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Greg Davis (50)
Backs are beyond reproach - we all know this.
Bledisloe 2 - Wallabies vs All Blacks, Wellington, 27 August 2016
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Backs are beyond reproach - we all know this.
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Ron Walden (29)
If I was picking the back-line......and jeessh I wish I was..... I would be sticking Phipps, Foley and TK on the bench and starting with
9. Genia
10. QC (Quade Cooper)
11. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)
12. Kerevi
13. Folau
14. Mitchell
15. DHP
If Mitchell runs out of puff, which his current mid-section might sugges he would, then you could slide TK back in to 13, push DHP to 14 and drop Izzy back to fullback. If there is one position on the field where you can get by with less than top-level fitness it is on the wing and Mitchell is a pure winger with a great understanding of how to defend out wide and how to run a good wingers support line.
9. Genia
10. QC (Quade Cooper)
11. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)
12. Kerevi
13. Folau
14. Mitchell
15. DHP
If Mitchell runs out of puff, which his current mid-section might sugges he would, then you could slide TK back in to 13, push DHP to 14 and drop Izzy back to fullback. If there is one position on the field where you can get by with less than top-level fitness it is on the wing and Mitchell is a pure winger with a great understanding of how to defend out wide and how to run a good wingers support line.
Hey, if the 10 gets static ball from a pack under pressure then the chance of a charge down is multiplied. HE either kicks under pressure or moves deeper and deeper into the pocket
Now if that pack is effectively and accurately cleaning out and going drivning forward, surprise, surprise the 10 has the space and time to do his shit
Number of caps v ABs is easy.
ADAM ASHLEY-COOPER 30
STEPHEN MOORE 25
MATT GITEAU 25
WILL GENIA 18
JAMES SLIPPER 18
DAVID POCOCK 17
DREW MITCHELL 15
SEKOPE KEPU 15
ROB SIMMONS 14
DEAN MUMM 12
TATAFU POLATA NAU 12
ISRAEL FOLAU 10
MICHAEL HOOPER 10
QUADE COOPER 10
SCOTT FARDY 9
MATT To'omua 9
TEVITA KURIDRANI 9
BEN MCCALMAN 9
ROB HORNE 7
BERNARD FOLEY 7
NICK PHIPPS 7
SCOTT SIO 6
KANE DOUGLAS 5
WILL SKELTON 4
JAMES HANSON 2
DANE HAYLETT-PETTY 1
HENRY SPEIGHT 1
JOE TOMANE 1
ALLAN Ala'alatoa 1
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Chilla Wilson (44)
Cooper will be frothing to get on the field this weekend. He was the Last 10 that had really good game against the All Black in New Zealand
Rugby media have tipped him play, but they also said him and Genia Were likely to start last week.
I'm sure Foley will start and bore me to death and raise my blood pressure with his inability to kick a ball into touch.
( I'm not a fan of Foley at all)
Rugby media have tipped him play, but they also said him and Genia Were likely to start last week.
I'm sure Foley will start and bore me to death and raise my blood pressure with his inability to kick a ball into touch.
( I'm not a fan of Foley at all)
Scrubber2050
Mark Ella (57)
Gee I think in the vast majority of games I've watched the 10 is ALWAYS under pressure when exiting. Most are up to it. It is his job. He chooses whether to kick it or not, based on whether it is likely or not likely to be charged down. Foley's kick was just another example of HIS poor execution.
Obviously it was also the forwards who made TK drop the fucking pill in contact, twice I think.
I am OK with the forwards taking their share of a loss but plenty of credit must be attributable to the mighty backs
Pedrolicus
Dick Tooth (41)
If I was Foley i would shape and fake to kick every time I touched the ball with defenders in front of me. I thought the defence over committed to the charge last week, surely they'll do the same in wullington.
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Fixeded.
9. NP
10. QC (Quade Cooper)
11. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)
12. RH
13. SK
14. IF
15. DHP
Scrubber2050
Mark Ella (57)
Neither had I fatprop but interesting.
My last point on the topic is that I don;t think a forward kicked the ball all night.
Gillys_ghost
Dave Cowper (27)
You would drop genia after last week? I thought genia was pretty good. Certainly better then all 3 england tests that phipps played. I know Phipps played well on the wing last week but thats not really the same as playing scrumhalf
Untrue. When Quade wears green and gold he has my full support. If you want to rabbit on about unreasonable interstate bias let me tell you the story of the Ellas at Ballymore in 1982. A first-hand story.
No European blow-ins, especially the year after a RWC, unless absolutely necessary. Hence AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) on the wing, we're desperately short of wingers ATM.
My scrummies for Saturday: 9. Phipps, 22. Frisby.
Gillys_ghost
Dave Cowper (27)
I didnt say anything about you. It isnt untrue that he is unfairly hated by alot of people in NSW. Just go on any rugby post on facebook involving Quade and see for yourself. I also dont think what happened involving the Ellas 34 years ago is much of a comparison. Just because you and most of the NSW fans on here dont blindly hate quade doesnt mean many other people dont.
Gillys_ghost
Dave Cowper (27)
I did actually say NZ as well, it just got paraphrased out. I find the kiwi comments always seem to just be them bragging about how good they are and that Quade would never make the ABs rather then anything personal.
Dunno the continual booing appears to be personal to me
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