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Peter Johnson (47)
This needs to be our focus. We should not speculate on how weak our competitor is but how strong we can make ourselves.
Banging on about how weak Wales is, proves we have a losers attitude.
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Banging on about how weak Wales is, proves we have a losers attitude.
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Correct. Get the coaches in there to build a winning mindset. I think we have the right leadership to do that.
Homer
Bill Watson (15)
Captaincy options are short for Scmidt. Slipper cant play enough minutes and there are very few players who are guaranteed a spot. It probably leaves Alalatoa, Wright (no guaranteed spot), Mcreight and Kellaway.
Kellaway more likely a VC, so I think Mcreight might be a solid option, lead from the front player. I think he captained u20s, but not much since then.
Kellaway more likely a VC, so I think Mcreight might be a solid option, lead from the front player. I think he captained u20s, but not much since then.
Goosestep
Jim Clark (26)
See that’s so inconsistent, you have Beale who was selected based purely on past glories, but you don’t pick mark , who was probably our best back at the RWC, cause he had average year in a garbage team ?? …
bs it was because he’s headed to the roosters
DropGoal
Larry Dwyer (12)
I don’t know, He played like half a season , he wasn’t amazing …. past glories had some influence ..
But I agree with your statement about mark going to league .. and that’s not right imo
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
McReight or AAA for skipper IMHO
Nawaqanitawase was playing pretty badly this season, Beale had better moments in a few games than Nawaqanitawase did in a whole season
Tomthumb
Peter Fenwicke (45)
Mark was terrible this year, Tahs best performance of the year was when he was dropped. And the “best back at the RWC” is pretty funny, it’s like being the tallest Smurf, hardly an accomplishment
Either he just forgot how to play rugby or his heart really isn’t in it. Either way, I don’t see why he should be rewarded with a Wallabies jersey off the back of poor form and leaving the sport that invested in his development at the first possible opportunity
This isn’t a club team, it’s a national team. Teams like NZ and Sputh Africa will always be hard to beat regardless of player talent, because their players are desperate to play for their country. We need players with the same desperation to be wallabies
I thought his form at the back end of the season was much better.
He was among our best couple of players in most of the last few games.
Given he's leaving I still wouldn't have picked him in the Wallabies squad but likewise I think discussions around his form have been cemented in the first half of the season and not really revisited.
John S
Peter Fenwicke (45)
While he improved in the back half of the season, I don't think it was enough of an improvement to unstick the impression of his bad run of form. Maybe he really was in the departure lounge all season?
Slim 293
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase)'s form in SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) last season also wasn't too great...
Ultimately, if he wasn't going to the NRL he probably would've been selected.
But completely understand Schmidt leaving out anyone who is not sticking around considering everything that's occurred in Australian rugby over the last year, the rebuild he has to oversee and the importance of the Lions and Australian RWC coming up.
Ultimately, if he wasn't going to the NRL he probably would've been selected.
But completely understand Schmidt leaving out anyone who is not sticking around considering everything that's occurred in Australian rugby over the last year, the rebuild he has to oversee and the importance of the Lions and Australian RWC coming up.
Tomthumb
Peter Fenwicke (45)
In my opinion he certainly was, which isn’t the kind of poor attitude a Wallaby team with a new coach trying to improve things needs
dru
David Wilson (68)
Tom, I think you have a truism here, but not perhaps fully making connections...
It has to be a mental challenge to aspire to be a tall smurf, especially if you were involved in the initial smurfification of the Wallabies.
It has to be a mental challenge to aspire to be a tall smurf, especially if you were involved in the initial smurfification of the Wallabies.
Strewthcobber
Simon Poidevin (60)
Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) bulked up too much over the off-season and lost a step. He was huge. Once he dropped a bit of weight towards the back half of the season and his pace improved he certainly seemed to be playing better and was worth a spot in the Wallabies I thought, but I don't really care too much that he wasn't selected without a contract for next year.
DropGoal
Larry Dwyer (12)
look if you ask me , I think mark would lift for wallabies games going on past test rugby performances.. but youre entitled to your opinion..
but let’s be honest lots of other players could have made the squad too - Koroibete, Kerevi, Ned Hanigan,Swinton, Uelese, Izack Rodda,
Izaia Perese - and the decision not to select them wasn’t based on performance
- but rather where they play or are going to play club football ..
So it seems some players are selected on performance while others on external factors-
so again the inconsistency is what’s annoying .
Dctarget
Tim Horan (67)
Sorry where's the inconsistency? He's painfully consistent. If you are committed to Australian rugby and merit selection, you're chosen. That's it.
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