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If defense is the issue, LSL has been shown up massively at 6 due to lacking pace...wamberal wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:18 amI will take the liberty of answering on His behalf.
LSL at 6, Valetini to come on at 60 or even earlier to go berserk. LSL into the middle of the row.
We are a bit worried about the lineouts, would prefer to start with the best possible targets, all things being equal.
Zakar wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 2:38 amIf defense is the issue, LSL has been shown up massively at 6 due to lacking pace...wamberal wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:18 amI will take the liberty of answering on His behalf.
LSL at 6, Valetini to come on at 60 or even earlier to go berserk. LSL into the middle of the row.
We are a bit worried about the lineouts, would prefer to start with the best possible targets, all things being equal.
No FF... Billy Pollard on the bench.
Throwing out false accusations of racism is a low, shitcunt act Slim. It is the sort of thing that low intellect fucktards like Towny and the toxic grub do - smartarses who are possessed of too low an IQ to know any better, or actually deploy some wit.Slim 293 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:18 pmEllafan wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:53 pmYou know, I fully expect that after the Wallabies lose against NZ 5-blot in this year's further expanded Bledisloe, after Ritchie Mo'uaga scores 8 tries down the blind off set piece scrum moves, Slimmy, towny, Zakar et al will all be in here telling me that valetini is the best #6 of all time, and there is nothing wrong with his defence.
Is Valetini actually on the field in this example? Or have you, again, confused him for another player of PI appearance?
Sluggy... the slender Gordon Bray?
What are you actually defending ....shirely not any Tahs players....the worst of anything Oz has produced in pro rugby ...get off the stage.
I have not suggested a tahs player should be picked now, The young guy who plays 6/8 needs to be worked up in the wobs squad, and will quite likely be a 100 test Wallaby and captain in future years, but he needs to serve his apprenticeship.grievous wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 3:56 pmWhat are you actually defending ....shirely not any Tahs players....the worst of anything Oz has produced in pro rugby ...get off the stage.
TranceNRG wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:52 pm Yeah Carter Gordon has been brilliant for Rebels, one of the shining lights in a pretty poor season for Rebels. Can control the backline, can put players through gaps and not afraid to tackle players. Shame he only got to play a few games. They really should have started him ages ago as Toomua has been rubbish most of the year.
I think between Gordon, Harrsion, the other Tahs flyhalf and Lolesio, the flyhalf position is looking pretty good.
Harrison is pretty average, but he can consistently slot kicks at goal which is worth it's weight in gold and something I've been banging on about for literally a decade. It's a must-have in the squad, even if you leave a more talented player out to make room for the goal-kicker. It's that important. It's so important that there hasn't been a world-beating rugby team in living memory without an outstanding - not good, an absolutely outstanding - goal-kicker.TranceNRG wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:52 pm Yeah Carter Gordon has been brilliant for Rebels, one of the shining lights in a pretty poor season for Rebels. Can control the backline, can put players through gaps and not afraid to tackle players. Shame he only got to play a few games. They really should have started him ages ago as Toomua has been rubbish most of the year.
I think between Gordon, Harrsion, the other Tahs flyhalf and Lolesio, the flyhalf position is looking pretty good.
Ellafan wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:52 pmI have not suggested a tahs player should be picked now, The young guy who plays 6/8 needs to be worked up in the wobs squad, and will quite likely be a 100 test Wallaby and captain in future years, but he needs to serve his apprenticeship.grievous wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 3:56 pmWhat are you actually defending ....shirely not any Tahs players....the worst of anything Oz has produced in pro rugby ...get off the stage.
In the meantime according to zakar and slimmy we need to pick blokes who would be front rowers in rugba loig, because they do good ball carrying hit ups. Unfortunately they can't move 3m laterally to make a tackle, but apparently we're supposed to overlook that.
The ABs are going to humiliate our team if Rennie doesn't teach Valetini & co how to get off the scrum fast and move his bulk into the inside blind channel. This would be funny if it wasn't so tragic.
Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 4:56 pm Swinton is quality those lads giving him shit wouldn't know a blindside flanker from a bar of soap.
There's a problem there with a bit too much uncontrolled aggression, but that's a f-ck load better than too little aggro. Once he gets a handle on that he's going to be a star. If it wasn't for that red card in the dying minutes he would have nailed-down his place in the squad with his performance today. As it happens he may well have brain-farted his way out of the squad. Them's the breaks sometimes.
If he's available he might still get selected. But probably not.
I wouldn't be shocked either way. But if he does happen to be given a chance, I look forwards to having a laugh at the the howls of protest on PR.
