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Wallabies 2023

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Nev Cottrell (35)
TSR said:
Sure - but are any of those guys actually hard done by?
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Neville you could argue, had a good Super Rugby season and played excellent in the SF v Chiefs, and Arnold hasn't really offered anything, but I get your point
 
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Andrew Slack (58)
dusk said:
I think the backup 10 is likely to be Kellaway. Played there at school and seems like someone who could cover that position well. Read an article few months ago which said that Jorgensen could make the switch to 10 later on - maybe he plays there but tbh that sounds like a horrible idea for someone so young.
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Could be. Safe pair of hands.

Foketi has covered it for the Tahs this year and stepped in before.

Hope they leave Max alone to just grow into 15 which we don’t have a locked in guy either.
 
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Cyril Towers (30)
The biggest issue I have with all of this is why Eddie just didn't give Donaldson game time against NZ and instead gave it to Cooper. It's so fkn random. Did a knock-on from a shit pass really cause Quade to be cut? If not why the fuck would u give him game time???
 
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Nev Cottrell (35)
Linerunner2023 said:
The bloke will battle to make western force 23 next season
Look it will go one way or the other
Eddie will look like a genius finishing Many wallaby careers or looks like an idiot and be finished post RWC
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No he'll be their starting 10 most likely, he wouldn't be in a 23 at most other clubs but the Force have too little quality and depth
 
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Jimmy Flynn (14)
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I think the value of the "experience" and "mentoring" qualities associated with 30-somethings that have played >60 tests yet have barely participated in the winning of a meat tray is vastly overstated/overrated. What sort of mentoring or coaching is Cooper expected to provide Gordon exactly and when are people thinking he'll be providing it? Over dinner when they're all scrolling through instagram? When theyre in the gym and have the airpods in? Do people think Quade and Gordon will be sitting in a dark room after practice doing additional game film study and sharing 5/8 secrets? Is he expected to have some invaluable wisdom about how to get over the mental hump and perform with precision every time you step on the turf?
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Mate Cooper would still be my starting 10
Give him time with Kerevi again

anyway we will see how we go compared to all blacks and SA
All blacks have something like 12 over 30 and average age 28

just hope the younger guys
And yes 15 under 5 caps don’t get made to look out of their depth
 
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Jimmy Flynn (14)
dusk said:
The biggest issue I have with all of this is why Eddie just didn't give Donaldson game time against NZ and instead gave it to Cooper. It's so fkn random. Did a knock-on from a shit pass really cause Quade to be cut? If not why the fuck would u give him game time???
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Exactly no sense made
Some players didn’t play and have been picked like Donaldson and schoupp, while others didn’t and did get dropped while some played and most test matches and still got dropped?
does he have any idea on his side or is he just chopping and changing until they win a game and Eddie says see I know what I was doing
 
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Nev Cottrell (35)
dusk said:
The biggest issue I have with all of this is why Eddie just didn't give Donaldson game time against NZ and instead gave it to Cooper. It's so fkn random. Did a knock-on from a shit pass really cause Quade to be cut? If not why the fuck would u give him game time???
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agree, don't know why Lonergan was with the squad for the TRC if he wasn't going to be there for the WC
 
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Ted Thorn (20)
rugbyAU said:
you'd think so, or at least a pretty big chunk, hope his fitness is up to it but nethertheless brings a winning culture that nobody in this team other than Jorgensen from schoolboy rugby with Joeys has
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winning culture from schoolboy footy? wot
 
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
dusk said:
The biggest issue I have with all of this is why Eddie just didn't give Donaldson game time against NZ and instead gave it to Cooper. It's so fkn random. Did a knock-on from a shit pass really cause Quade to be cut? If not why the fuck would u give him game time???
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This applies to a hell of a lot of players too. Why was Faessler not going to play (until Uelese went down), Gleeson never tried yet makes the squad, Pietech brought in over Vunivalu for no reason?

Also you could be right about Quade being cut for the dropped ball, it seems Holloway was cut for the over the top delivery to Tate. Eddie being ruthless.
 
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Colin Windon (37)
Linerunner2023 said:
Mate Cooper would still be my starting 10
Give him time with Kerevi again

anyway we will see how we go compared to all blacks and SA
All blacks have something like 12 over 30 and average age 28

just hope the younger guys
And yes 15 under 5 caps don’t get made to look out of their depth
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Yeah because the older guys have really been putting on these other teams
 
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Nev Cottrell (35)
qwerty51 said:
This applies to a hell of a lot of players too. Why was Faessler not going to play (until Uelese went down), Gleeson never tried yet makes the squad, Pietech brought in over Vunivalu for no reason?

Also you could be right about Quade being cut for the dropped ball, it seems Holloway was cut for the over the top delivery to Tate. Eddie being ruthless.
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It's the kind of ruthlessness that Rennie wouldn't of had though
 
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Colin Windon (37)
qwerty51 said:
This applies to a hell of a lot of players too. Why was Faessler not going to play (until Uelese went down), Gleeson never tried yet makes the squad, Pietech brought in over Vunivalu for no reason?

Also you could be right about Quade being cut for the dropped ball, it seems Holloway was cut for the over the top delivery to Tate. Eddie being ruthless.
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To be fair he's only had 4 test in charge so has to juggle building combos as well as giving guys chances
 
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John Hipwell (52)
Tomthumb said:
One Player, Donaldson, didn't have a great season. He also made his test debut under Dave Rennie so I thought you'd like him

Time will tell if Eddie has got it right or wrong, but to assert that a maniacal competitor like him would not be trying to win the World Cup is ludicrous
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Ludicrous is thinking that players are rated on who selected them for their debut Test.
 
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