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Jim Lenehan (48)
I can't think of a backline the All Blacks would prefer to be running at.
I like it. It's a team designed to attack though so the game plan needs to come off.
Simmons on the bench is probably the biggest surprise for me.
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Thoughts on the team.
We've conceded the lineout with the choice of backrowers.
How to we hide Foley, Beale, Kerevi and Folau in defence?
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Hanigan's got to be the luckiest player in the country at this stage.
Hanigan's got to be the luckiest player in the country at this stage.
If he didn't have the iconic mop (he stands out more with it) and no ridiculously deep / country accent would he be in the team?
Perhaps he's connected with Cheika in a way no other player has before:
Hanigan: "Yeah, nah, yeah, mate. Pretty bloody keen to rip in, ay?"
Cheika: "Yeah, yeah, nah, nah, like, you know what I mean?"
It's a long bow but I'm looking for an explanation absolutely anywhere as his form certainly doesn't warrant it.
McMahon is a better footballer than Timani. All Timani has is bulk.
I've got no problem with the team Cheika named, if we were playing the Boks or Argies. But, starting Hanigan and a centre pairing that's never played with one another is a recipe for disaster against SBW and Crotty.
He also knows how to beat an opposition player with skill, so size is much less important in his case. Pity he's a midget.McMahon runs/tackles so hard he plays like he is Timani's size. Wish we could feed his toughness to the rest of the pack.