I just see that as more reason for starting Donaldson against Italy.
Qwerty, I agree with you. We need to find out what talent we have at 10 assuming the worst and Cooper is not available or breaks down again. Rennie appears to have lost faith in Lolesio to some extent and Donaldson may be the answer, we won't know if he doesn't get a decent start.
To be honest we were much quicker when White come on... Either way they inject something different..
Samu D. Just as strong over the ball as MH, and more physical in open play. I would give McReight the spot against Italy. Best of the three in against Ireland/Wales.
In all wallaby games where Tate has come on from the bench, the game has quickened. The start of the Scots game was very fast, it was the Scots who slowed the game down by winning the breakdown battle, which had nothing to do with Tate.
BR, if Rennie has such faith in Lolesio why is he constantly looking for someone else to run the show?
Let's rephrase this question a little. What has Lolesio done to say that he is still the favourite for development? He certainly had one awesome game this year and well done. I can't remember to many other games however where he set the house on fire. Yes a few games he may have been solid but that's about it. Both should be given equal opportunity for development. Only then can it be determined who the better player is.
Lolesio was the best performing flyhalf in Super Rugby and has a fair bit of test experience now. You don't develop in the Wallabies. Certainly not with 8 games before the RWC.
Wow, don't develop in the wallabies. Why do they bother bringing players that have never played a test into camp. Is this not for development. Except for this tour why has Vunivalu been constantly in Wallaby camps and tours? Was this not to develop him as a player. Why do they normally start their Wallaby career from the bench and then are given a starting position against a lessor side such as Japan or perhaps Italy. Is it not that they are developing them, building there confidence, seeing if they can make the step up. Developing two young players is better than having just one. I hope Lolesio succeeds as well as Donaldson, however Lolesio has started in about 12 games for the Wallabies since his debut and when starting, the team has won just 36% of the time. Is it his fault, no it isn't as one man does not make a team. A better player however could improve the teams performance. So lets find out if someone else is better otherwise we could very well go to the world cup and sent packing in the quarter finals or who knows not even reaching the quarter finals as at the moment the only 10 for the Wallabies I rate as capable of taking the Wallabies further is Quade and he is injured.
Is he more physical in open play? Hes certainly not more physical on the defensive side and most of his carries come in the loose.
Do you know if this was a training incident or did it happen during the game and just not get HIA'd?
