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<blockquote data-quote="madflyhalf" data-source="post: 563117" data-attributes="member: 41162"><p>I don't agree about Cooper & Lealiifano combo. I feel Lealiifano is too much in love with the ball, sometimes he looks like a blackhole (ok not as McCabe does), maybe it's only his role in Brumbies attack (which still doesn't convincing me) but he's not playing as a good distributor. The risk is that whoever would play 13 with these 2 guys, would become a nice big dust taker.</p><p></p><p>I prefer Taps there, he showed more playmaking skills in november, and can create a stronger partnership on 9-10-12 axis!</p><p></p><p>I like Drew Mitchell, he's coming back, but has to improve his error-prone performances... don't know what happened to the Honey Badger, if back on form I'd have him over Mitchell, some nasty guy can slap some british splashers... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p>The real problem for the Wallabies is that they doesn't have any warm-up matches, so will be difficult to inject fresh and uncapped players who hasn't been part of the group in these last 3 years.</p><p>Unfortunately, I don't think we'll see Kyle Godwin, Feauai-Sautia, and with Beale in form we probably won't see Jess Mogg neither, because at test level they can rely comfortably on AAC and JOC.</p><p>The only one that can make the final cut is Quirk, because they lack a real basher in the 6 jersey (Higgers and Dennis sometimes tend to disappear at light speed!)... but he's still inexperienced at test level, he had 3 (or maybe 4) shoulder reconstruction and he's only 22.</p><p></p><p>Maybe for the first few training sessions there could be 32-35 players (assuming Palu, TPN, Beale and Cummins back), with some new names among the props:</p><p></p><p><strong>Props:</strong> Robinson, Slipper, Palmer, Kepu, Alexander, Ryan</p><p></p><p><strong>Hookers: </strong>Moore, TPN, Hanson</p><p></p><p><strong>Locks:</strong> Douglas, Horwill, Timani, Simmons, <span style="color: #FF0000">McMeniman</span> (if available)</p><p></p><p><strong>Flankers:</strong> Dennis, Higginbotham, Quirk, Gill, Hooper, <span style="color: #FF0000">Smith</span> (if available)</p><p></p><p><strong>N.8:</strong> Palu, Samo, McCalman</p><p></p><p><strong>Scrum halves:</strong> Genia, Phipps, but I really hope Burgess will be available, this would be a massive come back for them</p><p></p><p><strong>Inside backs:</strong> Cooper, Barnes, O'Connor, Tapuai, Ashley-Cooper, Horne/McCabe</p><p></p><p><strong>Outside backs:</strong> Ioane, Mitchell, Cummins, Shipperley, Beale</p><p></p><p></p><p>These are my 22:</p><p></p><p>1 - Robinson</p><p>2 - TPN</p><p>3 - Kepu</p><p>4 - McMeniman (if available)/Douglas</p><p>5 - Horwill (c)</p><p>6 - Hooper</p><p>7 - Gill</p><p>8 - Palu</p><p>9 - Genia</p><p>10 - Cooper</p><p>11 - Ioane</p><p>12 - Tapuai</p><p>13 - Ashley-Cooper</p><p>14 - O'Connor</p><p>15 - Beale</p><p></p><p>I'd have Moore as impact from the bench at 50'</p><p></p><p>16 Moore, 17 Slipper, 18 Palmer, 19 Douglas/Timani, 20 Higginbotham, 21 Burgess (if available)/Phipps, 22 Barnes, 23 Honey Badger</p><p></p><p></p><p>But only form will really tell us who's gonna start, I have many doubts on O'Connor, though I was starting this post assuming to put him on 12 jersey, I think he need to regain confidence at 10, and this seems won't happen soon in Super Rugby; IMO he's playing too much away from the game up-front, in small spaces, where he shone as one of the finest player on the earth.</p><p></p><p>If Damien Hill won't play him 10 or 12, for now my Wallaby n. 12 is Taps.</p><p></p><p>But if Dingo will bring 6 forwards on the bench, probably would be 12 O'Connor, 14 Cummins; Samo on the bench for Barnes, Tapuai n. 23.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah Dingo... you do your favourite 22, putting some coherence there and then you remember there's Dingo and some of his mad plans!