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Wallabies 2023
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Chilla Wilson (44)
W, I'd take Kellaway every day.
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Chilla Wilson (44)
As backup, if there is one in the squad but not for the big games.
Marce
John Thornett (49)
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Alfred Walker (16)
I can't remember how those blokes looked but Jorgensen hasn't looked great under bombs so far...
wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
He has played a handful of games. Maybe he will get a gig, but he will have to perform really well in the lead-up to the RWC to make the squad.
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Colin Windon (37)
Who got smoked? Rebels have conceded 270 points in 7 games this season
Rugbyman2023
Peter Burge (5)
Does anyone know if there is any aus A games this year? Last season they were so valuable for the next players up, similar to reserve games or NRC for super rugby players! Last year they played in the Pac nations cup and guys like Gleeson and Mark N (Nawaqanitawase) came from no where to debut for wallabies later in the year
I wonder if they will play in the Pac nations cup again while rugby championships is on, kiwis might also join with their Māori side or NZ 15 sides! Can only see benefits including keeping the next up players in to scratch with what’s going on. And also trials for the RWC side with squad players in the wallabies not playing bledisilode cup matches etc playing in the Aus A game as well to get game time and trial for RWC spots
I wonder if they will play in the Pac nations cup again while rugby championships is on, kiwis might also join with their Māori side or NZ 15 sides! Can only see benefits including keeping the next up players in to scratch with what’s going on. And also trials for the RWC side with squad players in the wallabies not playing bledisilode cup matches etc playing in the Aus A game as well to get game time and trial for RWC spots
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Alex Ross (28)
From what I’ve seen I disagree
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Jim Lenehan (48)
Lol yeah so Noah’s inferior tackle completion rate is the reason the Brumbies have been better defensively
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Bob Davidson (42)
Hopefully. We need to gauge how players perform when they step up a level. The only downside I saw last season was players in the wider test squad that didn’t play couldn’t show what they were capable of, while the A team players got to play. I don’t know how we could rectify that, but I do like the concept and hope it goes ahead again. I could be wrong, but I have a memory of it being a kind of last minute thing last year
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Peter Burge (5)
Yes hopefully similar to super rugby back to club land or nrl back to nsw cup wallabies can do something similar with aus a so players not in match day 23 can play with aus a team also to get game time, and also trialling to mail a spot in the RWC team.
If they train squads close Eg in Sydney for the week, then later in the week wider wallabies squad players not selected train and run in team runs with aus a side before heading to say Fiji for game on sat! Would be handy even if some aus a games were played at same ground before wallabies test match! They could at least do this against Nz 15 before bledislode cup games
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Johnnie Wallace (23)
Anyone else surprised tickets for TRC haven't gone on sale yet?
Argies at Parra is a tough sell and you want max time to (hopefully) fill the MCG which will only happen with a decent travelling contingent
Argies at Parra is a tough sell and you want max time to (hopefully) fill the MCG which will only happen with a decent travelling contingent
Seems like it. Angus Bell quote:
It all depends what Eddie [Jones] sees as the best opportunity for me to prove that I should be on that plane. Whether that’s club rugby for Sydney Uni or the warm-up game against France, or playing in Tonga for Australia A, I’m not sure what he thinks or what the medical staff are thinking.”
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
Some good news from that article...
'Opposites attract': Bell, Tupou on track for RWC in Wallabies boost after radical surgery brings duo together
The Waratahs’ season hit a major speed bump midway through the first half of their opening match of the season, but the Wallabies have…
www.theroar.com.au
For those potentially wondering what a sesamoidectomy is, I googled it because I had no idea. https://www.drsimonzilko.com.au/pdf/post-op-sesamoidectomy-july-2020.pdf
Some good quotes in that article.
Together with fellow-injured front-row star Tupou, the duo have been training under the watchful eye of Rugby Australia’s medical staff at their Moore Park headquarters and says they have been “ruined” by a series of activities involving medical balls, core, and watt and assault bikes.
“Me and ‘Nela’ struggle a bit,” he quipped.
“I’ve got really close with Nela over the past nine months,” Bell said.
“He’s one of my best mates.
“Nela and I are quite different in every aspect of life and that’s why we get along so well, opposites attract.
“Nela is very laissez-faire and I’m quite uptight, so we both meet in the middle.
“Training with him is unreal, you go hard with someone and go have a coffee with afterward; it’s great for the mental space and mixing up the training as well.
“It’s a great relationship. It’s funny, it’s always funny, but it’s good that we can both do things that will put us in the right stead for the World Cup and get hopefully on that plane both of us.”
Some good quotes in that article.
Together with fellow-injured front-row star Tupou, the duo have been training under the watchful eye of Rugby Australia’s medical staff at their Moore Park headquarters and says they have been “ruined” by a series of activities involving medical balls, core, and watt and assault bikes.
“Me and ‘Nela’ struggle a bit,” he quipped.
“I’ve got really close with Nela over the past nine months,” Bell said.
“He’s one of my best mates.
“Nela and I are quite different in every aspect of life and that’s why we get along so well, opposites attract.
“Nela is very laissez-faire and I’m quite uptight, so we both meet in the middle.
“Training with him is unreal, you go hard with someone and go have a coffee with afterward; it’s great for the mental space and mixing up the training as well.
“It’s a great relationship. It’s funny, it’s always funny, but it’s good that we can both do things that will put us in the right stead for the World Cup and get hopefully on that plane both of us.”
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John Solomon (38)
First home game under Jones? Cheika v Jones? Only Wallabies test in Sydney this year? Great stadium? But yeah, it's deep in the western suburbs, so no-one will attend that.
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Arch Winning (36)
People rather watch on Tele than head out to Parra unfortunately..
