Scrubber2050
Mark Ella (57)
Reckon Slipper, Hooper and Izzy will be rested - Hope Kepu is as well.
QC (Quade Cooper) and Genia to get a good run.. (well, hopefully)
QC (Quade Cooper) and Genia to get a good run.. (well, hopefully)
Wallabies v Barbarians - 1/11/14 (Twickenham)
- Thread starter RugbyReg
- Start date
- Status
Highlander35
Steve Williams (59)
Can't rest two props unless someone is flown over.
As much as I love Sean being over there, PAE, or Weeks, or even Cowan would have been better.
As much as I love Sean being over there, PAE, or Weeks, or even Cowan would have been better.
BDA
Jim Lenehan (48)
ChargerWA
Mark Loane (55)
I'm working on the premise that the 6:30 Rugby Special is the All Black V USA game.
kiap
Steve Williams (59)
The one booked for Wembley in December?
The answer is: Don't believe everything you read in the papers.
Also Quantas didn't need u so they changed their name to Qantas.
waiopehu oldboy
George Smith (75)
The "Wallaby Spring Tour On Foxtel" promo I saw last night made no mention of the Barbarians but did say "starts November 9".
They probably made the promo earlier.
Nick McArdle tweeted last Friday that they had just got the rights.
I'd be surprised if too many players are rested if any.
It's Cheika's first game as coach with one of the two biggest games on tour the following week.
It's Cheika's first game as coach with one of the two biggest games on tour the following week.
Viking
Mark Ella (57)
Although I'd be starting with Cooper and give him the chance to play himself into the starting XV next game.
It depends what Cheika's plan is though.
Unless he's looking to drop Foley for the following week from the starting team it seems highly unlikely that he would start Cooper over Foley against the Barbarians.
My guess is that Foley will start and he'll be looking to give Cooper plenty of minutes off the bench.
Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
I've been banging on about the shortage of props in the squad for a few pages now. It is a fact that one of Kepu or Slipper will have to at least be on the bench and therefore may be required to play because there are only five props in the team.
Glad to see someone else has also picked up on this issue.
I wonder if one of the reasons they only took 5 props on tour is because Sio is considered comfortably the next best and he's still injured.
Still, outside of our starting props it not at all clear what the exact pecking order should be. Alexander in particular seems to have lost his dynamic play round the field which was always his greatest strength.
The onus at this point should certainly be to find a reserve scrum that is as strong as possible. It seems to me that our reserve props are more likely to win or lose us a game because of their scrummaging rather than their play around the field.
Slipper and Kepu are an easy choice because they seem to be comfortably our strongest combination both at scrum time and in general play. Was Kepu 6th in the JEM? Surely we've never had our whole first choice front row make the top 6. Amazing stuff.
Still, outside of our starting props it not at all clear what the exact pecking order should be. Alexander in particular seems to have lost his dynamic play round the field which was always his greatest strength.
The onus at this point should certainly be to find a reserve scrum that is as strong as possible. It seems to me that our reserve props are more likely to win or lose us a game because of their scrummaging rather than their play around the field.
Slipper and Kepu are an easy choice because they seem to be comfortably our strongest combination both at scrum time and in general play. Was Kepu 6th in the JEM? Surely we've never had our whole first choice front row make the top 6. Amazing stuff.
- Status