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Chilla Wilson (44)
i'm not sure about mogg at this stage - will his confidence taken a belting after recent performances and criticisms?
i'm not sure about mogg at this stage - will his confidence taken a belting after recent performances and criticisms?
He'll be fine. Having only one decent shoulder and playing against the Lions and New Zealand doesn't get much tougher in terms of a debut.
And aside from a couple of wayward kicks he was very good and will get better and better.
Beale has to play his way back into the wider national squad, I cant see him in the starting Wallabies team for now. If he stays focussed he will get anopther opportunity. But Mogg will get better and already has beeter skills as a full bcack than Beale..
People have such short memories. Three years ago he and Dagg were regarded as the best two full backs in the world and most people had Kurtley in front of Dagg. To suggest that Mogg has better skills overall than Beale (I assume because he has a longer punt kick) is fanciful. Mogg has potential but he has never shown it at Wallaby level and he has been hot and cold at Super level. Beale has shown absolute class at Wallaby level - the "almost" try was some of the best individual skills you will ever see. Last couple of years he has been injured (much of it self-inflicted) but if he can regain the level he once had a position will have to be found somewhere for him. He is just that good.
People have such short memories. Three years ago he and Dagg were regarded as the best two full backs in the world and most people had Kurtley in front of Dagg. To suggest that Mogg has better skills overall than Beale (I assume because he has a longer punt kick) is fanciful. Mogg has potential but he has never shown it at Wallaby level and he has been hot and cold at Super level. Beale has shown absolute class at Wallaby level - the "almost" try was some of the best individual skills you will ever see. Last couple of years he has been injured (much of it self-inflicted) but if he can regain the level he once had a position will have to be found somewhere for him. He is just that good.
No, no, no.
This is why our young players go off the rails, we hype them up and insist that they're soo good we HAVE to find a place. They then feel like they're above the team.
ATM, Beale is a Tahs bench player at best. He would need to prove his form and fitness, at the Tahs, before Cheika starts thinkin him a starting player, and the KB (Kurtley Beale) has to prove he's better than either Foley or Folau, to earn his starting position.
THEN, you start asking if he's good enough to regain that gold jersey, or if Folau game plane more. etc etc
He has to actually EARN it, and work his arse off. If KB (Kurtley Beale) had the drive/focus/attitude of someone like McCabe/Fainga'a etc, players who are in no way especially talented, but made the Wallabies off the back of sheer bloody mindedness and attitude...wow. Imagine if Beiber and Beale had that attitude?
They're only going to get it, by realising that they're not invincible and that they will not be missed if they don't shape up.
If Folau AND Cooper continue playing and improving the way they have in 2013 then 15 and 10 are both out of reach of Kurtley as a starting position.
However, injuries always play an important part of the game,. Until then KB (Kurtley Beale) should have splinters from the pine
Ground hire fees didn't you know...While everyone wonders where to fit Beale, Im wondering how the bloody hell the tahs fit all these players under the salary cap.
Totally disagree about Folau. I hope that Cheika plays him in the centres. If that turns out the way that I think it might, Link will have to eat his words about Folau staying at 15.
I might be a bit dim, but why on earth would you not play your most brilliant attacking player in the line? Yes, he does do kick returns well. But we will never, ever beat the Blacks on the back of kick returns, they are just too well organised for that. We need to make breaks much closer in.
The Blacks will kick to Folau, and they will turn him over. The weakness in Folau's game at the moment is that he just not know what to do in contact. Paradoxically, I reckon contact in the centres is a lot easier to come to grips with, than contact as a full back. Izzy can get isolated too easily. There will be no easy meat pies against the top teams from kick returns, or maybe one or two a season. We will have to do a lot more to earn the wins. That means we must play our best attacking running weapon in the position where he can do most sustained damage, without being at risk of losing possession in a vulnerable position.
I will bet London to a brick on that Izzy will play in the centres for the Wobbs this season, and next.
I'm a big AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) fan. He has been the most consistent Wallaby backline player for years. He rarely has a bad game, runs hard, defends hard, attacks the breakdown like a 7. He might not have the pace, the flash or X factor of some other players, but you can expect a strong performance from him every game.
My question is where does AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) fit in a Wallaby backline with fully fit and available players?
12? Do we break up the combo of Cooper and To'omua that is developing?
13? Does Kuridrani then sit out?
11/14? Is he a better winger than Cummins, Speight, or even JOC (James O'Connor)
15? That would mean leaving out Folau
While everyone wonders where to fit Beale, Im wondering how the bloody hell the tahs fit all these players under the salary cap.
I'm guessing that Beale was signed for very little on the basis that no other franchises wanted him.
The Waratahs have had quite a lot of players on Wallaby top ups (which will decrease over the next year or so) so that would have helped them keep more of their players.