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The wise Roar fan-base have spoken – Quade Cooper at 10 and Israel Folau 14 or 15 .
But clouds are still gathering elsewhere as it is still predicted by many that Cooper won’t make the 25 man squad. If he doesn’t he won’t play Suncorp even if added later.
Lunacy! Cooper and Folau in the same training group for a month is a mouth-watering prospect.
Why would you not spend this time developing the most potent potential combination presently in world rugby – with the genius Will Genia setting their opportunities – and if that is not enough , James O’Connor and Digby to confuse the Lions as to who is the next receiver .
Other than their clearcut and amazing skill-based recent form, all this is further supported by the telling statistics that both Cooper and Folau are at the very top of all Super Rugby offload statistics.
Just one or two to each other will be enough for the winning points at Suncorp.
Add to this Cooper’s cross field kicks to the wing and league grubbers into open space behind – both fodder for Folau. Oh, and You know that Izzy running onto a Cooper seven person cutout pass will not be stopped .
For 48 hours I have the time to express that Deans could not be so stupid not to keep this option in his hands in a 25-person squad.
The last six is meaningless – if you were even considering starting Cooper you would bind him in to the treasured time made available for Wallaby camp.
Any talk on first watching Quade play the Lions for Reds without Genia has missed the point – his boat would have already sailed.
Also this allows Deans to indulge his fetish for a hard running, hard tackling, hard head at 12 – McCabe or not – as a defence selection – and leave the rest to the four playmakers outside the ultimate playmaker at nine.
Genia will have three playmakers as go to options – the Lions won’t cope with this for 80 minutes.
Quade and Izzy – a once a generation match-up. I’m backing Deans to grasp this gift .
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