Wallabies v Italy, Florence, Sun 13th Nov 12am AEDT

[Wilson]

Haven’t seen an explanation why yet but Simone won’t be called in to the squad. Perhaps they are holding off to see if Giteau is fit?

Tom Decent has him as injured:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1589332270368030721

Assuming they're looking to bring in a centre it looks like one of Stewart, Henry and Kuenzle. Stewart seems the most likely of those. I wouldn't be amazed if they went a bit left of field and called Beale in though.

 

[LeCheese]

Tom Decent has him as injured:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1589332270368030721

Assuming they're looking to bring in a centre it looks like one of Stewart, Henry and Kuenzle. Stewart seems the most likely of those. I wouldn't be amazed if they went a bit left of field and called Beale in though.

iirc, Rennie was pretty adamant they wouldn't rush Beale onto the spring tour. You'd think Stewart would be next in line, but Henry has quite a bit of recent game time at 12 and 13 under his belt between Aus A and Reds Japan tours.

 

[RugbyReg]

iirc, Rennie was pretty adamant they wouldn't rush Beale onto the spring tour. You'd think Stewart would be next in line, but Henry has quite a bit of recent game time at 12 and 13 under his belt between Aus A and Reds Japan tours.

Stewart is in Japan - so a little closer?

 

[LeCheese]

Stewart is in Japan - so a little closer?

Fair point. Kuenzle, being in Perth, is closer than Henry too.

 

[whitefalcon]

Tom Decent has him as injured:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1589332270368030721

Assuming they're looking to bring in a centre it looks like one of Stewart, Henry and Kuenzle. Stewart seems the most likely of those. I wouldn't be amazed if they went a bit left of field and called Beale in though.

That sucks,

Foketi has had a great season and was really starting to look like what we need at 12. Paisami is great but a little too one dimensional

 

[Dismal Pillock]

The match is in Florence, Italy? Why the fuck would anyone want to go to Florence, Italy and spoil the day by doing something as stupid and painful and boring as playing a rugby match?

Just call a truce with the Italian lads beforehand, call it a nil-all, and blow it off.

Spend the days exploring, having a wee drinkie, perving at Italian spunks, etc. Maybe accidentally "miss the shuttle to the airport" and just stay there forever. Beats going back to Wollongong to front up for NSFW preseason.

 

[Derpus]

Haven’t seen an explanation why yet but Simone won’t be called in to the squad. Perhaps they are holding off to see if Giteau is fit?

Dude really hates Simone.

 

[Viking]

All I want for this game is Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase).

 

[Rugby Head]

All I want for this game is Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) (Nawaqanitawase).

He better be starting.

 

[Slim 293]

Two-Test Wallaby Irae Simone was touted as a replacement but the former Brumbies and Waratahs centre is carrying an injury and did not play on the weekend for his French club ASM Clermont Auvergne.

Foketi’s spring tour over as Rennie flags two big inclusions for Italy

Lalakai Foketi scored a memorable try on Saturday against France but won’t play again this year after suffering a suspected fractured tibia.

www.smh.com.au

 

[John S]

The match is in Florence, Italy? Why the fuck would anyone want to go to Florence, Italy and spoil the day by doing something as stupid and painful and boring as playing a rugby match?

Just call a truce with the Italian lads beforehand, call it a nil-all, and blow it off.

Spend the days exploring, having a wee drinkie, perving at Italian spunks, etc. Maybe accidentally "miss the shuttle to the airport" and just stay there forever. Beats going back to Wollongong to front up for NSFW preseason.

Hate to bust your bubble there, but that's not Florence

 

[cyclopath]

Hate to bust your bubble there, but that's not Florence

Of course not, it's the Pitcairns.

 

[RebelYell]

Kyle Godwin is at Lyon, has played 9 Top 14 games.

 

[dru]

Of course not, it's the Pitcairns.

Geez, the Pitcairns have come on.

 

[Dctarget]

We gonna roll out Australia A? The Australia A that lost the Pacific Cup to Samoa who just got hammered by Italy?

 

[RugbyReg]

We gonna roll out Australia A? The Australia A that lost the Pacific Cup to Samoa who just got hammered by Italy?

Pollard, Uru, Smith, Anstee, Harris, Lonergan, Edmed, Stewart, Foketi all started in that game with Kaitu'u, Hoopert, Holz, Sinclair, Tuttle, Creighton and Pietsch off the bench. Is anyone calling for those players to play this game?

 

[Dctarget]

Pollard, Uru, Smith, Anstee, Harris, Lonergan, Edmed, Stewart, Foketi all started in that game with Kaitu'u, Hoopert, Holz, Sinclair, Tuttle, Creighton and Pietsch off the bench. Is anyone calling for those players to play this game?

ignoring my hyperbole, the point remains, we shouldn't do mass restings.

 

[Braveheart81]

I'd expect that there will still be a couple of the squad who won't have been in a 23 after three matches, a handful of players at most will be rested entirely and there'll be a few of the bench players from the first two games starting.

1. Slipper (c)
2. Fainga'a
3. Tupou
4. Skelton
5. Frost
6. Hanigan
7. McReight
8. Gleeson
9. Gordon
10. Lolesio
11. Kellaway
12. Paisami
13. Ikitau
14. Nawaqanitawase
15. Campbell

16. Lonergan 17. Gibbon 18. Ala'alatoa 19. Holloway 20. Samu 21. McDermott 22. Donaldson 23. Banks

 

[qwerty51]

Aus A also beat Fiji and Japan twice.. and we should’ve won that Samoa match..

Also, Samoa should’ve gone up 2 tries and a pen early and then Italy scored a runaway try - that completely broke them. I don’t think Italy win if they played again.

 

[Viking]

I'd expect that there will still be a couple of the squad who won't have been in a 23 after three matches, a handful of players at most will be rested entirely and there'll be a few of the bench players from the first two games starting.

1. Slipper (c)
2. Fainga'a
3. Tupou
4. Skelton
5. Frost
6. Hanigan
7. McReight
8. Gleeson
9. Gordon
10. Lolesio
11. Kellaway
12. Paisami
13. Ikitau
14. Nawaqanitawase
15. Campbell

16. Lonergan 17. Gibbon 18. Ala'alatoa 19. Hanigan 20. Samu 21. McDermott 22. Donaldson 23. Banks

I think you nailed the squad BH. I would consider playing Hooper again to get him back into form given his time out of the game and possibly resting Slipper and giving the back-up prop some more game-time.