Wallabies 2025

[Dctarget]

I don't think it was the system's intent for half the Lions' starting backs to be born and raised in the Southern Hemisphere but we do what we can under the rules we're given.

Yes but I’m an absolute bore for bitching about the NH doing it so I should be consistent.

 

[Ignoto]

Yes but I’m an absolute bore for bitching about the NH doing it so I should be consistent.

I see there being a marked difference between the likes of Lynagh and Ross compared to Sione.

 

[Wilson]

Tom Donnelly (former All Black , current Force forwards coach) set to replace Parling as the lineout coach. Hilton still in the mix to come in as a forwards coach.

 

[Dctarget]

I see there being a marked difference between the likes of Lynagh and Ross compared to Sione.

You're right actually, I didn't realise Aidan was born in Aus and lived here for 8 years as a kid. I had assumed he had an Aussie grandparent. Feels good to know I'm once again morally perfect and never once had a bad opinion, play on!

 

[molman]

BPA, Koroibete & Samu added to AUNZ team. Joining Frizzel, Fakatava, Havilii, Laumape, Fusitua & Stevensen. I expect others will be waiting till after fiji test / lions squad announcement.


Hope to see LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto), Uru, JTA (Jeffery Toomaga-Allen) (Jeffery Toomaga-Allen), Ross & Philip added to flesh out the forwards - in a dream world with sotutu and/or blackadder/papalii

I thought Samu was a no go. Something to do with insurance costs?

As a slight tangent, I've been pondering a bit about how we evaluate some of these players in different leagues. Top14, Premiership even URC are probably all on par if not stronger competitions than SuperRugby these days, but how does one evaluate the players running around in Japan's League One. Some of these players still look reasonable in that competition, but it always just looks a fair way from the intensity or physicality of some of the other competitions, let alone an International Test.

 

[molman]

Same goes for Scotland, their hands are tied. Without their imports they'd be so shit. System is broke.

Those French fuckers though, absolutely no need for them to go stealing players.

How would you set it up differently? I've always thought a respect the place of birth rule which mean't you could never line up in an international against your country of birth would be an interesting change. Would make some WorldCup games interesting. Resisdency even at 5years doesn't entirely work when you have cashed up French clubs able to splash big (for age) academy contracts on o/s youths.

But I do agree with @rugbyAU, we've got to take a serious look at using Ross. Win games and no one cares anyway, ala Scotland or even Ireland with all their ANZ players in the backline.

 

[Wilson]

I thought Samu was a no go. Something to do with insurance costs?

Pete Samu = good to go
Samu Kerevi = no go