Poor old Naiavalu. Scores some great tries in gold only to get injured opening the door for Koroibete to stake his claim as a world class winger. It's a cruel game sometimes.Hodge, Kuridrani and Koroibete really should now be locked in at 11, 13 and 14 respectively. Any fiddling with them must be avoided.
Poor old Naiavalu. Scores some great tries in gold only to get injured opening the door for Koroibete to stake his claim as a world class winger. It's a cruel game sometimes.
Poor old Naiavalu. Scores some great tries in gold only to get injured opening the door for Koroibete to stake his claim as a world class winger. It's a cruel game sometimes.
Ideally, for RWC19 we have Koro and Naivalu fit and rotating. I think i rate Koro a little higher but theres not much lost with Naivalu. Speight just doesn't run as hard or fast as either.
With Mr. "call up Liam Wright & Folau Fainga'a" Cheika in charge, it's impossible to know who he sees as the obvious replacement for the tour.
Is Dane HP back for spring tour? Can Mr Fix-It Hodgey play there? Is Andrew Kellaway a smokey, or even Jack Maddocks? Quade?!? Tom Banks?
Yep agree, if you give it to Marika or Sefa 20 out with a bit of space you'd back them to get over the line 9 times out of 10. Speight doesn't seem to be quite at that level at the moment.Ideally, for RWC19 we have Koro and Naivalu fit and rotating. I think i rate Koro a little higher but theres not much lost with Naivalu. Speight just doesn't run as hard or fast as either.
DHP is also going to have a hard time getting back into the team..... great for depth though.
Agree Slim. What we should all accept is that we have three players trying to fit into two spots, Foley, Beale and Hunt as 10 and 12. Izzy missing allows one to fill in at 15, but when Izzy returns only two of the three should start and one on the bench.
Not the way I see it. We have Foley and no other for the 10 slot. Wisdom of this will be tested very likely at some point. We have Beale, Folau and Hunt fighting for 12, 14 and 15. The choice to leave one out (or on the bench) is just that, a choice.
Kellaway has gone backwards from his initial promising season with the Tahs.
He had surgery and I believe is out until next year.Would like to see RHP travel.
Kellaway has gone backwards from his initial promising season with the Tahs.
Generally speaking if guys are playing well, it is harder to lose a jersey than to win one - but form and fitness invariably fluctuate. Two days ago Folau had locked down the 15 jersey. Now suddenly he isn’t available.
Hats off the Hodge, Koroibete etc who have taken a very firm grip on their jersey but it doesn’t mean other guys won’t get a shot. Who knows - maybe they’ll do even better than the incumbents.
Good debate to be having. Can’t wait until we have this problem in the halves and backrow.