By David Beniuk
August 22nd 2008 @ 12:59am
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The rise and rise of James Horwill
James Horwill may have risen in the pecking order to be the Wallabies‘ first choice lock, but last year he found himself at a cross-roads.
Having ticked all the boxes on the path to becoming a fully fledged Wallaby – Queensland and Australian junior sides, Australia A – Horwill made his Test debut against Fiji in [...]
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stillmissit said | August 22nd 2008 @ 8:43am | Report comment
Great player and, possibly a future Australian Captain. It will be interesting to see how the second row goes without Sharpe.
Hope he is fit enough for a whole game and can back up the following week.
JohnB said | August 22nd 2008 @ 9:11am | Report comment
And the week after that.
gavin said | August 22nd 2008 @ 8:33pm | Report comment
Yes a good player. Good potential. I think he could could have reacted more aggressively to that frog assaulted him. He accepted that to easily
Peter K said | August 22nd 2008 @ 10:24pm | Report comment
gavin – Horwill had a discipline problem, he was easily baited and was constantly yellow carded.
Mooney told him it wasn’t good enough. He made him captain provided he would stay on the field.
So Horwill’s mantra has been must stay on the field. If he hit the french guy he would of been sent off. Also he was hit cheaply from behind so he had no idea who it was. I suspect you would so so what just hit anyone, and be damned if you get sent off.
Horwill’s left pinky has more toughness than all of Sharpe. He would be are second hardest tight 5 behind Vickerman.
tarpo said | August 23rd 2008 @ 12:59pm | Report comment
For the first time in a long time Aust have a better 2nd row than SA, could be the difference
gavin said | August 23rd 2008 @ 3:28pm | Report comment
Hi mPeter Fair enough re Horwill.
Tarpo, We turn over too much ball, that’s a problem