Wallabies v Ireland, Saturday 16th June, 8.00pm, AAMI Park, Melbourne
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Nev Cottrell (35)
If you are willing to go through some vile you will find what I am saying within the ~500 comments here.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/44429263
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Chilla Wilson (44)
I don't think Kepu would agree with you.
Yeah It is very disappointing, my prediction for Saturday is Ireland and France by 7 ;-)
gel
Ken Catchpole (46)
Your interpretation of their "main gripe" in that article is quite different to mine.
dru
David Wilson (68)
Gel his comment is within context and I don’t think misplaced. I didn’t watch the game but I’m presuming that EJ (Eddie Jones) has again selected the “double-6”. A consistent comment from fans is the back row with specific concerns around not having a proper 7.
My issue is that I don’t think we do either - our last international quality traditional 7 was probably Liam Gill.
dru
David Wilson (68)
Confused? OK. No I don't see Pocock as a traditional 7, he has the 7 skills of fetching as the best in the world however.
Neither Pocock nor Hooper is what I would call a traditional 7. I'd expect some kind of height and jumping ability. Pocock isn't fast enough to regularly hit the first receiver in defense. Hooper is though. Hooper plays an excellent running game, possibly the world's best 7 in this, and Pocock is the world's best fetcher. Neither is an asset in the line out which I would want in a "7 all-rounder".
dru
David Wilson (68)
Sully, that doesn't change my explanation. Though I doubt you'd argue that Gill was not a line out option.
And FWIW I'm not arguing the double 7. Just trying to explain a response to a question.
At the end of the day you want balance in the back row. And Hooper/Pocock provides world top quality excellence in a couple of very important areas.
Just not the line out.
dru
David Wilson (68)
No Sully that is not specifically what you said. Nor I.
What I said was "some kind of height". To be fair to your thrust, I don't really care about height but I do care about jumping ability. And I stand fast to my thinking that 2 jumpers is way not enough at international level.
BTW "rugby" targets is not "Wallaby targets".
Our problem with Pocock and Hooper is not simply that we dont have a 7 that is a line out target. It is that 2/3 in the back row is not a line out target. And then we seem incapable of selecting a third back rower who is a line out target.
And as much as I understands Reg's argument, a team at international level with only 2 jumpers has a very obvious weakness to hunt.
What I said was "some kind of height". To be fair to your thrust, I don't really care about height but I do care about jumping ability. And I stand fast to my thinking that 2 jumpers is way not enough at international level.
BTW "rugby" targets is not "Wallaby targets".
Our problem with Pocock and Hooper is not simply that we dont have a 7 that is a line out target. It is that 2/3 in the back row is not a line out target. And then we seem incapable of selecting a third back rower who is a line out target.
And as much as I understands Reg's argument, a team at international level with only 2 jumpers has a very obvious weakness to hunt.
KOB1987
John Eales (66)
I was going to say Scott gourley..but his five tests were all with Jeff miller as the other flanker and they both wore 6 & 7 in those five tests.David Wilson ?
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Anyway, this is all better off in the rugby trivia thread!
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David who? God you're old! I can't remember him?David Wilson ?
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