</p><p>Well, I hope the Wallabies could find the attacking form of 2009-2010, if so, now they have worked really well on defence, they would be quite unstoppable.</p><p></p><p>But I have many, many doubts on this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madflyhalf, post: 563117, member: 41162"] I don't agree about Cooper & Lealiifano combo. I feel Lealiifano is too much in love with the ball, sometimes he looks like a blackhole (ok not as McCabe does), maybe it's only his role in Brumbies attack (which still doesn't convincing me) but he's not playing as a good distributor. The risk is that whoever would play 13 with these 2 guys, would become a nice big dust taker. I prefer Taps there, he showed more playmaking skills in november, and can create a stronger partnership on 9-10-12 axis! I like Drew Mitchell, he's coming back, but has to improve his error-prone performances... don't know what happened to the Honey Badger, if back on form I'd have him over Mitchell, some nasty guy can slap some british splashers... :D The real problem for the Wallabies is that they doesn't have any warm-up matches, so will be difficult to inject fresh and uncapped players who hasn't been part of the group in these last 3 years. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll see Kyle Godwin, Feauai-Sautia, and with Beale in form we probably won't see Jess Mogg neither, because at test level they can rely comfortably on AAC and JOC. The only one that can make the final cut is Quirk, because they lack a real basher in the 6 jersey (Higgers and Dennis sometimes tend to disappear at light speed!)... but he's still inexperienced at test level, he had 3 (or maybe 4) shoulder reconstruction and he's only 22. Maybe for the first few training sessions there could be 32-35 players (assuming Palu, TPN, Beale and Cummins back), with some new names among the props: [B]Props:[/B] Robinson, Slipper, Palmer, Kepu, Alexander, Ryan [B]Hookers: [/B]Moore, TPN, Hanson [B]Locks:[/B] Douglas, Horwill, Timani, Simmons, [COLOR="#FF0000"]McMeniman[/COLOR] (if available) [B]Flankers:[/B] Dennis, Higginbotham, Quirk, Gill, Hooper, [COLOR="#FF0000"]Smith[/COLOR] (if available) [B]N.8:[/B] Palu, Samo, McCalman [B]Scrum halves:[/B] Genia, Phipps, but I really hope Burgess will be available, this would be a massive come back for them [B]Inside backs:[/B] Cooper, Barnes, O'Connor, Tapuai, Ashley-Cooper, Horne/McCabe [B]Outside backs:[/B] Ioane, Mitchell, Cummins, Shipperley, Beale These are my 22: 1 - Robinson 2 - TPN 3 - Kepu 4 - McMeniman (if available)/Douglas 5 - Horwill (c) 6 - Hooper 7 - Gill 8 - Palu 9 - Genia 10 - Cooper 11 - Ioane 12 - Tapuai 13 - Ashley-Cooper 14 - O'Connor 15 - Beale I'd have Moore as impact from the bench at 50' 16 Moore, 17 Slipper, 18 Palmer, 19 Douglas/Timani, 20 Higginbotham, 21 Burgess (if available)/Phipps, 22 Barnes, 23 Honey Badger But only form will really tell us who's gonna start, I have many doubts on O'Connor, though I was starting this post assuming to put him on 12 jersey, I think he need to regain confidence at 10, and this seems won't happen soon in Super Rugby; IMO he's playing too much away from the game up-front, in small spaces, where he shone as one of the finest player on the earth. If Damien Hill won't play him 10 or 12, for now my Wallaby n. 12 is Taps. But if Dingo will bring 6 forwards on the bench, probably would be 12 O'Connor, 14 Cummins; Samo on the bench for Barnes, Tapuai n. 23. Yeah Dingo... you do your favourite 22, putting some coherence there and then you remember there's Dingo and some of his mad plans! Well, I hope the Wallabies could find the attacking form of 2009-2010, if so, now they have worked really well on defence, they would be quite unstoppable. But I have many, many doubts on this. [/QUOTE]
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