Folau-less Wallabies will struggle to fire a shot at Eden Park

Banks is in great form; Sause is out of form so Clown picks Sause. Australian citizen, JP Smith will be eligible for the Wallabies soon and the devastating Reds front row will be available for duty. Kepu should be looking for a job on the soft turf of Britain. Is it worth $2million per year for the results we are getting with Folau. How much would the Broncos or Toulon pay for him?

I hope they don't give away any lineups this time round, disappointing to lose possession at such crucial moments. Even more frustrating given having the advantage of control and direction.

Yes we will struggle without him, but only somewhat less than we were going to struggle with him. We need to have our basics squared away, to avoid playing into their ability to counter-attack from broken play - scrums, lineouts, recycling, long phases, tactical kicks and clearances. Even just getting our lineouts right will make a big difference to our exhaustion factor over the 80 minutes Be prepared for the utter intensity, and anything is possible.

Bugger, I hate agreeing with Jones.

As we have been trying to point out to you Terrence is that DHP is not a natural winger he is a very good Fullback. He was placed at winger to accommodate him and Folau in Cheika's flawed policy and lack of proper selections; people play where they are best suited and where they have the skills to do that job. Folau = winger and DHP = Fullback. Banks is a better FB than he is a winger but he is good as a winger because of his speed. Ben Smith is a better FB than he is a winger, but he can handle the position of winger very well and is one of the reasons maintains him in the team when he has slected another as a FB.

Good argument for under8s Will. But if the WBs are reliant on one man then we can give up the game.

Every year and ahead of every match we hear the same old hype. It's yawn inducing. We are getting closer, they aren't as good as people think they are, we've worked them out blah blah blah. The only time the Wallabies can beat the ABs at the moment is when it's a dead rubber and the trophy is locked away. The only result that matters is a win be it by 1pt or 20pts.

If you took your blinkers off you’d have seen plenty of eyelids bat at Hooper’s deal - or does acknowledging that not suit your conclusion of racism etc...or perhaps that was reverse racism...I don’t know, I get so confused when you bed-wetters talk. Seems to me you’re too far gone to be saved. Next.

One of the biggest issues that has haunted the Wallabies and will continue to do so is their lack of quality and depth at #10. Looking at the top fly halves around the world at the moment where would he be ranked? Barrett is better. On club form Mo’unga is better. Sexton is better. McKenzie is more dangerous in attack but also more of a risk and the same could be said of Finn Russell. We could go on through the rest of the international fly halves but what is clear that ever since the Final of RWC 2015, Foley has been in the second tier of those at the top of the game currently. You can't expect a team to win big games consistently with an average fly half. England made a surprisingly good go of it in 2016 and 2017 with George Ford but he's been found out and the England side are struggling now. Foley is not unleashing the potential in the Wallabies back line. He's not got a strong kicking game out of hand. The fact that he's also got a very hot and cold pack in front of him of course makes it harder but that's not a good enough excuse. What's just as concerning is the fact that he's under absolutely no pressure from any other fly half options!

I'll stir the pot a bit. Aside from jumping to catch a Gary Owen what does folau bring exactly? He plainly lacks positional nouse. He's big but not as fast as Beale/maddocks/banks or koriebete. He can't defend and doesn't have anything approaching a kicking game, hes a winger, he should always have been a winger. Beale also can't defend but his all-round skill set is as comparable to Ben Smith, who must be getting close to being the best 15 of all time, as anyone else. Folau is symptomatic of the issue with too many of the wallabies, glaring deficiencies in the basics of the game. Foley : can't kick beyond 40m, generally lower end of kicking accuracy for an international 10, poor defender : so what's his USP? Folau: see above. Hooper: awful captaincy, awful discipline (this is the captain of Australia) Robertson: not an international prop, club at best. Latu/ TPN: awful accuracy at line out time. Compare those above with their opposite numbers on Saturday (nee sam cane who may be injured) who aside from being the best in the world at their respective positions are impeccably coached and managed, are all fitter and all master the basics of throwing and catching. Until Australia gets its set piece, defence, fitness and basic skills to par, it will lose every time to NZ and most.of the time to Ireland England Scotland and South Africa. You need new coaches, and they need to probably be kiwis. Let folau go, and use his money to get Scott Robertson

I've seen many conversations about Australia's selection policy, and some other threads about who would make a combined XV. Just wondering what people think a combined XV would look like with Cheika as the selector. Which All Blacks do you think he rates above their Wallabies counterpart? Just how loyal do you think he is to his core players?

What could possibly go wrong.

My head is spinning, but truly brilliant.

Exactly. Some want to stay in Australia if we can go close on salary.

For a man who gets paid so much and gets such accolades he is totally over-compensated. His defensive positioning is consistently awry; his vision for supporters in attack lacking; and his victorious appearances cameo-like. Sadly, he is touted in the press as an essential ingredient to Wallaby victory. The anecdotal stats mentioned by the other correspondents here speak for themselves. A fine man, and these comments are not malicious, but not the rugby messiah the press would allow. His injury will give some longer-term depth to top-level oz rugby. May he recover soon.

Sorry Cliff, that was the wrong response. You are correct. Good fullbacks read the game and need to know where to inject themselves. I don't see Folua as a good fullback either. He is a fine athlete without a Rugby fullback pedigree. That athleticism can be used where decision making is not as critical. Interestingly the more we talk and promote him the more attention the AB's give him. We would be better off just treating him as any other player rather than as the new messiah. Stick him on the wing and teach him to go looking for work. DHP is a much better fullback but he looks not fully recovered at this point so Banks is the obvious choice.

where you been the last few years?..he's always been excellent against tough opposition..brisbane 2017 against the ABs? in fact, in all the bledisloe tests last year,..

nothing intellectual about the thinly-veiled folau hating on here..he's shown up and played brilliant dozens of times against tough opposition..brisbane against the Abs 2017 anybody?..I reckon there's a bit of jealousy, racism and anti-christian mixed up in all this anti-folau non-sense..bet nobody would bat an eyelid if DHP was brilliant as folau..

Good old one eyed jimbo, nothing to do with Izzy’s arms wrapping around him in the air after he missed the ball. Red saw it that way citing commission saw it that way but jimbo still says he’s innocent and it’s a conspiracy. Quick put a foil hat on

I've never read anywhere anyone compare Banks to Christian Cullen.