Wales v Australia
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David Wilson (68)
I don't think it would be wise to have a specialist winger (Speight) on the bench. Better to carry the versatile, all rounder (Horne or Lealiifano) on the bench to cover multiple positions to reduce the disruption to structures in case of injury or lack of form.
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Agreed. I'd rather see Leali'ifano come on at 15 and Folau move to a wing than a Horne/Tomane bench winger.
Yeah, Cheika was doing this stuff early in the week for the Tahs
It isn't like he doesn't know
Brumbieman
Dick Tooth (41)
Wallabies for Welsh:
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Dick Tooth (41)
I am really, really pleased to see that Cheika is more than willing to call in expertise and advice from everyone he can get, and isn't just trying to do everything himself.
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Rod McCall (65)
I don't think there's an issue with having Speight on the bench on the assumption that the starting wingers are AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) and Horne..there's already plenty of positional coverage out there with those two plus one of To'omua/Lilo/Cooper will also presumably be on the bench. Different story if Tomane were to start though.
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Mark Ella (57)
Only "surprises:
No Cooper on bench (but not gob smacked)
Lilo for To'omua (half expected with the way Lilo went last time)
Carter over Horwill - Chek maintaining the faith in the younger bloke moving forward to RWC. Horwill becomes a great bench option.
Alexander still there - suppose there are no options
Good to see Speight get his shot - hopefully he takes this game roughly by the balls instead of just tickling the things
No Cooper on bench (but not gob smacked)
Lilo for To'omua (half expected with the way Lilo went last time)
Carter over Horwill - Chek maintaining the faith in the younger bloke moving forward to RWC. Horwill becomes a great bench option.
Alexander still there - suppose there are no options
Good to see Speight get his shot - hopefully he takes this game roughly by the balls instead of just tickling the things
I think that was just Brumbieman's speculated team.
As Slim said, it hasn't been named yet.
As Slim said, it hasn't been named yet.
Scrubber2050
Mark Ella (57)
He'll have to improve a lot
It's not Cheik's team, he wouldn't put both Horwill AND Skelton in the reserves. One or the other.
The earlier remark about selecting on potential was quite astute. To this end I'd have Jones in the mix somewhere.
I wrote on the front page last week we simply must plan for the future with the slow demise of Robinson, Alexander, Horwill and, dare I say it, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) (no favouritism here, in jumper order). Time stands still for no man. On Saturday Horwill played as well as he's played the last coupla years but he's not the player he was due to injuries and age. Carter looked to be growing into an international lock with glimpses of effective mongrel together with a few nice touches. Depth in the tight five is by far our most pressing problem ATM. If Cheika can go some way to addressing this he'll have made a good start, but this squad isn't making that task any easier. The lack of a good reserve THP could cruel our chances next year.
Genia and Cooper present tricky problems for Cheika: will game time bring them back to their best? I suspect a word in Quade's shell-like about too many wide passes will significantly tighten up his game. It was nice to see him do a few full-blooded tackles against the BaaBaas, take note, Kurtley.
The earlier remark about selecting on potential was quite astute. To this end I'd have Jones in the mix somewhere.
I wrote on the front page last week we simply must plan for the future with the slow demise of Robinson, Alexander, Horwill and, dare I say it, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) (no favouritism here, in jumper order). Time stands still for no man. On Saturday Horwill played as well as he's played the last coupla years but he's not the player he was due to injuries and age. Carter looked to be growing into an international lock with glimpses of effective mongrel together with a few nice touches. Depth in the tight five is by far our most pressing problem ATM. If Cheika can go some way to addressing this he'll have made a good start, but this squad isn't making that task any easier. The lack of a good reserve THP could cruel our chances next year.
Genia and Cooper present tricky problems for Cheika: will game time bring them back to their best? I suspect a word in Quade's shell-like about too many wide passes will significantly tighten up his game. It was nice to see him do a few full-blooded tackles against the BaaBaas, take note, Kurtley.
Inside Shoulder
Nathan Sharpe (72)
I missed your article - link or title?
Do you say that the plan starts now: do we try to go the RWC2015 with a seasoned team of the currently best available players or one that includes players earmarked for 2019 who are not yet there?
Joe Blow
Peter Sullivan (51)
It's good for Laurie to come down and run his eyes over the pack. He is the premier Australian forwards coach right now.
Who is that packing down at 8?
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