Picking Kurtley Beale at 10 is the right choice for the Wallabies until Quade Cooper comes back into the team.
If you pick Matt Toomua at inside centre, you should have a more creative playmaker inside him than Bernard Foley.
Foley is a fantastic player and fly-half, and should feel hard done-by for being dropped to the bench, but he’s been undone by Toomua’s necessary selection.
The Brumbies playmaker’s skill-set screams Test rugby; unrelenting defence combined with a strong kicking game and great vision is too much to ignore.
He is the perfect foil for Beale or Cooper at 10, who can weave their attacking magic, and if necessary, take a step back for Toomua to take the reins, depending on the pace and style of the Test match.
With Beale having a steady head outside him, I can only see positives for the former world player of the year nominee.
The only problem I have with Foley’s snubbing is who will be the team’s goal kicker. If the options are Beale or White, I choose neither. If goal kicking decides the Bledisloe, the All Blacks will win that battle hands down.
With a renewed confidence in Australian rugby thanks to the Waratahs’ drought-breaking title, here’s hoping we all get to see a classic show of running rugby on Saturday night, with Kurtley given the chance to play the way he loves.
And go you Wallabies!
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