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What no Brand? No Khunt? No superstars except for an ageing AB who just gets it done without all the fanfare? I wonder if the Brumbies have learned the lesson the Force taught.....
That's tough on O'Conner. So far he has been shuffled between positions behind a forward pack who are generally getting out done. Last week he was outside a 10 who was playing way to deep. He hasn't been great, but to expect him to be when the team is playing so poorly is unrealistic.
He is one of the blokes that I expect to make a difference - he hasn't and people are always happy and quick to blame the forwards for inadequacies of the backs.
The amount of ball dropped by our backs is terrible. That then puts pressure on the forwards
1. James Slipper (C) 2. Saia Fainga’a 3. Sam Talakai 4. Marco Kotze 5. James Horwill 6. Adam Thomson 7. Liam Gill 8. Jake Schatz 9. Will Genia 10. Nick Frisby 11. Campbell Magnay 12. Anthony Fainga’a 13. Chris Feauai-Sautia 14. Chris Kuridrani 15. Ben Tapuai
16. James Hanson 17. Ben Daley 18. Sef Faagase 19. Dave McDuling 20. Curtis Browning 21. Scott Gale 22. Sam Johnson 23. Tom Banks (potential Super Rugby debut)
Richard Graham must be crying himself to sleep. The man's fighting for his job and this is the best team available?
Geezs not that I have a lot of sympathy for Graham at this point, but you'd at least like to see what he can do with a full compliment before he gets the flick.