From what I've noticed of Horwill, these days he's only effective over short spurts. He's a good bench option because you can definitely get 25-30 quality minutes out of him, before he starts getting fatigued and lazy.
Fair enough, but he still had poor series as a player. And when you put the two together (JOC (James O'Connor) & Badg), there is a greater expectation on JOC (James O'Connor) purely because of skillset.
Badger is really a one trick pony - funny and hardworking but only one feather to his cap. I look forward to his commentary career once he retires
I noticed this too. Certainly not an 80 minute player any more. Seems to start games well but dies off at the end.
No-one plays the Crash-monster quite like Naiyarovoro. Nadolo has too much class, Skelton is too slow, Mr T just cleaves a path and leaves debris in his wake. I'm pretty positive he's playing for Fiji though, is that not certain?
To be fair you could say that about a lot of Reds players this year.I noticed this too. Certainly not an 80 minute player any more. Seems to start games well but dies off at the end.
If we had Sio, Holmes, TPN, and Horwill coming onto the game in the last 20minutes - that will probably strengthen our scrum rather then weaken it, as opposed to say Alexander, Robinson, Dennis.
Assuming Horwill will replace Skelton, then our line-out will be strengthened also.
Good call - I'm backing Chieka to get the best out of Horwill one last time.
If we had Sio, Holmes, TPN, and Horwill coming onto the game in the last 20minutes - that will probably strengthen our scrum rather then weaken it, as opposed to say Alexander, Robinson, Dennis.
I'm not unconvinced
and before anyone jumps on me, I've got no idea if that is the correct terminology.
Would our best scrummaging front row be Sio, a fit TPN, Holmes?
No It wouldn't be the best Wallabies front row. TPN wasn't exactly great on the weekend. The Tahs lineout had issues as well as the scrum. I agree with Reg against England especially we need a rock solid set piece and Holmes, Squeak and I think Slipper could be those 3. You don't need a good runner who breaks tackles in those games just a good set piece prop.
Fair enough on TPN. Moore will undoubtedly get the nod anyway and rightly so.
Although I think Sio is a good set-piece prop. The Brumbies scrum is significantly weaker when he isn't playing.
I'm most worried about Taf's melon. When healthy I think he's an absolute certainty, but I'm concerned that his head isn't 100% right or he gets another knock. Forget about the Wallabies, I just want him to avoid to be a healthy bloke after retiring from the game.