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Lions tour: Australia squad
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF Mr Fish" data-source="post: 569532" data-attributes="member: 20892"><p>Right now I'd be opting for:</p><p></p><p>1 Robinson</p><p>2 Moore</p><p>3 Slipper</p><p>4 Simmons</p><p>5 Horwill</p><p>6 Higginbotham</p><p>7 Smith/Hooper</p><p>8 Mowen</p><p>9 Genia</p><p>10 Cooper</p><p>11 Ioane</p><p>12 McCabe</p><p>13 Ashley-Cooper</p><p>14 O'Connor</p><p>15 Beale</p><p></p><p>16 Polota-Nau</p><p>17 Alexander</p><p>18 Pyle</p><p>19 Hooper/Gill</p><p>20 Phipps</p><p>21 Barnes</p><p>22 Folau</p><p></p><p>It's a toss up between starting Folau or Beale - I've opted for Beale due to his combination with JOC and Cooper. Folau will be a great impact player. If Smith is available he'd be my starting 7, though both Hooper and Gill would be more than adequate. Hooper is the better all round player so would be ahead of Gill, however. Pyle has been great for the Rebels, so earns a place on the bench. Mowen deserves a starting spot after leading the Brumbies so well, and is another good lineout option. Higginbotham squeaks in due to his good form, ahead of the likes of Dave Dennis. Simmons' combination with Horwill also grabs him a starting lock position. Second five was the hardest position to pick - neither Faingaa nor Tapuai strike me as adding anything to the team. McCabe at least is a solid defender - the team can score from anywhere anyway, so I think he's probably the most useful player to fill in at 12, even if his attack is sub par.</p><p></p><p>The only player desperately unlucky to miss out is Jesse Mogg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF Mr Fish, post: 569532, member: 20892"] Right now I'd be opting for: 1 Robinson 2 Moore 3 Slipper 4 Simmons 5 Horwill 6 Higginbotham 7 Smith/Hooper 8 Mowen 9 Genia 10 Cooper 11 Ioane 12 McCabe 13 Ashley-Cooper 14 O'Connor 15 Beale 16 Polota-Nau 17 Alexander 18 Pyle 19 Hooper/Gill 20 Phipps 21 Barnes 22 Folau It's a toss up between starting Folau or Beale - I've opted for Beale due to his combination with JOC and Cooper. Folau will be a great impact player. If Smith is available he'd be my starting 7, though both Hooper and Gill would be more than adequate. Hooper is the better all round player so would be ahead of Gill, however. Pyle has been great for the Rebels, so earns a place on the bench. Mowen deserves a starting spot after leading the Brumbies so well, and is another good lineout option. Higginbotham squeaks in due to his good form, ahead of the likes of Dave Dennis. Simmons' combination with Horwill also grabs him a starting lock position. Second five was the hardest position to pick - neither Faingaa nor Tapuai strike me as adding anything to the team. McCabe at least is a solid defender - the team can score from anywhere anyway, so I think he's probably the most useful player to fill in at 12, even if his attack is sub par. The only player desperately unlucky to miss out is Jesse Mogg. [/QUOTE]
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