Wallabies 2024

[stillmissit]

None of that makes any difference to us. We need to win these games, not only to build momentum, but also to get the public on side.

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.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Correct. Get the coaches in there to build a winning mindset. I think we have the right leadership to do that.

 

[Homer]

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.

 

[Derpus]

I would just pick McReight or Wright if he's starting.

 

[Froggy]

AAA for me, Kellaway for VC, McReight will get his time.

 

[Tomthumb]

McReight should have it IMO. Can lead by example and is an 80 minute player

 

[Goosestep]

Yes there is an obvious reason, they both didn’t play well enough this season

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

 

[Slim 293]

I'd say the truth is pretty simple...

Beale was selected because he did play well this year.

Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) was not because he's going to the Roosters.

 

[DropGoal]

I'd say the truth is pretty simple...

Beale was selected because he did play well this year.

Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) (Nawaqanitawase) was not because he's going to the Roosters.

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]

McReight or AAA for skipper IMHO

 

[fatprop]

I'd say the truth is pretty simple...

Beale was selected because he did play well this year.

Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) (Nawaqanitawase) was not because he's going to the Roosters.

Nawaqanitawase was playing pretty badly this season, Beale had better moments in a few games than Nawaqanitawase did in a whole season

 

[Tomthumb]

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

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

 

[Braveheart81]

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

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]

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.

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]

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.

 

[Tomthumb]

Maybe he really was in the departure lounge all season?

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]

Tom, I think you have a truism here, but not perhaps fully making connections...

And the “best back at the RWC” is pretty funny, it’s like being the tallest Smurf, hardly an accomplishment
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We need players with the same desperation to be 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]

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]

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

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]

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 .

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.