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That is true , size does help but its not everything , nz pack was just a lil bit bigger then ours. i think what our boys miss is just decent competition back home... beside a few super contracted players, the others need to be playing top grade football 2-3 good solid years, none of this...
PLACID
DAVIS
TUIPOLOTU
PAIA'AUA
KELLAWAY (C)
DEEGAN
TUTTLE
ORR
Fainga'a
SANDELL
HANIGAN
LEALAIAULOLO-TUI
WILKIN
GUNN
KORCZYK
Substitutes
SAAGA
MCINERNEY
LOMAX
WINTER
CROKE
NUCIFORA
DALGLEISH
MAGNAY
australian team, dont see Lolo, i think hes injured and interesting magnay is on the bench ...
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maybe the first 2 scrums eps the first penalty and 3 pointer for the italins, but then once the lads adjusted you could see the looshead trying to screw the scrum, and the ref caught on ...
our scrum will def be tested against the saffas , so the boys have alot of work ahead of them
the front row stuggled in the scrum the first 25 mins due to the fact i think the italians scrummaging illegally then the ref had caught on wht they were doing
i prefer Fainga'a over connor , seems to offer a bit more
orr was good on the scrums and around the paddock
tui was a beast with ball...
next game i dont think theyre will be too much change maybe in the fowards with the hooker, one prop , lock and one backrow...
in the backs i think duncan may come in at 10 and redden in for kellaway who may push for the centres , we need a big win against the italians , sorry i think i should...
LOL i agree after watching that we wont progress any further then the pool stages, italy might have a chance to beat us and saffas might put 40 on us, boys just look all over the place, HOPE they prove us wrong but i cant see it...
interesting fact,by chance chatted to Tolu Latu , said folau Fainga'a is his cousin, also said they had another cousin who played for the tahs Chris Siale a while back.nice lil family connection. If i was folau i would be absorbing as much as i can from Latu
Adam Korczyk had a great game for...