Wallabies 2025

[Braveheart81]

Are we overdoing how much Sua'ali'i needs to increase his involvement?

He's the leading try scorer in TRC with 4 and equal 5th in metres gained.

He would be about third in carries among the Wallabies backs, equal 9th in the comp for clean breaks, just outside the top 10 in defenders beaten and equal 8th in the comp for offloads.

 

[Tomikin]

Are we overdoing how much Sua'ali'i needs to increase his involvement?

He's the leading try scorer in TRC with 4 and equal 5th in metres gained.

He would be about third in carries among the Wallabies backs, equal 9th in the comp for clean breaks, just outside the top 10 in defenders beaten and equal 8th in the comp for offloads.

Maybe your right, it just seems from the eye test his not invovled like I feel he should be. .. But if stats say he is, then Im willing to just let it be. I have noticed that people say his shit in defence, but Ive noticed him making the tackle after a missed tackle alot, and he hits and sticks, a lot of cover tackles..

 

[Major Tom]

Also gotta remember he’s had under 15 tests. Wild that he’s played more test footy than super rugby. If he’s got the drive to always improve (he seems to) and gets quality coaching, then sky is the absolute limit.

 

[Joe Blow]

He has got to stay at 13. Shame Wright is not on deck to build the combo.

 

[dru]

I imagine two teams facing each other, more or less equivalent at all areas bar one. Ikitau and JAS as opposing #13s.
I'm with Ikitau every day of the week. Repeat the experiment at #12 and I'm still with Ikitau, but I'm trying to find a way to get Ikitau back to his best position.

Now put JAS at #11 with a first receiver who knows how to get him involved; or put him at #15 to gain time on the ball... he's the first bloke picked. [But we end up with a similar question against Wright, injuries aside.] I'd even say he's the first bloke picked if he has to be #13. I'm just not seeing it as maximising what we can get from these guys.

Not yet anyway.