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Agreed, there's a bit of depth in the backrow.

I meant fringe in the sense that he hasn't made a squad yet. He'll play for the Wallabies this year without a doubt.

He's already pretty good. The second best 7 in the country IMO and we need a specialist 7 who can slot in if McReight gets injured. Wright is a blindside flanker who can cover 7, neither Scott and Reimer have locked down the Brumbies 7 jersey, Gamble has been meh this year and Ekuasi isn't a 7...

The Georgia game strikes me as a great opportunity for some of the fringe guys (Tizzano, Smith, Canham, Uru, Lonergan etc) to get their first cap. Just as long as we don't go overboard with it and end up losing to Georgia at home. Tizzano especially deserves to get a crack because at the moment...

Not a bad shout. Wouldn't shock me if Tizzano is brought in as the backup 7 as well.

All three of Lolesio, Donaldson and Gordon will be in the squad. It's too early for Lynagh (and I say that as a Reds fan who rates him highly) and as others have mentioned Edmed isn't up to it and Harrison is going overseas and has only just come back from Injury. Personally I'd be starting...

Smokey but I wouldn't be surprised if Rory Scott is brought into the squad as the backup 7, I've been quietly impressed by him over the last few weeks and he reminds me of a younger Josh van der Flier. Wouldn't surprise me if he manages to sneak into the squad if he holds the Brumbies 7 jersey...

column A, column B...

Wouldn't be the first time a blindside flanker has been thrust into the captaincy role in his late 20's after only playing a handful of tests...

6 - Wright 7 - McReight 8 - Valetini 20 - Wilson Taking off my rose-tinted glasses, that for me is the most balanced backrow we can put on the field in terms of attacking threat, defensive work-rate, breakdown and set-piece. Plus having Wilson come on with 30 to go and combine with McReight is...

Has it been confirmed whether or not we will have overseas-based players available for the Wales/Georgia test matches?

Bit light on the backrow with Swinton and Hanigan both leaving - will be very interesting to see who is the first choice 6 (Slack-Smith or Lee-Warner?)

Ala'alatoa to captain, he'll be 33 at the next world cup which is prime age for a prop. But I'd have either McReight or McDermott as VC for the rest of this world cup period with an eye for one of them taking over from 2028 onwards (similar to the Moore as captain and Hooper as VC structure we...

I honestly think the starting fullback should depend on who's playing at 10. If Lolesio is starting, then play Wright at 15 with Kellaway at 14. If Gordon (or Donaldson) is starting, then swap them around and play Kellaway at 15 with Wright at 14. Both will cover the backfield easily enough and...

Big losses, I'm happy the upcoming game is at suncorp cause if it was on the road we'd be completely screwed. Blyth or Daly into the second row with the other on the bench, Bryant into 7 with Brial on the bench, Thomas into 9 with Werchon on the bench. If Flook is injured then Annan to come in...

Been thinking about this instead of doing any work today and in terms of debutants this year I'm seeing potentially 8 players who should at least be in the national squad (depending on squad size, I'm basing this off a 38 man squad): 1. Corey Toole 2. Max Jorgensen 3. Josh Flook 4. Josh Canham...

Probably just giving Creighton a run. Not bad to have your first game of the season being against your brother.

A lot of chat about whether or not Uru could crack into the Wallabies as a lock despite his size, but it's worth recognising that smaller more mobile locks paired with a big bruiser is the current trend with most of the top teams having adopted it. Tadhg Beirne and Maro Itoje are two prime...

I've been thinking long and hard about the 10 position (instead of working) and it's a bit of a dilemma. Gordon is by far the biggest threat with ball in hand at 10 and constantly seems to come up with a magic play but he can't kick for shit. If he's starting at 10 then you need someone like...

I'm assuming Petaia is out for next week, but is there any news so far on Hodgman and Paisami? If they're out then I'd expect Ravai and Henry to start with Blake and probably Annan coming onto the bench. Campbell to 15 with Grealy at 11 with Petaia out.