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David Codey (61)
What is this I hear about Timani being a very good lineout options, I thought they don't throw to him at the lineout, mostly cos he has tit's for hands (I assume)
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What is this I hear about Timani being a very good lineout options, I thought they don't throw to him at the lineout, mostly cos he has tit's for hands (I assume)
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Steve Williams (59)
Timani doesn't take many if any lineouts. Jones and Higgers take about 80% of the throws, McMahon takes most of what's left with Reid and Colby cleaning up the scraps.
Timani has taken 3 lineouts all season.
He's not even the fourth choice lineout catcher at the Rebels. That's generally their 7.
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Greg Davis (50)
It's not Cheika making those statements about picking players to play a particular style, but Internet posters. I think we need to damn Chieka for what he does, not what we think he will or won't do.
If he really does ignore the best talent in order to play a particular style of rugby, and that doesn't work, then the subsequent eCarnage wil probably be justified.
On the other hand, he has a tournament or two to win. We may be far from the best team in both. That might mean playing to a particular style, for straightforward reasons of game theory, in order to create a point of difference, and give ourselves a chance. It remains to be seen.
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Drew Mitchell has had some good games and some bad ones, and he has been dropped to the bench a few times this season as well.. Watching a highlights package will make any player look good... He is not the best Australian winger..
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Greg Davis (50)
I think Speight at his best is our best winger, then daylight. But an inform Speight and Mitchell would be pretty darned good! We'd probably have the equal best back three.
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Dick Tooth (41)
Timani is a beast at scrum time. The Rebels scrum has been huge this year and he's been a massive part of the power coming from the engine room.
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Dick Tooth (41)
The other benefit of Mitchell, is that he's got a big boot.
If Speight is one wing and Folau FB, then the other winger must have a kicking game, especially if Foley and Phipps are the starting halves.
We will not be playing a game that relies on tactical kicking, but if we don't have more than one option we're fucked, and may as well not go.
If Speight is one wing and Folau FB, then the other winger must have a kicking game, especially if Foley and Phipps are the starting halves.
We will not be playing a game that relies on tactical kicking, but if we don't have more than one option we're fucked, and may as well not go.
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Jim Lenehan (48)
Not sure there is a need to secure all of Pocock, Hooper and Gill in the 31. Especially if you also have McMahon in the squad, who against lesser opposition could probably cover openside off the bench.
Is Palu injured/goneski?
Have you watched Foley lately? His kicking is much improved on last year from hand - better distance, finding grass a lot. The Tahs don't kick for touch a lot, so hitting the space is what they need, and he's doing it more now. There's also To'omua most likely at 12.
But yeah, a member of the back 3 who can kick will be good, as long as they do the other stuff they have to.
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John Eales (66)
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If Cheika were seriously considering Kerevi as a prospect he would need to bring him in for the Rugby Championship and invest some serious game time with him
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Paul McLean (56)
Some thoughts, given there has often been talk about playing in the Northern Hemisphere.
I’d much rather bring our game to the NH and win our style, rather than trying to adapt to theirs. If we lose, lets lose playing good rugby.
The 91 RWC was extremely close because I think we didn’t play like we did all season – we put on some big scores that year, even our state sides did.
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The 99 World cup under McQueen we took our game plan and real rugby to the NH and scored plenty of trys.
Some may say we had better players, I say our game plan and approach to rugby was the winner that laid the results.
I’d much rather bring our game to the NH and win our style, rather than trying to adapt to theirs. If we lose, lets lose playing good rugby.
The 91 RWC was extremely close because I think we didn’t play like we did all season – we put on some big scores that year, even our state sides did.
Were as,
The 99 World cup under McQueen we took our game plan and real rugby to the NH and scored plenty of trys.
Some may say we had better players, I say our game plan and approach to rugby was the winner that laid the results.
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Frank Row (1)
If there are any doubts about skeltons scrummaging then we shouldn't risk starting him (maybe give him a trial in TRC....) Pick the best srummaging lock as his replacement, if thats timani so be it, plenty of linout options in simmons, fardy and higgers/mcalman...
Kerevi is too much of a liability in defence imo...
Kerevi is too much of a liability in defence imo...
Well we beat South Africa in the semi, which was a tryless game dominated by penalties and drop goals. Then we scored two tries in the final, but it was hardly a free-flowing affair. In fact we kicked constantly.
The 1999 team played open rugby, but could also play the tight game when the circumstances required it. We need to have both strings to our bow as well.
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Jim Lenehan (48)
Re scrummaging, it's important to remember that the Wallabies scrum on its own feed has been quite good for the last couple of years. It's really on opposition feeds that we are struggling. As mentioned earlier, last year we really struggled to adapt to the northern hemisphere style of scrummaging where teams put the ball in the scrum and just push until they win a penalty. It requires us to scrum past the initial push and hold steady long enough to essentially force the attacking side to use it. That type of scrummaging is something you very rarely see in Southern Hemisphere scrummaging, even at TRC level. The only time you see it is on a 5 metre scrum and even then, the SH referees will only allow the scrum to stay stagnant for a few seconds before they require the attacking side to use it.
The Wallabies have generally looked unprepared for that type of scrummaging. They need to spend a lot of time working on scrummaging for long periods (10 seconds +) as a unit and not lose their shape.
I've noticed that Skelton has been much better this season in using his size and strength to offer a lot of power to the tahs scrum. However at the same time, the tahs scrum still hasn't looked the most solid unit at times and I'm concerned that Skelton may still struggle to hold his shape and body position when the wallabies are force to scrum for much longer periods. Only time will tell.
The Wallabies have generally looked unprepared for that type of scrummaging. They need to spend a lot of time working on scrummaging for long periods (10 seconds +) as a unit and not lose their shape.
I've noticed that Skelton has been much better this season in using his size and strength to offer a lot of power to the tahs scrum. However at the same time, the tahs scrum still hasn't looked the most solid unit at times and I'm concerned that Skelton may still struggle to hold his shape and body position when the wallabies are force to scrum for much longer periods. Only time will tell.
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