Yes anyone who couldn’t see taking only gorden and Donaldson was always going to be a complete failure
He will look good against Portugal but he is definitely inferior to Petaia - big flat track bully.
It was either fatprop or cyclo who said it, but if we are relying on kicking (and hence Donaldson) to win then we are even more fucked than we think.
This isn't the first time a coach has had me scratching my head at his selections
The midfield change does make sense to be fair. Kerevi and Petaia have been given so many chances and both have been really poor
See that could have been us,but EJ (Eddie Jones) decided to not select Hooper and then the plan was done...vision board destroyedGoddamnit who has tagged me into the stupid Portugal vs Australia match day thread oh of course its bloody Tomikin
Yes. A point constantly referred to. Rarely discussed though are the 22 players on the field for the 76 minutes that played atrociously that put a young debutant in that position. Rennie should have left Lolesio on with only 4 minutes to go in hindsight. Most agree that was a very poor coaching decision.
It's wired how Slipper goes from being co-captain at the start of July to below Tate, Porecki, Skelton, AAA in the captaincy pecking order
Strange that a player who spent the season at fullback and occasionally wing isn't that great at OC.
Well we don't have Ikitau or Paisami
Let's remember they are both young and it takes game time to get better in that position. Our players just don't play enough games in the year to get better compared to overseas players. Not sure how that is rectified? Foley and Cooper, both veterans in that position, have had many games where they were 'awful' as well. People only remember what they want to remember. Personally I think more players should be able to play overseas in NZ or Europe to get more experience with better coaching and quality game time. Mack Hansen couldn't get a starting gig at the Brumbies and look at him now.