Wallabies 2025

[Braveheart81]

My main issue is that he really needs to prove and to demonstrate his pay cheque

Why?

His contract is a sunk cost. Clearly he wouldn't be re-signed at the same value if he was seeking a new contract right now.

His form hasn't been great but he just needs to be in the top 3 THPs to make the squad and the top 2 to be in the matchday 23.

I think his scrummaging will have him there pretty much regardless of form and fitness around the park. I think he is still comfortably among our best scrummagers and that is why he'll be picked.

 

[Tomikin]

https://www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/01/exclusive-dce-to-sign-bombshell-contract-with-reds-wallabies-debut-for-bledisloe-cup-looms/

 

[Tomikin]

It was initially speculated that he would join the Sydney Roosters; however, The Roar can exclusively reveal Rugby Australia and the Queensland Reds approached the 36-year old’s management over the weekend and offered a monster five-year contract worth an estimated $1.4 million a year for him to change maroon for gold.


Holy fucking shit 1.4 a year 5 year. Deal for a 36 year old

 

[Braveheart81]

Check the date.

 

[Tomikin]

Check the date.

Well fuck lol

 

[Adam84]

i can hear the heart palpitations and grinding of teeth

 

[BDA]

ha as soon as I read that they were looking at him to play 9 I was like this has to be a joke then checked the date.

 

[dru]

Why?

I lost you here.,

 

[emuarse]

My way too early Predicted Wallabies Squad for Lions tour:
Prop
Alan Ala'alatoa
James Slipper
Angus Bell
Alex Hodgman
Taniela Tupou
Tom Robertson

Hooker
Matt Faessler
Dave Porecki
Nic Dolly/Brandon Paenga-Amosa

Lock
Lukhan Salakai-Loto
Josh Canham
Darcy Swain
Nick Frost
Jeremy Williams

Back Row
Harry Wilson
Fraser McReight
Carlo Tizzano
Rob Valetini
Rob Leota
Seru Uru


Halfback
Tate McDermott
Nic White
Jake Gordon

Flyhalf
Noah Lolesio
Tom Lynagh
Ben Donaldson

Centre
Len Ikitau
Hunter Paisami
Joseph Sua'alii

Wing/Fullback
Tom Wright
Andrew Kellaway
Max Jorgensen
Filipo Daugunu
Dylan Pietsch

Potential Bolters
Richie Asiata
Lawson Creighton
Kalani Thomas
Nick Champion de Crespigny
James O'Connor
Aidan Ross

I'd have Zane Nonggorr before Tom Robertson as a prop.
Maybe have Tom as a centre.

 

[Major Tom]

I realise my reticence at the moment to include Tupou is kind of contrarian. My main issue is that he really needs to prove and to demonstrate his pay cheque let alone WB selection. My secondary issue is that Australian rugby is actually reasonably well served with decent props in 2025 so we don't actually need to make compromised selections. I suspect that as we approach the end of the SPR season I'll be looking back to today and wondering what the issue was. Hope so.

Hmm I think we’re still a wee bit off. De Luttis is coming with a bullet but you’d still say he’s at least a year off making a debut. (Maybe give him a go against a lesser nation). The problem is, this is the lions so we need to be confident that the THP we pick can do the job otherwise it’s series over. I’d just be saying to TT your job is to dominate them at scrum time and make your tackles. Everything else is a bonus. Anyways it’s AAA, TT and ZN.

 

[Mr Pilfer]

Siosifa Amone joined the tahs and worked his ar$e off in pre season and dropped 25 kilos.

The fact Tupou can’t do the same suggests it is either a mental problem or maybe he is carrying worse injuries than everyone realises and they just manage to get him on the field week by week with not much happening in between games