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Obviously there’s competition and dispute over who should be in the Wallabies, but to name a few potential combinations:
Slipper-7A (throw Nos in as well when he gets back)
Any of the Brumbies locks
Paisami-Flook
McDermott-Lynagh
White-Donaldson
The Reds backrow
Lolesio-Wright, Gordon-Kellaway (if you count 10-15 as a combination)
Why Schmidt isn't sweating about Wallabies star's cross-code temptation
Pollard is a good carrier of the ball, but his lineout throws speeds are slow and a few instances of not throwing straight.
Aussie-born England capped rake Nic Dolly signs with Force ... and he'll soon be eligible for the Wallabies
10-20 years ago you can probably make the case that public transport in Melbourne is better than Sydney. Nowadays it’s harder to make that case. The once modern Myki has become archaic to modern public transportation needs compared to the Opal, the trains system in Melbourne is serviced by incredibly poor frequency, still no airport rail connection. With Sydney potentially opening a key extension of Australia’s only MRT line, and another light rail route in Parramatta, I think Sydney’s leapfrogged Melbourne with regards to
Also, I actually think AAMI Park right now is the perfect capacity for the Melbourne rectangular stadiums. Australian stadiums design have a bad habit of thinking that bigger is better, but the reality is that a large (40-50k) rectangular stadium can only be filled by the odd NRL Finals/Origin game, Matildas, FIFAWC or RWC game if lucky. Normal club games already do not fill up to capacity. AAMI park is a fantastic stadium already, arguably better than SFS/Suncorp right now.
Melbourne, still the unchallenged sporting capital of the world
Well he operates the lineout pretty well, which already puts him at a significant advantage compared to the other Australian hookers
And btw I like Vailanu, but even his lineout throws are inconsistent at times
Rugby News: Wallaby with 'drive for perfection' inks new deal, Kepu loses captaincy, Farrell says 'au revoir' to England
I’m not saying McKellar should be the Wallabies coach, but let’s not take Leicester’s record out of context. Leicester’s undergoing a transition period right now and expectations are not that high this year. It will take time to see how McKellar will fare in the Premiership.
(Leicester also beat the Stormers and Stade Francais as well, they’re not that bad of a side).
Rugby News: RA starts Wallabies coach 'sprint', 'SBW-like move' mooted for NRL star, Gatland wants 'mark' erased
Cool, that doesn’t make your sport anywhere close to being global or international compared to rugby.
This is the brutal reality: There are Aussies desperate to see Wallabies fail, and many want to see the sport's complete demise
i’ll go out on a limb and say this – if you are an Australian and you genuinely want to see a sporting code’s national team fail, you are a disgrace. you can have preferences over what sports you like, how sports should be run in Australia, and you can be critical over individual sports out there. whether you like it or not when an Australian national team goes out playing against the world they are representing you as well. rugby union is not even my favourite sport, but to see so many people on social media gloating upon the failures of their own national team is pathetic. as someone who watches many sports, to see such limited reciprocating support from other sporting codes, when the wallabies have at the bare minimum post messsages of good luck to other national teams in their world cups, is such a disappointment. to not wish success on a national team representing you is a new low.
This is the brutal reality: There are Aussies desperate to see Wallabies fail, and many want to see the sport's complete demise
Sorry, but claiming cricket is ‘just as international as Rugby’ is a blasphemous statement. International cricket right now is only played amongst the remains of the Commonwealth dominions and the Middle East, its World Cup is deliberately capped to stunt growth and attention to any nations that’s trying to build their game.
There are international presence in Rugby in all continents barring Antarctica. There are World Class nations in each continent that have legitmate claims to be the one of the best in their game, whether that is Men’s XV, Women’s XV, or the 7s program. There is consistent growth in emerging rugby nations.
This is the brutal reality: There are Aussies desperate to see Wallabies fail, and many want to see the sport's complete demise
Really don’t get this criticism that kicking the ball away is bad – unless you have a team that is cohesive/skilled like Ireland, playing without the ball and engaging in tactical kicking is now the contemporary way to win. Australia, especially the first half, used the kicking game really well to pin Georgia in their half and starve possession. Highly doubt they’ll play the same way against Fiji, but I do anticipate we will play in the same manner against Wales.
Remember us? The soft reminder the Wallabies remain a RWC threat - and the one selection headache for Fiji
Think you have to be relative here – barring South Africa and maybe France all the test teams in these warmup games have struggled in the lineout maul. Defenses are more smarter on how to defend lineout mauls, and referees are giving more leniency to players trying to stop it.
(and let’s be clear, the lineout maul really wasn’t an effective weapon under Rennie either – the Brumbies style of mauling is too easy to defend internationally, need more disguise and ‘dummy drives’ to create areas to exploit).
