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Waratahs 2017

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fatprop

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George Gregan (70)
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KOB1987 said:
Was always going to happen I reckon. He's never been able to bring his schoolboy/U20s dominance to this level but he's still only young. He might lack confidence but that will come, he rarely makes a mistake and is precisely the type of player who should be getting developed for the top level.

EDIT: by 'mistake' I'm talking about handling errors etc, as opposed to execution, misreads etc.
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Some of his passing was average, but he did enough to continue at 12
 
bloodred

bloodred

Fred Wood (13)
fatprop said:
I thought Gordon was quite good, his running threat was excellent, he wasn't perfect, but he showed promise.

Lucas is good a marshalling the troupes, but he doesn't threaten the line
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Two points:
1.The team needs marshalling badly
2. Lucas has a far better pass. Phipps showed the difference when he came on.
Jake needs to finish his apprenticeship. This isn't NRC
 
eastman

eastman

John Solomon (38)
fatprop said:
I thought Gordon was quite good, his running threat was excellent, he wasn't perfect, but he showed promise.



Lucas is good a marshalling the troupes, but he doesn't threaten the line
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I agree re Gordon, I thought for his debut game he was safe and will only imrpove. Additionally I didn't cringe everytime he went for the boxkixk (a la Phipps)
 
Froggy

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Nicholas Shehadie (39)
One of Gordon's strengths is his kicking game. Be interesting to see what Gibson does next week, against his old team!
Interesting how much more assured Phipps looked with Foley outside him (why do a variety of people here insist on calling him Phibbs, it's not that hard, particularly compared with some of the names we have to deal with).
 
hammertimethere

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Trevor Allan (34)
Guys, pick the Fijian shithouse for goodness sake. He's slow, has the turning circle of a P&O cruise ship, can't kick and can barely catch but he is a HUGE threat when he gets his running game going. One of the main issues for the waratahs (and the reds and force) this season has been a lack of gainline dominance. It's not like Robinson is carving up and scoring tries. When Foley comes back and resumes the kicking duties put the big man on the wing and use him.
 
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Will Genia (78)
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hammertimethere said:
Guys, pick the Fijian shithouse for goodness sake. He's slow.
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I really don't think he's that slow. Once he gets up to speed he's quite fast.

He had a runaway try against the Highlanders in that trial and no one got close to catching him.

He's certainly not up with the flyers in the competition but I reckon he'd be quicker than bunch of other outside backs over 40 or 50.
 
eastman

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John Solomon (38)
There certainly is a lack of penetration in the backline at the moment. Apart from Folau and Taqele which players would geuinely worry the other team if they were marking them?
I'm not sure that someone like Kellaway who was one of our top juniors in years will ever be breaking tackles regularly.
 
John S

John S

Peter Fenwicke (45)
He certainly didn't look like breaking many yesterday from what I remember, our backline as a whole got shut down pretty quick.
 
Froggy

Froggy

Nicholas Shehadie (39)
That's the beauty of having Foley at 10. He can break the line, the opposition have to counter that, and so can't slide straight to marking our centres. Simone is probably another who can break the line in time, if his NRC form is anything to go by, but he's not there yet.
 
Gnostic

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Mark Ella (57)
Lock has been one of the worst recruited positions in the Tahs for many years. After 2014 there was a massive hole when Douglas left and it was not filled properly and hasn't been since. Mumm is getting long in the tooth and he is losing the dynamism that set him apart and made him a viable option to balance Skelton (and Skelton balance his lack of impact) but with Skelton leaving the Tahs must be banking on the Force getting punted and hoping they can pick up Arnold at least.
 
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George Smith (75)
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Gnostic said:
Lock has been one of the worst recruited positions in the Tahs for many years. After 2014 there was a massive hole when Douglas left and it was not filled properly and hasn't been since. Mumm is getting long in the tooth and he is losing the dynamism that set him apart and made him a viable option to balance Skelton (and Skelton balance his lack of impact) but with Skelton leaving the Tahs must be banking on the Force getting punted and hoping they can pick up Arnold at least.
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Quite frankly, you'd be mad to bank on anything that involves a decision being made by SAANZAR or the ARU.
 
Inside Shoulder

Inside Shoulder

Nathan Sharpe (72)
Blackadder said:
Damn. Well he doesn't fit into Gibson's style, an actual big lock. Sad to see him go.
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He shouldn't fit into any serious super or test coach's style as I observed when he first arrived on the scene.
In a sense he is a very good illustration of the gulf between us and NZ.
They have smaller locks who make many times the contribution he does in a game both in their sheer athleticism and in their ability to use their size to actually influence the outcome of games.
Size for the sake of size. It is an athletic contest.
Good luck to him.
 
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