Wallabies 31 Man Squad
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Paradox
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Well these Brumbies be able to play for the Bs vs the Ls? I hope so :-(
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
I very much doubt it.........
Scotty
David Codey (61)
I am now convinced you just make it up as you go along. Beale is not a physical or direct player. At 10 he often runs sideways and in the last few years his error count for the wallabies has been very high. The amount of times he pushes passes or looses the ball in contact is right up there on a percentage basis with Cooper.
Cooper's two biggest issues are: charge downs and intercepts. Easy to fix if you want him in the side - let someone else take clearing kicks and play with a deeper attacking line.
RoffsChoice
Jim Lenehan (48)
Will the Brumbies even have four props when the BIL come knocking? Murphy out, Sio and Alexander called up - Ruan Smith and Dan Palmer on the field, nobody on the bench?
Slim 293
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Hopefully Palmer will make it onto the field for that match........
I'm guessing there's going to be a few lucky Canberra players getting quite an opportunity.........
TSR
Andrew Slack (58)
Didn't Palmer also re-injure his toe?
I like to watch
David Codey (61)
Scotty, what is Cooper's value add?
If you don't trust him with his flat passes at the line, then why on earth would you pick him?
If he plays in the pocket, there are much better options than him.
If you remove all of his mistake making actions,you remove his value add.
It's these high risk plays that make him dangerous......for both sides.
And that is the issue.
If you don't trust him with his flat passes at the line, then why on earth would you pick him?
If he plays in the pocket, there are much better options than him.
If you remove all of his mistake making actions,you remove his value add.
It's these high risk plays that make him dangerous......for both sides.
And that is the issue.
GaffaCHinO
Peter Sullivan (51)
From the Force Twiter
Ruggo
Mark Ella (57)
Quade, obviously trying to impress Deans and follow Beale's path back into the Wallaby squad, was involved in a boozy pub incident over the weekend....
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...ith-pub-incident/story-e6frg7o6-1226660987983
He probably laments not punching a teammate after being omitted from the squad...
Not going to hold Quade to a higher standard than myself. Chances are if you tip a drink over me, I will knock your fucking block off.
I am glad he didn't for his sake but I wouldn't blame him for dropping that dickhead if he did.
We can all be holier than thou but even the best of men have their breaking limit and nobody needs to put up with that crap.
Inside Shoulder
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Didnt Jones want to set up (or did he in fact set up - thats how good my memory is) a scrum school?
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Mark Ella (57)
About halfway through the reign of Jones from memory, the ARU funded a scrum school at the behest of Topo. It wasn't a formal part of Jones' coaching setup. Where is that scrum school now? Why isn't Topo involved now?
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TOCC
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Did it actually get set up? I thought Eddie Jones made a request or at least claimed that he requested a scrum school be setup by the ARU, then tried deflecting some of the Wallabies abysmal scrummaging problems onto the ARU because they hadn't set the program up.
Inside Shoulder
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Ruggo
Mark Ella (57)
I don't disagree Sully but good luck with that.
I don't believe any set time is appropriate but a history of progressing the national side despite the way the game is played is constantly evolving is a must. Mr Deans just hasn't done that.
Gnostic
Mark Ella (57)
Topo was running a school. I thought it got ARU sanction but then again maybe not I am doubting my memory now.
I know Jones tried to deflect some of the responsibility for poor scrummaging when Connolly took over but the fact remains that his sides didn't concentrate on the scrum. It was a restart and parity was all that was needed at best. The rationale was that scrums were a small part of the game and as a percentage of the primary possession rated far lower than the Lineout. As the ultimate Stats man Jones justified the total lack of concentration and setting KPIs for props that didn't have anything to do with the scrum on this. Indeed if you look at the props at the time some technically good props and people who had been junior with great potential concentrated all their training and development in areas away from the set piece. Eg. Dunning, Baxter. Contrary to popular belief they were good props in the early days but they wanted to play for the Wallabies and hence did the things required to make that selection. Consequently so many props followed suit and it was years before scrummaging started to come good, but when al the props in the country had neglected the art the whole basis has to be rebuilt from the start. The neglect is still being felt.
Ruggo
Mark Ella (57)
In all fairness Cowen is a massively improved player over the last couple of years and he never gets the credit he deserves for that.
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