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Colin Windon (37)
Another try and it'd look like we're playing NBA Jam with auto catch-up turned on......another try and the scoreline is starting to look almost respectable
Another try and it'd look like we're playing NBA Jam with auto catch-up turned on......another try and the scoreline is starting to look almost respectable
So Kerevi and McMahon should drop out of the 15. But seriously given tahs track record on defence this season plus this game how long before Grey gets punted?Another try and it'd look like we're playing NBA Jam with auto catch-up turned on..
Phipps is no good eitherPhibbs shouldn't be playing at super level. He can't pass. Makes no sense.
Folau should be on reduced rations.Interesting that all the discussion post game has been focussed on the backs.
Yet a few regulars here deride posts about back selections - after all the game will be won or lost in the forwards.
Perhaps not when your midfield leaks like a seive.
The tight 5 did their job. Set piece was good.
Timani added some starch and balance to the back row.
Beale and folau are about the only starting backs I'd keep in the side.
I will have to watch a replay to find out why KEREVI was nowhere near being in the line twice: is him in a sweeping role part of the system?It is pure bloody mindedness that In the press conference Chekia says the team needs to doggedly stick to the system
I agree with this pretty much. Was watching the Cheika interview with the wife this morning and when he was asked if he trusted grey (or whatever the question was) and said '100%' (twice), she said 'that did not look at all convincing'. She wouldn't even know who Nathan grey is BTW.The most obvious changes for next week are Kuridrani to start at 13 and Kerevi drop out of the 23 and likewise for Moore to be dropped.
The back row needs to change. Timani to start at 8 and take your pick at 6. I thought Hanigan and McMahon were both largely ineffective. McMahon was better for a while in the second half but was absent in the first when we got pumped. Hanigan absent pretty much throughout.
Nathan Grey needs to be replaced. It just isn't working.
I probably wouldn't make any changes beyond that.
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As much as evidence shows Grey should go he will stay for the rugby championship as removing a coaching staff member bit different to dropping a player. Will and should be done at the right time which is end of the rugby championship. Actually feel for Grey as first tahs and now wallabies had a shocking record for what he is responsible for coaching re; defence, so would be feeling the pressure.The most obvious changes for next week are Kuridrani to start at 13 and Kerevi drop out of the 23 and likewise for Moore to be dropped.
The back row needs to change. Timani to start at 8 and take your pick at 6. I thought Hanigan and McMahon were both largely ineffective. McMahon was better for a while in the second half but was absent in the first when we got pumped. Hanigan absent pretty much throughout.
Nathan Grey needs to be replaced. It just isn't working.
I probably wouldn't make any changes beyond that.
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Hodges boot needs to be out there. We ain't winning a running gameThis won't go down well with some but I think something that needs to be considered is Beale to 10, hodge or Meakes to 12 and foley to 22
It's a combination of both. Poor systems and poor selections. Kerevi a stand-out poor performer, but that is surely magnified by selecting a poor defender inside and outside him. Kerevi would have surely looked better if he had either Gits, Lilo inside him - players who can manage a defensive line.
The system is poor.
Selecting a poor defenders at 10.12. and 13 is batshit crazy too.
It's like Cheika want's to magnify our weaknesses rather then balance them out. Just like how he selects poor kickers at flyhalf and fullback.
One elephant in the room that no one has mentioned is that the all blacks played a warm up game last week against counties. Our guys on the other hand had gone 40 days no matches. How about next year we bring the nrc forward and play one of the teams the week before the first bledisloe. It'll get the cobwebs out and also provide which ever nrc team they play great experience and exposure.
This won't go down well with some but I think something that needs to be considered is Beale to 10, hodge or Meakes to 12 and foley to 22
Ahh what bullshit, out of that 3 match series against England the most points the Wallabies conceded was when a Kerevi wasn't even in the team and Lealifano and Kuridrani were the starters.
It's like Cheika want's to magnify our weaknesses rather then balance them out. Just like how he selects poor kickers at flyhalf and fullback.