<div class='quotemain'> Holmes is certainly the best prop in the country thus far and should be guaranteed a loosehead spot.
Horwill is doing alright, but Sharpe and Chisholm are better.
Cordingley is also playing OK, but so is Phibbs, and Holmes is yet to ignite. He's shown glimpses but hasn't really shown his full potential. Can't really pick this spot until later on.
Latham will surely play fullback, but then will be gone after the Tri Nations. So then it'll probably be between Shepherd and Gerrard.
Moore has not played well at all and in my opinion Faingaa and Freier have been much better. However, I'd expect Moore to make the 30 man squad considering he's the incumbent test hooker and there hasn't been too many hookers shining.
Based on current form - those are the only Reds players who have any chance of possibly putting on a gold jersey this year.
They'll probably has as many players as the Tahs in the test team, but I still believe it's going to be a Brumbies/Force dominated side. The Brumbies have had a couple of woeful weeks, but they've got the Cheetahs this week (with Shepherdson and Campbell back), then the bye, and then Mortlock, Ashley-Cooper and I believe Fairbanks all return. With Mortlock leading the backline it should greatly improve their play.
I don't need to say too much more about the Force. They're playing better than a lot of people expected. Giteau is creating so many opportunities in what is a fairly talented backline and its leading to a number of tries. [/b]
What are you, some kind of really big idiot? Mate you are dead set joking yourself if you don't think there's a place for Berrick Barnes in the Wallaby 22. This kid will blow a rocket up your arse. It's likely he will be playing out of the no. 12 jersey for the rest of the season so watch him fire.
Cordingley just out played the best halfback in the world and is probably one of the form halfbacks of the competition. I'd be very surprised if he's not selected in the starting side the way things are going.
The Reds have the best front row in the country so I wouldn't be surprised to see a few more names like Edwards, Blake, Moore and Hardman thrown around the Wallaby squad. We will see.
1. Holmes
6. McMeniman
9. Cordingley
11. Ioane
12. Barnes
15. Latham
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Oh dear...
Blake has been useless... and Moore and Hardman have been fairly average... yes, they have the best scrum in the country (as I've said several times before) but these guys have been pretty damn woeful across the park... Edwards has been an improvement but has yet to make a big impact....
Ioane has yet to do anything this year...
and McMeniman is once again injured for the season... plus, despite the fact that he occasionally goes missing for the Wallabies - Elsom has probably been not only the Tahs most consistent player, but the best blindside in Australia thus far...
Yes, Cordingley has been good, but so has Phibbs... and we have to wait and see how Holmes goes - he was a far better scrumhalf for Australia A than Cordingley...
As for Berrick Barnes - I think it's rather idiotic of you to label me an idiot and then say Berrick Barnes is going to be the next Wallaby inside centre... based on what?!
Anyways, I accidentally left him out of my previous rant but as I mentioned elsewhere on here I'd expect him to be on the bench as Giteau would need a flyhalf cover if both aren't in the starting team...
I think he's an excellent flyhalf, but there's no doubt in ANYBODYS mind that Matt Giteau is currently the best flyhalf in the country, and unless Deans wants to revert to having two playmakers (Barnes-Giteau combination) then Giteau is a certainty to play flyhalf for the Wallabies.
I know you're excited about the Reds smashing one of the bottom teams on the ladder but I don't see how the Wallabies could mostly be made up of Reds unless we want to get our ass kicked by Scotland...
