Beale and Chisholm into Wallaby squad
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Re: Beale and Chisolm into Wallaby squad
Why is it tough on Quade? He's still in the squad.
I'd prefer to have seen Smith or Lealifano (if he has recovered from his injury) than Beale.
Chisholm is OK I guess.
Why is it tough on Quade? He's still in the squad.
I'd prefer to have seen Smith or Lealifano (if he has recovered from his injury) than Beale.
Chisholm is OK I guess.
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Nicholas Shehadie (39)
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Lealifano has been playing on the Brumbies tour.
Surprised Beale has been added. Chisolm was a formality once Kimlin was out and given Caldwell's absence. I would be surprised to see Chisolm make the match day squad until he has had a bit more game time.
Lealifano has been playing on the Brumbies tour.
Surprised Beale has been added. Chisolm was a formality once Kimlin was out and given Caldwell's absence. I would be surprised to see Chisolm make the match day squad until he has had a bit more game time.
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As I said on the Waratahs thread: I saw Kurtley at the Penrith v Dragons match last Friday night and he looked fat, like another Lloyd Walker, and baggy around the jowls.
I don't think it was my eyes playing tricks as my son saw him too and agreed he looked out of shape. He's in for a torrid time.
As I said on the Waratahs thread: I saw Kurtley at the Penrith v Dragons match last Friday night and he looked fat, like another Lloyd Walker, and baggy around the jowls.
I don't think it was my eyes playing tricks as my son saw him too and agreed he looked out of shape. He's in for a torrid time.
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Yeah he was good on the EOYT and surprised many people who didn't rate him such as ...cough, cough ... yours truly.
If our earlier assessments were correct it just goes to show that we shouldn't be locked into positions on players for all time. They can step up - and they can step down also.
Yeah he was good on the EOYT and surprised many people who didn't rate him such as ...cough, cough ... yours truly.
If our earlier assessments were correct it just goes to show that we shouldn't be locked into positions on players for all time. They can step up - and they can step down also.
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Fair to say most of that is down to Friend and Finnegan. Maybe we should set up a national locking school in Canberra
Fair to say most of that is down to Friend and Finnegan. Maybe we should set up a national locking school in Canberra
http://www.scrum.com/super14/rugby/story/89387.html
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I think that Beale may have earned a spot because of his ability to play 12 (at the end of the Super14) and fullback (with the Oz U/20 team and North Sydney - they must have had someone watching last Saturday). Since Cooper made the EOYT last year and Beale was in better form in the 2008 S14 than Cooper IMO, I thought in hindsight that Beale would have made the EOYT instead of Cooper, but for his injury.
Maybe the Wallabies coaches can teach him how to tackle - there were some good signs in the RSA in May. Anyway it will be a god environment for him provided he doesn't get sent home for being too fat.
Yeah - that was a good article about Chisholm before this year's Super14 and I remember reading it and giving it a heap of mental ticks. The thing is though: I saw him play against the Rats in a knockout semi nearly a year ago and he didn't show any of the form that he showed a few months later on the EOYT.
Perhaps it was just a crook game - it happens. Good to have you back Chiz - hope you take up from where you left off on the EOYT.
PS - It's bloody funny reading about Finegan's input about hitting rucks. He was one of the laziest bastards in the Wallabies which is why they played him so much from the bench.
I think that Beale may have earned a spot because of his ability to play 12 (at the end of the Super14) and fullback (with the Oz U/20 team and North Sydney - they must have had someone watching last Saturday). Since Cooper made the EOYT last year and Beale was in better form in the 2008 S14 than Cooper IMO, I thought in hindsight that Beale would have made the EOYT instead of Cooper, but for his injury.
Maybe the Wallabies coaches can teach him how to tackle - there were some good signs in the RSA in May. Anyway it will be a god environment for him provided he doesn't get sent home for being too fat.
Yeah - that was a good article about Chisholm before this year's Super14 and I remember reading it and giving it a heap of mental ticks. The thing is though: I saw him play against the Rats in a knockout semi nearly a year ago and he didn't show any of the form that he showed a few months later on the EOYT.
Perhaps it was just a crook game - it happens. Good to have you back Chiz - hope you take up from where you left off on the EOYT.
PS - It's bloody funny reading about Finegan's input about hitting rucks. He was one of the laziest bastards in the Wallabies which is why they played him so much from the bench.
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i think Beale was the right choice, i just dont like watching Tyrone play, his a good player but his not a test player IMO.
Beale at least has the potential to be a good test player, i dont think he is there yet but hopefully deans can do similar work with what he has done with JOC (James O'Connor) and Cooper
i think Beale was the right choice, i just dont like watching Tyrone play, his a good player but his not a test player IMO.
Beale at least has the potential to be a good test player, i dont think he is there yet but hopefully deans can do similar work with what he has done with JOC (James O'Connor) and Cooper
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Dave Cowper (27)
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I would have gone for Smith but dont see either making the 22. Perhaps this is just a way of keeping an eye on Beale's weight so they can still consider him for EOYT
I would have gone for Smith but dont see either making the 22. Perhaps this is just a way of keeping an eye on Beale's weight so they can still consider him for EOYT
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Nicholas Shehadie (39)
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Smith has more to his game than just a crash ball. I'm beginning to worry Deans obsession with a 2nd 5/8 type player is obscuring the fact that Beale was barely holding his spot in the Waratahs starting line up at times this season whereas Smith was picked in the centres ahead of Mortlock. Is Gene Fairbanks injured? I would pick him ahead of Beale too.
Smith has more to his game than just a crash ball. I'm beginning to worry Deans obsession with a 2nd 5/8 type player is obscuring the fact that Beale was barely holding his spot in the Waratahs starting line up at times this season whereas Smith was picked in the centres ahead of Mortlock. Is Gene Fairbanks injured? I would pick him ahead of Beale too.
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Once again Deans shows his hand: he's building a squad for RWC2011 and is backing himself to develop players who'll be ready by then. The only rider to this statement is the unavailability of various players due to injury, Caldwell for one.
Kurtley's had a gifted run in rugby, hasn't he? I've seen him play only a little less than Lee and can honestly say he seemed to fit into the category of gifted schoolboy player who didn't adjust to men's rugby, Playford's a perfect example. To be brutally honest he hasn't found his best spot in senior rugby nor cemented a starting position for the Tahs. And don't start me about his tackling! This is a priceless opportunity for him; I hope for the sake of Australian rugby he grabs it with both hands and shows a massive improvement in both his fitness and defence.
Once again Deans shows his hand: he's building a squad for RWC2011 and is backing himself to develop players who'll be ready by then. The only rider to this statement is the unavailability of various players due to injury, Caldwell for one.
Kurtley's had a gifted run in rugby, hasn't he? I've seen him play only a little less than Lee and can honestly say he seemed to fit into the category of gifted schoolboy player who didn't adjust to men's rugby, Playford's a perfect example. To be brutally honest he hasn't found his best spot in senior rugby nor cemented a starting position for the Tahs. And don't start me about his tackling! This is a priceless opportunity for him; I hope for the sake of Australian rugby he grabs it with both hands and shows a massive improvement in both his fitness and defence.
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