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Tri Nations 2009-2011
Wallabies Squad for Samoa and Tri Nations
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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 420252" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>In the Samoa game Australia may have benefited from having another playmaker at 12, but I don't think this is always the case. Genia is very much a playmaker at halfback, while Phipps (who started v Samoa) is not. In addition Quade Cooper is far more individualistic than Giteau - whoever plays outside Cooper isn't going to get the chance to be a playmaker, as Cooper is either going to try to put them through a gap, or simply skip the ball past them. Therefore the main job of the Australian 12 in my opinion is going to be hitting gaps, crashing the ball up, and defending strongly - that's why I'd be more inclined to pick Faingaa or McCabe rather than O'Coonor or Giteau.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 420252, member: 24910"] In the Samoa game Australia may have benefited from having another playmaker at 12, but I don't think this is always the case. Genia is very much a playmaker at halfback, while Phipps (who started v Samoa) is not. In addition Quade Cooper is far more individualistic than Giteau - whoever plays outside Cooper isn't going to get the chance to be a playmaker, as Cooper is either going to try to put them through a gap, or simply skip the ball past them. Therefore the main job of the Australian 12 in my opinion is going to be hitting gaps, crashing the ball up, and defending strongly - that's why I'd be more inclined to pick Faingaa or McCabe rather than O'Coonor or Giteau. [/QUOTE]
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