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Johnnie Wallace (23)
Fair enough mate. RA can spot me a ticket given what I spent to watch last nightI’ll be there.
I will not give them another cent whilst McLennan is involved.
Fair enough mate. RA can spot me a ticket given what I spent to watch last nightI’ll be there.
The player selections were reckless. A clean out and rebuild is acceptable but you don‘t do it one clean swoop. Quade and Hooper should have been there … a given. There are no questions around Carter Gordon and Fraser McReight’s ability and both players are the future of Australian rugby BUT this should have been a batten change with these two given the keys in 2024. Seriously, Max Jorgensen and Ben Donaldson taking spots to keep two of our best IP players out of the team … that is insanity. Eddie only having two months to bring together a team and he does that shit. Not a coach with much clue.
I like having Harry Wilson in there and Valetini at 6 but Rodda & Frost > Arnold & Phillip, Scott Sio maybe but to old, BPA is better than Porecki, Paisami is a better 12 than Perese, I'd have for Next year:Taking injured forwards like Pone as only replacement for injury prone guy like Tupou also seems strange in hindsight. Would have thought better to take our best centre Ikitau as maybe misses first game but come back for Fiji. Also I don't see how Hooper or Samu don't go just to give some wise old heads and impact from bench at worst.
Then the flyhalf thing, taking no real proper 2nd 10 was really just weird. Foley or Cooper just to add relief, Foley can just as good a job as Donaldson at 15 if required, hell Hodge as well.
My hope is the boys felt this hard (which seemed to be the case based on emotions last night) and it puts a fire in their belly to fix this for next year. First test next year I'd have with the re build starting:
1. Bell 2. Porecki 3. Tupou 4. Skelton 5. Phillip 6. Valetini 7. McReight 8. Wilson 9. Tate 10. Lynagh/Gordon 11. Vunivalu 12. Perese 13. Ikitau 14. Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) (Nawaqanitawase) 15. Kellaway
Bench
Sio, Pollard, AAA, Arnold, T.Hooper, IKL, Jorgensen, Fokeiti
Imagine how bad the crowd will be. 25k might be optimistic
Bell, BPA, Tupou, Frost, Rodda, Valetini, Gleeson, Wilson, McDermott, Gordon, Wright, Paisami, Ikitau, Nawaqanitawase, Kellaway
Faesslar/Lonergan, Gibbon/Sio, AAA, Salakai-Loto/Phillip, Gleeson, Lonergan/IFL, Donaldson, Vunivalu
I have him at 6..., Where he played the last 2 super rugby seasonsnot sure about completely dropping Bobby v, he's been one of our most consistent players the last 3 years
I have him at 6..., Where he played the last 2 super rugby seasons
this is the same two lines repackaged ten times, what a jokeHamish seems to stubborn to walk away, gloats about how he'd done good things by winning us the mens & women WC and donating his salary
‘I haven’t spoken to him’: Rugby Australia boss hasn’t asked Eddie Jones about Japan interview
Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan answers questions about his future, the fallout from the Wallabies’ darkest day and Eddie Jones’ secret job interview.www.smh.com.au
Nah won't waste my money on thatI’m going down to NSW Waratahs HQ tomorrow to sign up for a membership.
I urge all other custodians of the game to do so as well.
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We MUST put our hands up and our money where our mouth is.Nah won't waste my money on that
Gee we should have picked Hooper though.Really funny and annoying hearing casuals with no idea about rugby winging about Hooper and Cooper, i.e. the only 2 wallaby players they know.
Been over this but they wouldn't of helped, we missed the likes of Ikitau, BPA, Rodda, Samu more
Too smallGee we should have picked Hooper though.
I think Hooper wouldn't have started but could have seen him around camp and making a bench spot just to mentor some guys. As for Cooper he didn't look great in RC but seriously we needed another 10 than Gordon, Donaldson isn't a Test 10, Foley or Cooper were next best so really think we should have taken one of them. Think we could have sacrificed one of the 4 wingers/2 full backs for that.Really funny and annoying hearing casuals with no idea about rugby winging about Hooper and Cooper, i.e. the only 2 wallaby players they know.
Been over this but they wouldn't of helped, we missed the likes of Ikitau, BPA, Rodda, Samu more
Smaller playing pool, no 1 team in the world.In what sense?
4 teams, bigger squads, a lot more games, central contracting controls. It's also taken Ireland a decade to get where they are now with a lot of domestic success and a lot of pain in 2019 rwc. Remember they lost to Japan in the group and got smashed by NZ in the quarters. Irish sides have won 8 of the last 10 URC, plus Leinsters European cups. 3 out of 4 teams have won a trophy.Smaller playing pool, no 1 team in the world.