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Wallabies 2023

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Trevor Allan (34)
I’m a fan of JOC (James O'Connor) but reality is he hasn’t performed many times in gold on his return to the squad. He also doesn’t have the points in the bank from previous times as a 10 to justify a wait for him to return to form approach. His best performance since returning was as a 13 against the ABs and its all been a little underwhelming since with numerous opportunities to shine. Still offers potentially great versatility but I don’t think he has much interest in seeing himself as a Hodge type player and wants to focus on been a 10 for the Reds, which is something he’s done very well.
 
Hogie

Hogie

Herbert Moran (7)
Personally I am okay with Foley coming in, especially with the upcoming matches against the calibre of Springboks and ABs. What I would have preferred is seeing Donaldson come into the squad. For me he has the right game for test rugby and opportunity to train in high performance environment, even if not selected, would be invaluable.
 
Tomthumb

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Colin Windon (37)
Hogie said:
Personally I am okay with Foley coming in, especially with the upcoming matches against the calibre of Springboks and ABs. What I would have preferred is seeing Donaldson come into the squad. For me he has the right game for test rugby and opportunity to train in high performance environment, even if not selected, would be invaluable.
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Rennie said either he or Edmed will be joining the squad on Monday
 
Adam84

Adam84

Nick Farr-Jones (63)
cyclopath said:
This thread really went off a cliff several pages back - devolved to ancient history, usual suspects bitching about the usual targets of hate etc.
Might need to euthanise it.
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I just don’t read it when it goes that way.

People are venting, if they don’t do it in this thread it’ll just be a match-day thread.

‘Broadcast Discussion’ has just picked up the ‘Where to for Super Rugby’ chat after that was closed
 
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George Smith (75)
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Adam84 said:
I just don’t read it when it goes that way.

People are venting, if they don’t do it in this thread it’ll just be a match-day thread.

‘Broadcast Discussion’ has just picked up the ‘Where to for Super Rugby’ chat after that was closed
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Maybe they could vent in 2 posts instead of 5 pages. Boring as batshit to most of us.
 
The_Brown_Hornet

The_Brown_Hornet

John Eales (66)
I don't think we're going to go 0-4. With the blokes we've got coming back and hopefully a bit of selection stability I give us a genuine chance to win at least a couple of those games. This squad aren't so irredeemably bad that we should expect to lose all of them. That said, if they cop a pasting from the Bokke next week there will be some questions asked about whether DR still has the dressing room. I hope they don't, because I'm flying to Adelaide to watch it!
 
Wilson

Wilson

Michael Lynagh (62)
LeCheese said:
ItsRugby and Rugby Pass both have him at 8 caps, but yes only one starting. Mighty impressive. Would be a good bit of trivia to know if anyone's had fewer before being brought into the squad
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Pretty sure slipper went super cap for test cap for the first few years of his career, couldn't have had more than 10 or so super caps at debut. Not as quick as some of the backs mentioned, but a hell of a lot more impressive as a prop.
 
Viking

Viking

Mark Ella (57)
Braveheart81 said:
It's not like we have had an option that fits that description since Larkham though.
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Very true. Who is your pick out of the Tahs youngsters? Edmed?
It seems Harrison has really fallen out of contention, I thought he was good enough and young enough to persist with.
 
dru

dru

Tim Horan (67)
Lolesio can be a great. I'd argue we haven't seen his ceiling yet, by far. And we've seen some pretty decent/adequate thrown in the deep end against some of the world's greatest teams. He has some distance to travel and the ability to do it.

I'm sad that JOC (James O'Connor) seems to have been thrown under the bus, though to be fair quite a few here were basically saying it, now Rennie has spake.

We'll be back to better strength against the Boks who don't do well in Aus. Let's see how they fare.
 
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