2021 Wallabies
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I liked watching Kurtley Beale, are they thinking of 15, 10 or 12 for him? He's 32 now though, how is his speed and form?
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@nostrildamus if KB (as much as i love him) makes it into the side we are pretty much screwed.
Actually, without Kerevi or Quade we are screwed. RIP tour. I say send a semi-professional development side to Europe. Fuck 'em.
And veto any attempt for Japan to join the RC until their clubs follow Reg 9.
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@derpus said in 2021 Wallabies:
@nostrildamus if KB (as much as i love him) makes it into the side we are pretty much screwed.
Actually, without Kerevi or Quade we are screwed. RIP tour. I say send a semi-professional development side to Europe. Fuck 'em.
Urgh, jesus mate. Why do you do this to yourself? Always doom and gloom.
Sure, we've lost a few inside backs but on the other hand we're getting to see Latu, Skelton and Arnold.
JOC will be a fine enough cover at 10 and Paisami will be better for the run at 12. They will do a good job.
I can't see any reason why we can't aim for 2/3 wins.
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@barbarian Quade and Kerevi were huge parts of the massive improvement last month
but there was definite development everywhere and this should be a pretty exciting tour for Wallaby fans
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@barbarian said in 2021 Wallabies:
Sure, we've lost a few inside backs but on the other hand we're getting to see Latu, Skelton and Arnold.
No downside. If you win, it's a bonus - if not ... /shrugs
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@barbarian said in 2021 Wallabies:
JOC will be a fine enough cover at 10
With Hodge and Quade goneskis, we've got no bench cover at 10. Sure it is only 3 matches and you'd hope JOC is up for ~240 minutes of footy, one wrong tackle or step, and we're looking pretty thin.
It maybe comes down to what the French do occasionally: send a scrum half out to the 10 channel and play a distribution game late in the piece. Could work out with the pace on White or McDermott, and Gordon is no midget.
At this point we've won 50% of our Tests this year, so I'm happy either way. The improvement is there across the park as @mariner4life points out.
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@kiwimurph said in 2021 Wallabies:
@bovidae I'm not so sure - I think Rennie is really keen to have Lolesio and some other young guys (Harry Wilson) take a break and take the EOYT off.
Agreed - the need for those guys to be at their provinces, getting the work done in a home environment, and building combinations, is important for SR Pacific.
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Gotta say tho: Scotland loom large as setting the tone for the tour, and they're a canny lot under Townsend. That will be a good test for JOC who hasn't looked at his best in the few minutes he's been given.
We need to really stomp the opposition up front - not just parity - if we're going to do this. White and McDermott just got more important.
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@nta said in 2021 Wallabies:
Gotta say tho: Scotland loom large as setting the tone for the tour, and they're a canny lot under Townsend. That will be a good test for JOC who hasn't looked at his best in the few minutes he's been given.
We need to really stomp the opposition up front - not just parity - if we're going to do this. White and McDermott just got more important.
I think JOC will be ok and you should win comfortably in the end.
Scotland only seem to beat Australia when I land in Scotland the same day, and I'm not flying for some weeks, so you should be fine.