Wallaby EOYT 2016
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@Crucial Sean O'Brien isn't half bad either. Pretty positive problem to have.
Wallabies will drop either Sean Mac or Naivalu. Hope Naivalu is retained, even if Hooper and McMahon both can be thrown to the backs in an emergency, but still better to have someone else to sub than Cooper if an outside back goes down in the first half.
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@Sapetyvi said in Wallaby EOYT 2016:
@Crucial Sean O'Brien isn't half bad either. Pretty positive problem to have.
Wallabies will drop either Sean Mac or Naivalu. Hope Naivalu is retained, even if Hooper and McMahon both can be thrown to the backs in an emergency, but still better to have someone else to sub than Cooper if an outside back goes down in the first half.
And then there's Dan Leavy - if he can deliver his club form on the test stage. He's been outplaying vdF and SOB at Leinster so far this season, IMHO.
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Stander, O'Brien and vdF all seem quite similar players though - stocky ball carriers without a ton of arial ability or breakdown nous? Ireland can't really start all 3, so they're always going to be competing for one or two places.
EDIT: Is O'Mahony likely to come back into the picture? Looked the goods a while back and offers something a bit different.
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French Baabaas game here:
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@Pot-Hale said in Wallaby EOYT 2016:
@Sapetyvi said in Wallaby EOYT 2016:
@Crucial Sean O'Brien isn't half bad either. Pretty positive problem to have.
Wallabies will drop either Sean Mac or Naivalu. Hope Naivalu is retained, even if Hooper and McMahon both can be thrown to the backs in an emergency, but still better to have someone else to sub than Cooper if an outside back goes down in the first half.
And then there's Dan Leavy - if he can deliver his club form on the test stage. He's been outplaying vdF and SOB at Leinster so far this season, IMHO.
At 6, against inferior opposition. But I entirely agree he looks extremely promising.
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@SimonAdd_2 said in Wallaby EOYT 2016:
Stander, O'Brien and vdF all seem quite similar players though - stocky ball carriers without a ton of arial ability or breakdown nous? Ireland can't really start all 3, so they're always going to be competing for one or two places.
EDIT: Is O'Mahony likely to come back into the picture? Looked the goods a while back and offers something a bit different.
IMO he's better in the lineout. But otherwise Stander is the superior player.
That Irish pack has to now be considered in the top 3 in world rugby.
The backline this weekend is a step down though without Sexton and Henshaw starting, Earls has his fans but I find he is 1 guaranteed costly howler per game - we shall see.
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Two questions.
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What was the final score this morning? I had to leave before it finished. Rough old game, kind of fun to watch. Wallabies looked the better side, but just couldn't convert opportunity in to points. It did look like 2 scratch teams going at each other though.
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What the fuck is with that Wallaby back row for the weekend? You watch the Irish loosies on the rampage against the ABs and you pick Mumm at 6, and Pocock at 8? Fucking hell.
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- Be interesting to see if Chieka calls the shots on the game day 23 while being ignorant of the tactics developed by his assistants? In truth, I can see why they've picked Mumm - they need him in the lineout against Ireland. Pocock's picked because an enormous amount of people think he's the bestest rugby player ever.
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I really couldn't see Ireland winning this game after the two massive games against the ABs. Just did not think they would have enough in the tank but am not so sure now after seeing the wallaby selections. Speight is even luckier than Savea in that he offers absolutely nothing but keeps on being selected. At least fatty Jules was once the best winger in the game. But depowering the pack by not selecting Tamani is where I think the wobs have got it seriously wrong. Their monster pack approach in recent games is one of the key reasons for their improvement and now Cheika decides to go back to something that didn't work well. Not sure about that. Still give the wobs a slight edge if it's a fine day but will back the Irish to win this if it's a wet game.
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There does look to be a fair amount of firepower on the bench for the Wallabies. Perhaps they are thinking the Irish will tire after the AB games and the Wallabies can take advantage in the last 30 or so with guys like Timani, McMahon, Douglas and Latu (although one of those is likely to be omitted from the matchday bench).
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@KiwiMurph
I can´t understand how the Wallabies selectors could expect the Irish to tire in the second half, when they have been the only side this year to actually match the AB´s for 80 minutes, whereas Wobs have dropped their shit after 60-65 against them(or even earlier).I will back the Wallabies, but logic says the pack with the two hobbits in the back row and the powderpuff twins starting(well Simmons has to with Coleman out) , is just too weak to match the mongrel of the Paddies.
I don´t think Paddy Jackson is that much worse than Sexton is, and at least he has form in staying on the field for the whole match, which Sexton hasn´t done in a while. Ringrose is promising, but this is deep end for the young un` and I reckon if Folau is running at 12, he should find breaks and half breaks between Jackson and Ringrose, support needs to be alert, there won´t be chances to blow in this one.
REPLAY: Wallaby XV vs French Barbarians
