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John Hipwell (52)
I hate it when you slag a player and they end up being pretty awesome (F**ken Conrad Smith)
The defence of Matt Giteau
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I hate it when you slag a player and they end up being pretty awesome (F**ken Conrad Smith)
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John Eales (66)
Rocky is clearly the best 6 in the country. Furthermore, if we can get the Rock back to his best, he's the best 6 in the world. The only other candidate for Wallaby duty of anywhere approaching his class is potentially Hodgson, though he is wholly unproven at test level.
TPN will be the Hooker if he is available IMHO, Moore is great, but TPN has that ex factor that can change games and was the best Aus tight forward in last years S14 and what Aus lacked was the right balance in the forwards last season.
We lacked guys who could put on dominant tackles, that stopped momentum, and who could get over the advantage line consistently whilst collecting two or three defenders.
I see Palu and TPN - or players with their attributes really important to get that balance right.
Elsom finally found his form in the November Series, he was very good in Europe
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Herbert Moran (7)
What about Gits, he stopped plenty of our momentum?
Oh wait, you mean stop the oppositions momentum.:frans As you were then
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John Hipwell (52)
He was defintely better than earlier in the year but IMO still wasn't at pre-Ireland form.
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TOCC
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Is it possible Elsom hasn't recaptured his Ireland form because he is playing against better oposition??
Bullrush
John Hipwell (52)
No...we're talking pre-Ireland form
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Dick Tooth (41)
Not Slipper, with Alexander on the bench?
Dunno yet, THP is the most contentious position to me, Alexander either starting or bench; but Slipper? Maybe (I want to see him start and play the season), but also maybe Weekes ( a very good THP) & Baxter (unlikely but was the form Aus THP last season) and the smokey Palmer (if he can work on his mobility)
At the moment Alexander if he plays the season
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Tank
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I know I am quoting myself, but the latest article on foxsports obviously doesn't surprise me given my comment from yesterday...
http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/s...per-rugby-season/story-e6frf4qu-1226004470588
The question is where?
My back three would be
Beale
Mitchell
Iaone
JOC (James O'Connor) would be next choice
12? maybe if he plays there for the Force, and shows he can cut it up in the line (I think he can)
I think he may be on the bench with everyone back, and that would give us real strike power as they get tired.
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Richard D. James
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so who takes the kicks if JOC (James O'Connor) is on the bench? Barnes, Beale?
Barnes, Beale or Cooper - dunno really
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John Eales (66)
I think using Alexander at THP for the Wallabies again is a terrible idea. The Brumbies Mafia, correctly, have stated that he won't be playing at THP, and why would he with Palmer and Ma'afu in the squad?
Some tall THPs like Carl Hayman are able to scrummage on the right hand side of the scrum but Alexander is not able to do so in a low scrum. He goes down too much. We all talk about the need to get the hit with shoulders above hips but the point with Benny is that his arse is too high, too often. It's all very well to say bend the knees more but some props can't do that and prosper.
Maybe it has something to do with the length of the femur in relation to the length of the tibia or some other area in his morphology or musculature that is skew, or maybe his feet are too far back - I don't know.
Agree with the rest of the post.
Just quietly I don't think he was great at LHP in the scrums either last year and nothing I have seen in viewing some of my 2010 Brumbies archived games recently contradict that.
Some tall THPs like Carl Hayman are able to scrummage on the right hand side of the scrum but Alexander is not able to do so in a low scrum. He goes down too much. We all talk about the need to get the hit with shoulders above hips but the point with Benny is that his arse is too high, too often. It's all very well to say bend the knees more but some props can't do that and prosper.
Maybe it has something to do with the length of the femur in relation to the length of the tibia or some other area in his morphology or musculature that is skew, or maybe his feet are too far back - I don't know.
Agree with the rest of the post.
Just quietly I don't think he was great at LHP in the scrums either last year and nothing I have seen in viewing some of my 2010 Brumbies archived games recently contradict that.
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Peter Sullivan (51)
2011 Wallabies
1. Benn Robinson
2. Tatafu Polota-Nau
3. Ben Alexander
4. James Horwill
5. Nathan Sharpe
6. Rocky Elsom (C)
7. David Pocock
8. Wycliff Palu
9. Will Genia
10. Quade Cooper
11. Digby Ioane
12. Berrick Barnes
13. Adam Ashley-Cooper
14. Drew Mitchell
15. Kurtley Beale
The 2009 Forward Pack combined with the 2010 Backline. I really hope this gets on the park at some point this year.
It'll be interesting to look back after the Super 14 to see if this is still the form Aussie team.
1. Benn Robinson
2. Tatafu Polota-Nau
3. Ben Alexander
4. James Horwill
5. Nathan Sharpe
6. Rocky Elsom (C)
7. David Pocock
8. Wycliff Palu
9. Will Genia
10. Quade Cooper
11. Digby Ioane
12. Berrick Barnes
13. Adam Ashley-Cooper
14. Drew Mitchell
15. Kurtley Beale
The 2009 Forward Pack combined with the 2010 Backline. I really hope this gets on the park at some point this year.
It'll be interesting to look back after the Super 14 to see if this is still the form Aussie team.
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