed fan base, it would be wise to remember the NPC is a level below Sujper Rugby in NZ. How many players have jumped from NPC level into the ABs without proving they can handle Super Rugby along the way? I suspect it is likely to be zero, or very close to it.

Apparently Tane had a good NPC experience but he has not set the world on fire for the Tahs. It would be asking too much to expect him to suddenly be the one we've been looking for to fill the Wallaby No 10 spot. But I wish him the best if he does get a chance, None of the other options has really stepped up over the past couple of years, including young Lynagh at the Reds.

So is the Currie Cup, and yet 1 good game vs one of their teams and Harry Potter has leapfrogged everyone

 

[Tomthumb]

At this stage he's not capped - my uneducated read on this is that he needs centre cover. I had expected Schmidt to blood Sua'ali'i into the system by playing him in the centres for the A team. I was wrong, he is instead going to blood him as an outside back in the Wallabies. It's Sua'ali'i who will take Toole's cap, not Potter.

Harry Potter played precisely zero games in the midfield this year

 

[Tomthumb]

No captain was announced.

This was the press conference today

Does Joe have commitment issues?

 

[Strewthcobber]

Does Joe have commitment issues?

I just don't think he cares who the captain is. The bigger problem is his back row defence at the moment

On field the water carriers indicate what all the decisions are anyway.

 

[Tomthumb]

I just don't think he cares who the captain is. The bigger problem is his back row defence at the moment

On field the water carriers indicate what all the decisions are anyway.

Name one successful team that didn't know who their captain was

 

[Strewthcobber]

Name one successful team that didn't know who their captain was

Name one successful team with a back row who keeps missing vital tackles in the midfield?

I'm not defending him, I'm just saying he has a bigger problem than who the skipper is

 

[Tomthumb]

Name one successful team with a back row who keeps missing vital tackles in the midfield?

So they cant decide on a captain until they get better at tackling?

 

[Strewthcobber]

So they cant decide on a captain until they get better at tackling?

Not much point naming a captain if they are sitting in the stands

 

[Tomthumb]

Not much point naming a captain if they are sitting in the stands

Agreed, so just name McReight captain and get the team around him

The picking a captain out of a cereal box method Joe has been employing makes us look bush League IMO

 

[Dctarget]

I saw Joe say that there might be a game next year before the Lions. Any news about this?

 

[Strewthcobber]

I saw Joe say that there might be a game next year before the Lions. Any news about this?

Think this might be the reference?

"We just want to make sure that we give him the best runway possible to try and get involved in the Wallabies.

"Part of it is that we play the Lions next year so if he doesn't debut on this tour, there's a very little window - maybe one opportunity - to play before the Lions and that would be it.

Super rugby regular season finishes 31 May. GF probably 21 Jun. 1st Lions test is 19 July. Not much room for a Wallaby game in there

Maybe he gets selected for the AUNZ XV at Adelaide Oval on the 12 July?

 

[Strewthcobber]

Harry Potter played precisely zero games in the midfield this year

He played 13 against Emerging Ireland and the Cheetahs for the Force in the last couple of weeks. As per KOB, I reckon it's pretty likely he is the back-up/opposed training 13 up against Ikitau.

 

[Slim 293]

Yep, and I think it’s fair to say that Potter’s recent form at 13 on the Force tour is what saw him elevated into the squad.

 

[stillmissit]

he has not set the world on fire for the Tahs

Nobody can set the world on fire for the Tahs. Hoping, rather than expecting your old coach to do something with them that lasts a whole season and not just the 'Oh! shit a new coach, better pull my finger out' response.

 

[Wilson]

I saw Joe say that there might be a game next year before the Lions. Any news about this?

There has been some talk about getting something in from a few of the rugby journos on podcasts recently, but I don't think it's anything concrete yet. Most likely against a tier 2 side where we don't have to play our full strength team, which gives them a bit of leeway for scheduling on the chance any of our teams make the super rugby final and they need to leave players out.