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Wallabies 2020

barbarian

barbarian

Phil Kearns (64)
Staff member
The 10 debate is a great one to have, and at this stage there is no right answer. You could tell me any of the four Super 10s will start the first Bledisloe and I wouldn't be shocked.

The boring answer is it's really too early to tell who is best for our Wallaby set-up. The conservative option is a JOC (James O'Connor)-To'omua 10/12 combination, but I've got no idea how safe Dave Rennie wants to play it. Is this the year to throw caution to the wind?

Lolesio is ahead of Harrison by a nose at the moment IMO. I like Harrison's game management a touch more than Lolesio's, but Lolesio seems just a bit more rounded in attack and defence so far.
 
KiwiM

KiwiM

Trevor Allan (34)
Good news for the young 10s in Aus is that Rennie did a really nice job developing a young Aaron Cruden when he was an U20s star coming through. Initially Cruden got promoted a bit too fast and struggled (for both ABs and Hurricanes) but Rennie did a magnficent job of developing him firstly through NPC (as coach of Manawatu 2010-11) and then Super Rugby (as coach of the Chiefs from 2012).
 
fatprop

fatprop

George Gregan (70)
Staff member
barbarian said:
The 10 debate is a great one to have, and at this stage there is no right answer. You could tell me any of the four Super 10s will start the first Bledisloe and I wouldn't be shocked.

The boring answer is it's really too early to tell who is best for our Wallaby set-up. The conservative option is a JOC (James O'Connor)-To'omua 10/12 combination, but I've got no idea how safe Dave Rennie wants to play it. Is this the year to throw caution to the wind?

Lolesio is ahead of Harrison by a nose at the moment IMO. I like Harrison's game management a touch more than Lolesio's, but Lolesio seems just a bit more rounded in attack and defence so far.
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Lolesio to start, To'omua @ 12 & Harrison in the squad as cover
 
Derpus

Derpus

George Gregan (70)
fatprop said:
Unpopular opinion, Simmons will be in the squad
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Given 90% of our locks are unavailable i don't think that's an unpopular opinion. If we are allowed to select three overseas based players I'd be picking up at least 2 locks. And probably Latu.
 
TSR

TSR

Mark Ella (57)
I saw that. Interestingly I would have thought Lolesio was a more similar player to Foley in style than Harrison.
 
Wilson

Wilson

David Codey (61)
Harrison is Randwick as well isn't he? Makes him even worse than Foley (if such a thing is possible)
 
Brumby Runner

Brumby Runner

David Wilson (68)
One player has led his team's attack to 5 or 6 wins out of 6 or 7 this year. The other has one win from the same number of games. Discussion is pointless at this stage.

I also fully expect Rory Arnold will be back for the tests. No need to get knickers in a knot over a return of Rob Simmons to the team.
 
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Bobby Sands

Guest
Will be good to see minimal Tahs. Finally we might start winning.

Think the Tahs will be digestable in a few years when the new crop comes through.
 
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