You're right the red cards are a significant problem. Swinton has had one job since his enormous Wallaby debut: prove you can do it without being a liability. And he's fluffed that. He must be spewing and will be lucky if he makes the squad because of that alone.Slim 293 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:26 pmMog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 4:56 pm Swinton is quality those lads giving him shit wouldn't know a blindside flanker from a bar of soap.
There's a problem there with a bit too much uncontrolled aggression, but that's a f-ck load better than too little aggro. Once he gets a handle on that he's going to be a star. If it wasn't for that red card in the dying minutes he would have nailed-down his place in the squad with his performance today. As it happens he may well have brain-farted his way out of the squad. Them's the breaks sometimes.
If he's available he might still get selected. But probably not.
I wouldn't be shocked either way. But if he does happen to be given a chance, I look forwards to having a laugh at the the howls of protest on PR.
It’s Swinton’s 4th red card in 2 years…
He generally gives away too many penalties, hasn’t made a lot of impact in attack or defence all year, and he needs to massively up his work rate.
That red card might’ve been the first ruck he was sighted at for a while, and as Aussie Mick up there would say - “it’s not rugby loig.”
He is quality but…………another red card? You cant risk that in a test. He needs to do a Tolu Latu type turnaround. I doubt he will be available for France, if they come.Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 4:56 pm Swinton is quality those lads giving him shit wouldn't know a blindside flanker from a bar of soap.
There's a problem there with a bit too much uncontrolled aggression, but that's a f-ck load better than too little aggro. Once he gets a handle on that he's going to be a star. If it wasn't for that red card in the dying minutes he would have nailed-down his place in the squad with his performance today. As it happens he may well have brain-farted his way out of the squad. Them's the breaks sometimes.
If he's available he might still get selected. But probably not.
I wouldn't be shocked either way. But if he does happen to be given a chance, I look forwards to having a laugh at the the howls of protest on PR.
It’s hard to get off it fast when its going backwards or under pressure. Hopefully Rennie and co can put together a decent scrum. It’s Valentini then daylight at 6 or you could switch he and Wilson around. Wilson is more skilled as an 8 controlling the pill at the base and should stay there.Ellafan wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:52 pmI have not suggested a tahs player should be picked now, The young guy who plays 6/8 needs to be worked up in the wobs squad, and will quite likely be a 100 test Wallaby and captain in future years, but he needs to serve his apprenticeship.grievous wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 3:56 pmWhat are you actually defending ....shirely not any Tahs players....the worst of anything Oz has produced in pro rugby ...get off the stage.
In the meantime according to zakar and slimmy we need to pick blokes who would be front rowers in rugba loig, because they do good ball carrying hit ups. Unfortunately they can't move 3m laterally to make a tackle, but apparently we're supposed to overlook that.
The ABs are going to humiliate our team if Rennie doesn't teach Valetini & co how to get off the scrum fast and move his bulk into the inside blind channel. This would be funny if it wasn't so tragic.
Valetini is an excellent defender.Ellafan wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:52 pmI have not suggested a tahs player should be picked now, The young guy who plays 6/8 needs to be worked up in the wobs squad, and will quite likely be a 100 test Wallaby and captain in future years, but he needs to serve his apprenticeship.grievous wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 3:56 pmWhat are you actually defending ....shirely not any Tahs players....the worst of anything Oz has produced in pro rugby ...get off the stage.
In the meantime according to zakar and slimmy we need to pick blokes who would be front rowers in rugba loig, because they do good ball carrying hit ups. Unfortunately they can't move 3m laterally to make a tackle, but apparently we're supposed to overlook that.
The ABs are going to humiliate our team if Rennie doesn't teach Valetini & co how to get off the scrum fast and move his bulk into the inside blind channel. This would be funny if it wasn't so tragic.
He’s ‘quality’, but then he makes no metres and gets penalised constantlyOlo wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 11:09 pmHe is quality but…………another red card? You cant risk that in a test. He needs to do a Tolu Latu type turnaround. I doubt he will be available for France, if they come.Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 4:56 pm Swinton is quality those lads giving him shit wouldn't know a blindside flanker from a bar of soap.
There's a problem there with a bit too much uncontrolled aggression, but that's a f-ck load better than too little aggro. Once he gets a handle on that he's going to be a star. If it wasn't for that red card in the dying minutes he would have nailed-down his place in the squad with his performance today. As it happens he may well have brain-farted his way out of the squad. Them's the breaks sometimes.
If he's available he might still get selected. But probably not.
I wouldn't be shocked either way. But if he does happen to be given a chance, I look forwards to having a laugh at the the howls of protest on PR.
