Yeah yeah yeah, call others insecure because they don't like your idea.
You aren't talking about Dan Carter, you are talking about signing 21yr old from the ITM Cup, giving him 2 years development in an Australian rugby side before gift wrapping and sending him back to New Zealand. It's a stupid concept, if you're going to sign foreign ineligible players then you want ones with experience who can pass on knowledge, not a rookie development player.
Australian Rugby shouldn't be signing foreigners in specialised positions like THP or 5/8. it's bad enough there were two wallaby ineligible halfbacks starting for Australian teams in 2016.
Because people don't like the last suggestion, the one after exhausting the local options on the list of suggestions; and the one that was brought by someone else who even added a name. Yep, that's it.
Its pretty clear that you didn't read the conversation before jumping to the usual defensive Wallaby centric rhetoric.
No, the actual stupidity is the assumption that we all think Wallaby first which is not the case. Its also pretty pathetic that with the limits on signing foreign players, you see it as a massive issue and threat.
Gift wrapping and sending him back - wow that's really stretching yourself. If we could do that I am pretty sure we would be doing with Jooste and Horan first.
Your comments are the perfect illustration of whats wrong with the game and the attitude and mindset that are holding it back and dragging it down..
The reason why we are talking about a 21yo Kiwi is lack of options. Why? If Aussie rugby was serious about doing something to fix the player problem we would have a more centralised player management policy to benefit the game holistically and the next 10 that needed opportunity and game time would be headed to the Brumbies - even if its on loan or similar, for the BENEFIT OF AUSSIE RUGBY.
Instead, the limited options that are available are signed elsewhere and will be coveted and only given opportunity
if required - thus the opportunity is offered to a Kiwi.
So why cant we find a potential player that could make a good 10? Because when we have the opportunity to bring in anything that might help us build better players, and accept the reality that nothing is for free and stop the almost incestuous mindset of how Aussie rugby should be managed, we may then end up with higher skilled players and better depth. Coaches tell, other players demonstrate.
The end of the day we need the Brumbies and all Aussie Super Rugby teams to perform. (The Force are an example of what happens if they don't - on and off the field.). Lets face it, after last night it will be a tough sell to get many punters to watch any Aussie rugby!
But look, i don't want to leave you feeling worried or insecure, so I can assure you, even if we perform the miracle because of the exceptional circumstance that Lilo's sad news has created, of making (sorry - gift wrapping) a 21yo Kiwi playing @10 regularly at the provincial level for the first time into an AB in 2yrs and he jumps Cruden, Barrett, Spoaga, I think it will be a good endorsement for Aussie coaching and I believe they would even try to get him to defect - but that's ok as well because he still will never be a Wallaby even if he moves here today as he wont be picked before Foley or Cooper even if he is the next AB starter @10!
Now, being serious - can you name me a potential Aussie 10 that the Brumbies should be looking at because I cant, and it appears no one else in this thread can. Thus why we are talking about the last option we have - a young Kiwi.
Put up or shut up?
