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John Thornett (49)
Haha you think we are the same person?
Ireland v Wallabies, Saturday 15/11 (Sunday morning Aus time)
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John Thornett (49)
Some hood and bad with this team. O’Connor will give some organisation which is good but with Gordon inside him it will be a lottery
Disappointing to see no LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto), I think his punch with the ball would have been a great help. Potter over Pietch continues to baffle
Good to see Daugunu get a deserved start and Tizzano off the bench will be critical for last 20
Disappointing to see no LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto), I think his punch with the ball would have been a great help. Potter over Pietch continues to baffle
Good to see Daugunu get a deserved start and Tizzano off the bench will be critical for last 20
HogansHeros
Bill McLean (32)
Disappointing C. Gordon isnt fit.
Really dont understand the second row selections...
Hopefully Tupou is alright, hes really had a new lease on life recently, been great to see.
Really dont understand the second row selections...
Hopefully Tupou is alright, hes really had a new lease on life recently, been great to see.
Strewthcobber
Phil Kearns (64)
I suspect Frost paying the price for poor defencive effort and missing too many cleanouts last week. And you don't improve those things by playing LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto)
Frost will be back
Frost will be back
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Tom Lawton (22)
How does Robertson continue to get selected. He is not a good scrummager and adds nothing on either side of the ball. LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) missing selection doesn't make any sense, we seriously lack some go forward.
Strewthcobber
Phil Kearns (64)
I suspect the answer to all selection questions this week, given how poor last week was, is Schmidt asking "will this player do their job in my attacking pod structure" (ie will we be able to string 20 phases together without giving up a turnover)
Brumby Runner
George Gregan (70)
I think that makes 7 personnel and 3 positional changes from last week. Sorry to say, but Ireland by 21 or more.
HogansHeros
Bill McLean (32)
We might be able to string the phases together but i dont think we will be going forward, esspecially when the bench props come on.
Major Tom
Chilla Wilson (44)
It’s a bit of an odd team put together. I’ll have to read the press release from Schmidt or the roar to find out the selections. Would have:
- played and started Tupou.
- picked Pietch and Potter for my wings, do like seeing max at the back though.
- started lonergan and given Thomas the job to finish.
- would have LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) at lock but can see Hooper doing the job there. Sacrificing a bit of weight for getting all your best players on the park at once is at least creative.
- don’t rate Robertson but it is what it is. Also wouldn’t have had Kellaway in the team at all.
Anyways, hope we win, I think we’ll play with more intent based off the last few weeks flatness but I think Ireland will out class us.
Edit: Pietsch has vertigo.
- played and started Tupou.
- picked Pietch and Potter for my wings, do like seeing max at the back though.
- started lonergan and given Thomas the job to finish.
- would have LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) at lock but can see Hooper doing the job there. Sacrificing a bit of weight for getting all your best players on the park at once is at least creative.
- don’t rate Robertson but it is what it is. Also wouldn’t have had Kellaway in the team at all.
Anyways, hope we win, I think we’ll play with more intent based off the last few weeks flatness but I think Ireland will out class us.
Edit: Pietsch has vertigo.
Strewthcobber
Phil Kearns (64)
LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) didn't get a single carry when he came on for the England game. He's clearly not seen by Schmidt as a great option - whether that was injury or just not his role against the Poms
KOB1987
Tim Horan (67)
Hooper to the row, what are the other ones? At least the majority of personnel changes are upgrades, I'll await to hear the reasoning behind those that aren't before commenting further.
Clearly going for mobility over size for this one. Obviously the point of a tour like this is to give the squad members an opportunity to shine and/or develop, and 5 test matches over 5 weeks is a very heavy schedule to manage in terms of both fatigue and injuries, so we are never going to see the same team from week to week. I'd say Joe would have had a plan for each game individually that works in with the broader strategy - Japan he took a calculated risk to play a B team which just came off; England I'm not sure but we were without several of our best players against a class outfit; Italy I'd say he took another calculated risk in that he thought we would get away with a win with a 'not quite our best' team. In fairness to Joe v Italy it wasn't the team that was selected that was the reason we lost, it was that a lot of our 'best' players phoned it in.
Point of all that is that I am looking at this game in isolation - we are going to have a crack and try and run the legs out of them. Ireland also are a bit undermanned, I believe we can take this one as long as our players front up. Wallabies by 8.
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Peter Johnson (47)
Not the team we should have selected
- No Tupou?
- Williams and Hooper as a lock pairing is too small against top teams as seen v Arg
- Wilson should’ve been left out
- would like to have seen Pietsch
- I think Ross is better than Robertson, but that’s kept changing this tour
- No Tupou?
- Williams and Hooper as a lock pairing is too small against top teams as seen v Arg
- Wilson should’ve been left out
- would like to have seen Pietsch
- I think Ross is better than Robertson, but that’s kept changing this tour
Strewthcobber
Phil Kearns (64)
Christie saying..........
CG injured - JOC (James O'Connor) in for "freshness"
Ikitau selected over HP
Jorgensen returns from illness over AK (Andrew Kellaway)
Pietsch ill (vertigo)
Tupou and Frost rotated
Robertson and Tizzano preferred on the bench
CG injured - JOC (James O'Connor) in for "freshness"
Ikitau selected over HP
Jorgensen returns from illness over AK (Andrew Kellaway)
Pietsch ill (vertigo)
Tupou and Frost rotated
Robertson and Tizzano preferred on the bench
rugbyAU
Peter Johnson (47)
No VDF or Ringrose
Strewthcobber
Phil Kearns (64)
22 year old getting his first international start. Hopefully the wiley old AAA can welcome him to test match rugby
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Arch Winning (36)
Never seen you and the other avatar in the same room together, explain that one champ?