Rennie will give him a run when available.
shanky wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 11:27 pmHe’s ‘quality’, but then he makes no metres and gets penalised constantlyOlo wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 11:09 pmHe is quality but…………another red card? You cant risk that in a test. He needs to do a Tolu Latu type turnaround. I doubt he will be available for France, if they come.Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 4:56 pm Swinton is quality those lads giving him shit wouldn't know a blindside flanker from a bar of soap.
There's a problem there with a bit too much uncontrolled aggression, but that's a f-ck load better than too little aggro. Once he gets a handle on that he's going to be a star. If it wasn't for that red card in the dying minutes he would have nailed-down his place in the squad with his performance today. As it happens he may well have brain-farted his way out of the squad. Them's the breaks sometimes.
If he's available he might still get selected. But probably not.
I wouldn't be shocked either way. But if he does happen to be given a chance, I look forwards to having a laugh at the the howls of protest on PR.
Rennie will give him a run when available.
But we know ‘nothing’ about rugby, from a poster who complains constantly about people ‘playing the man’, while constantly doing that exact thing
lolwut
It’s like we’re in the hall of fcking mirrors at Luna Park
Because I called one guy "Sherlock" as a joke and said some unnamed people wouldn't know a blindside "from a bar of soap"? I'm sure you've heard worse than that.Not sure its a complete bolter, but I think we'll see Nos LongeranAli's Choice wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 11:48 pm Okay boys, selection day. Who can suggest a bolter who is going to make today's squad from out of left field?
Btw, given the NZ teams won 23 of the 25 TT matches, if Rennie can put together a Wallaby team that's even remotely competitive with the AB's then he will be doing extremely well, and Ian Foster should be put down and rendered into dripping.
I'm giving him shit because he's red card penalty magnet. He's quality otherwise.Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 4:56 pm Swinton is quality those lads giving him shit wouldn't know a blindside flanker from a bar of soap.
There's a problem there with a bit too much uncontrolled aggression, but that's a f-ck load better than too little aggro. Once he gets a handle on that he's going to be a star. If it wasn't for that red card in the dying minutes he would have nailed-down his place in the squad with his performance today. As it happens he may well have brain-farted his way out of the squad. Them's the breaks sometimes.
If he's available he might still get selected. But probably not.
I wouldn't be shocked either way. But if he does happen to be given a chance, I look forwards to having a laugh at the the howls of protest on PR.
Wallabies squad for 2021 eToro France Series (Test caps, Harvey Norman Super Rugby side and age)
*Uncapped players
Allan Alaalatoa (43, Brumbies, 27)
Tom Banks (11, Brumbies, 26)
Angus Bell (3, NSW Waratahs, 20)
Filipo Daugunu (5, Queensland Reds, 26)
Pone Fa’amausili* (uncapped, Melbourne Rebels, 24)
Lalakai Foketi* (uncapped, NSW Waratahs, 26)
Jake Gordon (5, NSW Waratahs, 27)
Reece Hodge (45, Melbourne Rebels, 26)
Michael Hooper (c) (105, Verblitz/NSW Waratahs, 29)
Len Ikitau* (uncapped, Brumbies, 22)
Feleti Kaitu’u* (uncapped, Western Force, 26)
Andrew Kellaway* (uncapped, Melbourne Rebels, 25)
Marika Koroibete (34, Melbourne Rebels, 28)
Rob Leota* (uncapped, Melbourne Rebels, 24)
Noah Lolesio (2, Brumbies, 21)
Lachlan Lonergan* (uncapped, Brumbies, 21)
Tate McDermott (2, Queensland Reds, 22)
Fraser McReight (1, Queensland Reds, 22)
Andy Muirhead* (uncapped, Brumbies, 28)
Isi Naisarani (8, Melbourne Rebels, 26)
James O’Connor (55, Queensland Reds, 30)
Brandon Paenga-Amosa (9, Queensland Reds, 25)
Hunter Paisami (6, Queensland Reds, 23)
Izaia Perese* (uncapped, NSW Waratahs, 24)
Matt Philip (9 Tests, Pau/Melbourne Rebels, 27)
Lukhan Salakaia-Loto (25, Queensland Reds, 24)
Scott Sio (68, Brumbies, 29)
James Slipper (100, Brumbies, 32)
Darcy Swain* (uncapped, Brumbies, 23)
Lachie Swinton (1, NSW Waratahs, 24)
Sitaleki Timani (18, Western Force, 34)
Matt To’omua (54, Melbourne Rebels, 31)
Taniela Tupou (25, Queensland Reds, 25)
Rob Valetini (4 Tests, Brumbies, 22)
Michael Wells* (uncapped, Melbourne Rebels, 28)
Nic White (37, Brumbies, 31)
Harry Wilson (6, Queensland Reds, 21)
Tom Wright (3, Brumbies, 23)
