Wallabies 2025

[Jimmy_Crouch]

Yep, from the squad announcement last week...

Completely missed his name in the additionals. Thanks

 

[Strewthcobber]

To me it suggests that it's still quite open as to which two of the three 10s make the matchday 23.

Or Lynagh's broken finger is no good, and he won't be fit for any of the games before the 1st Lions test

 

[dillyboy]

Unless of course Schmidt plans on playing all 3 over the course of the three tests....

The fact that neither Lynagh or Donaldson have been released is interesting, it's probably just coverage, but it does open the door for them to both play against Fiji.

 

[whitefalcon]

Donno is heading back to the force after an injury to Beale

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Love that he's been released to go play for the Force and in my mind tells me he's on good footing for the Lions and not required for the Fiji game. Let Lynagh get some time to see if he's up for it.

 

[Tomikin]

I think it's quite pertinent to be speculating about what the first choice 2025 XV looks like in the Wallabies 2025 thread even if it might be hinting at the make up of the first game v Fiji. That match thread will no doubt appear in due course.

We still have 29 players to choose from for the first match. Nothing is a given but the release of Faessler for the Qld game is probably the most surprising one. Someone stated above that it's probably to give all 3 hookers some game time considering the 2 frontrunners are lacking in match fitness. That could be right but the same result could have been achieved by playing Faessler in the first test and running Porecki in the Tahs game. So I think it's either because:
- internal testing showed Fez to be the least fit of the 3 options and therefore was relegated, or
- the 3 days extra recovery time that the Qld players get ahead of the first test was a consideration
- Or a bit of both perhaps.

Isn't the Tahs game like the day after the first test or close to a test. It makes sense though that Fes needs game time but already knows the system and the other two don't know the systems so need camp time under Schmidt.

 

[Tomikin]

Camp is in Sydney so not surprised to see guys called in who are close. If it was in Brisbane I'd expect a guy like Anderson, Thomas etc to run in place at training. You want good opposed sessions

I wouldn't look too much into it.

There's also 4 Brumbies there from an article today the young LHP.

Larkham said

“We’re short in a couple of positions and we are reliant on some of those Wallabies coming back in,” he said, with the Brumbies providing 10 squad members and four training partners, with young prop Lington Ieli."

He wasn't bitching he actually said Wallabies first.

 

[Braveheart81]

Isn't the Tahs game like the day after the first test or close to a test. It makes sense though that Fes needs game time but already knows the system and the other two don't know the systems so need camp time under Schmidt.

The Tahs game is two weeks before the first test.