Two parts of the team left to review and I can't draw it out any longer so I'm gonna lump the two into this post. Kinda like ripping off a bandaid.
The second row and outside backs
Like everyone else I was f?cking gutted when Big Kev Horwill went down with a foot injury - for SIX bloody months (has it fallen off?) And then things only got worse when the other specialist young gun lock - Kimlin - also fell to injury, although only for a few games.
However, having had time to calm I'm trying to see the half full version of this. Sharpe and Chisolm do have a few caps between them and both have had a royal kick up the arse with (non) selection. Also, Deans and Williams have had a few weeks to beat the seagulling out of them, we can all see it - surely they can too?
As for the outside backs, we've got millions of them and they've all got something to offer. Problem is none of them is a fullback. The only semi-recognised 15's in the squad are the onging experiment AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) and one-footed Mitchell. Oh yeah, and the 18 year old schoolboy O'Connor is gonna have a crack this tour. Can we unearth a full-back this tour, or is this just not an important position?
The second row and outside backs
Like everyone else I was f?cking gutted when Big Kev Horwill went down with a foot injury - for SIX bloody months (has it fallen off?) And then things only got worse when the other specialist young gun lock - Kimlin - also fell to injury, although only for a few games.
However, having had time to calm I'm trying to see the half full version of this. Sharpe and Chisolm do have a few caps between them and both have had a royal kick up the arse with (non) selection. Also, Deans and Williams have had a few weeks to beat the seagulling out of them, we can all see it - surely they can too?
As for the outside backs, we've got millions of them and they've all got something to offer. Problem is none of them is a fullback. The only semi-recognised 15's in the squad are the onging experiment AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) and one-footed Mitchell. Oh yeah, and the 18 year old schoolboy O'Connor is gonna have a crack this tour. Can we unearth a full-back this tour, or is this just not an important position?
