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Greg Davis (50)
I think we'd be mad not to play our first XV vs Fiji. Otherwise the England game will be the first run together for the run-on team since Bled 2.
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I think we'd be mad not to play our first XV vs Fiji. Otherwise the England game will be the first run together for the run-on team since Bled 2.
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Allen Oxlade (6)
My point remains - when will Hanson have last played a game if he is needed at the pointy end of the RWC?
kiap
Steve Williams (59)
bench v USA + maybe some NRC?
chequebalance
Bill Watson (15)
Since Barnes
Hawko
Tony Shaw (54)
Interesting that while he was still at the Tahs and Wallabies a certain Bob Dwyer wanted him selected at 6. That's a good four years ago now. I don't think we have seen enough of the 2015 Mumm to have any idea of what he can and can't do.
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Steve Williams (59)
Yep.
While that's a plus it's also a minus.
Good players all but I'd like to concentrate on the minus side. Opensides are a dime a dozen; another will come through just like waiting for a bus.
Trade all three-and-a-half of those blokes (leave Benny at 8 and Sean at 6.5)... for one truly world class THP.
(No disrespect to Kepu and Holmes who are doing well, but the depth at #3 is thin)
He also want Beale on the wing ...............
I see Mumm in the style of Sam Whitelock, and I don't see that as a bad thing at all.
Joeleee
Ted Fahey (11)
If Moore goes down, TPN plays 70-80 min, depending on the situation and Hanson plays small minutes. If both go down we're in trouble, but no more trouble than if two players in just about any other position (except 7) go down.
Unfortunately we can't plan for every possible doomsday scenario. We've got a team that can win the RWC if everything goes right. We would struggle to do so if lots goes wrong though. I say we plan for most things going right and try to make sure if that happens, then we're in the best position to win the cup.
I reckon that speaking of line out throwing it is as follows:
Moore
Daylight
Everyone else
So to speak, if Moore goes down, we still have good depth execpt for the line out, where Moore is vital considering the limited jumping options in the best 23 i think Cheika has in his mind.
Im not so worried about it though, as long as Moore stays healthy, TPN, Hanson and Saia all could be my replacement hooker
Moore
Daylight
Everyone else
So to speak, if Moore goes down, we still have good depth execpt for the line out, where Moore is vital considering the limited jumping options in the best 23 i think Cheika has in his mind.
Im not so worried about it though, as long as Moore stays healthy, TPN, Hanson and Saia all could be my replacement hooker
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Actually Hanson is a very very good lineout thrower and probably better then Moore, incredibly i don't think he has lost a ball on his own throw in 2015.
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KOB1987
John Eales (66)
Beale would be one of the fastest in the squad and has phenomenal acceleration. The argument to not play him on the wing has always been that he would be wasted there.
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Marcelo
Ken Catchpole (46)
Really?
Viking
Mark Ella (57)
Prior to 2015 he was bit shaky though wasn't he? I thought that was a big reason why Sia was always favoured.
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TOCC
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I can't remember to be honest, I previously thought that Saia offered more around the ground and at the scrum, Hanson improved massively in these areas in 2015 though.
KOB1987
John Eales (66)
Yes. I was a supporter of him playing on the wing last season when we didn't have any. Now though I think bringing him off the bench late (and also having him there as utility injury cover) against tired opposition is the ideal role for him.
Marcelo
Ken Catchpole (46)
Ok, the only BIG problem with Beale as impact is that if you are defending a lead in your own territory, his defense is useless. Remember the last game in Cape Town. He couldn't stop anyone
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