Wallabies player ratings: Taniela explosive, Marky Mark dynamite - but lineout and midfield fail to ignite
Personally, I thought pinning the yellow card on Suli was a little harsh. Yes Suli went off his feet, but it would’ve been fine if he’d released had his team-mates not gone on different wavelengths and went for the counter-ruck. Not to mention that the ‘clean-break’ rationale was probably reviewable given a lot of Wallabies were already back on-side….
Wallabies player ratings: Taniela explosive, Marky Mark dynamite - but lineout and midfield fail to ignite
Flook had a better start to the season (hence been selected by EJ at April camp), but Daugunu had a better back end of the season after starting off pretty average.
and, btw, I’m talking about ‘potential’ here as an international 13. there is not a lot between daugunu + flook, and analysing potential is a little subjective, but IMO watching the Reds matches this year daugunu looked more solid in that position.
(and also finally daugunu can cover wing much better than flook, in the god forbid circumstance that another outside centre goes down)
'It's still a gold jersey': Swinton out to impress as key to Aus A success against Wallabies RWC pool rivals revealed
Paisami is a 12, not a 13. I know he can play 13, and he can put some big tackles, but his defensive reading skills is not great.
'It's still a gold jersey': Swinton out to impress as key to Aus A success against Wallabies RWC pool rivals revealed
I really like Flook at 13. But Daugunu brings more size and impact in his position, and I see him more as a potential international 13 than Flook.
'It's still a gold jersey': Swinton out to impress as key to Aus A success against Wallabies RWC pool rivals revealed
I would nitpick a few things of what you said – his performance against the Boks at Pretoria was bad for e.g. But I generally agree side by side that Hodge is the better player.
But you’re forgetting a big reason why Eddie might go for Donaldson. Whereas Hodge is going to France next year, Donaldson’s staying put in Australia with the Force. As much as he’s reliable and versatile, I really don’t think EJ’s going to pick him as an overseas player if there’s more utility players he can pick from Australia.
Exclusive: Quade, Hooper to miss World Cup selection as Jorgensen rockets into squad
IF-L has had a good season, no doubt about that. But R. Lonergan has been so consistent for much longer, would back him to be in the squad instead.
(+ need his goalkicking since the WBS are so short on reliable goalkickers)
Exclusive: Quade, Hooper to miss World Cup selection as Jorgensen rockets into squad
Lost too many lineouts that killed any momentum the Rebels can build.
Waratahs continue second half season surge as 'forgotten man' helps put away Rebels
Tahs should win against Moana and imo are slight favourites against the Drua. They won’t win against the Crusaders, and will be underdogs against the Highlanders – last week’s performance was shocking but they have a few players back this week. The Rebels game at home is interesting, they’re lower ranked than the Tahs but qualitatively watching their matches they look solid. The Reds game away at Townsville is dead even for me.
If the maths is that they need 3 wins, I reckon they’ll get it – but they’ll need to pull through some close matches.
Rugby News: Alaalatoa's cheeky response to NRL raid plan, 'massive' upside in Tahs surrender
ah yes, let’s sack a coach after a bad half a season, even after losing their most dominant ball carrier….
Eddie should have stopped Super Rugby's sheer lunacy, moment that sums up Carter Gordon's growth
Don’t know what kind of matches you’re watching to see that Ikitau ‘does not offer much in attack.’ The guy is a fantastic tactician with his kicking, and has stepped up his attacking presence when many of his centre pairings got injured, and always is at the right place at the right time.
As for Tom Wright, understanding his decision-making needs to be honed (particularly around when to kick and when to counter), I do think he has the raw skills and athleticism to be a great winger.
Exclusive: Breakthrough in negotiations as key Wallabies duo set to remain in Australia
So good to hear about Ikitau re-signing to stay in Australia. The most consistent Wallaby in 2022, such a smart and underrated player as well.
Exclusive: Breakthrough in negotiations as key Wallabies duo set to remain in Australia
Look injuries wasn’t why the Wallabies lost the series. But rhetoric of ‘England had injuries too,’ is pretty ignorant of the gap in talent pool depth and experience between England and Australia. Our losses impact more than England’s.
REACTION: 'Talking smack about us': England skipper Lawes reveals 'fuel' Wallabies gave them in bitter battle
I feel like this is due to people thinking NRL form is directly correlated to Origin. Like objectively Nathan Cleary has played better than DCE at NRL level – but due to a variety of factors at Origin it’s a different story. Same could be said about the centres comparison.
Blues player ratings: A shocking series for one centre but Teddy can hold his head high
wre01 really tried comparing the best teams in Europe to the 8th vs 10th best team in Super Rugby 😂
'The biggest f--- you' or 'Force be damned'? Fans split after Rebels' last play kills Aussie rivals' finals hopes
SRP games played in NZ for Australian viewers are simulcast from Sky NZ. Didn’t help that the games were stacked close to one another.
Reds snap 25-year drought in Christchurch to beat Crusaders as Wilson, Ryan star