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Wallaby team announced:
1. Benn Robinson
2. Stephen Moore
3. Ben Alexander
4. Kane Douglas
5. James Horwill
6. Ben Mowen
7. Michael Hooper
8. Wycliff Palu
9. Will Genia
10. James O'Connor
11. Joe Tomane
12. Christian Lealiifano
13. Adam Ashley-Cooper
14. Israel Folau
15. Kurtley Beale
16. Saia Faingaa
17. James Slipper
18. Sekope Kepu
19. Rob Simmons
20. Liam Gill
21. Nick Phipps
22. Rob Horne
23. Jesse Mogg
so like I said to a mate, "same same"
get fucking Phipps off the bench!
Simmons still in, MMM still out. :mad:
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good to see Mogg in the team.
British & Irish Lions (v Qantas Wallabies, 2nd Test)
15. Leigh Halfpenny (Cardiff Blues / Wales)
14. Tommy Bowe (Ulster / Ireland)
13. Brian O'Driscoll (Leinster / Ireland)
12. Jonathan Davies (Scarlets / Wales)
11. George North (Scarlets / Wales)
10. Jonathan Sexton (Leinster / Ireland)
9. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers / England)
1. Makovina Vunipola (Saracens / England)
2. Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers / England)
3. Adam Jones (Ospreys / Wales)
4. Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys / Wales)
5. Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers / England)
6. Dan Lydiate (Dragons / Wales)
7. Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues / Wales, captain)
8. Jamie Heaslip (Leinster / Ireland)
Replacements
16. Richard Hibbard (Ospreys / Wales)
17. Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors / Scotland)
18. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers / England)
19. Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers / England)
20. Sean O'Brien (Leinster / Ireland)
21. Conor Murray (Munster / Ireland)
22. Owen Farrell (Saracens / England)
23. Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues / Wales)
No Nic Cummings, there goes any chance we had of keeping him next year.:verysad:
I fear so :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazzmania
I'm still unconvinced about young Phipps, I hope he has some decent game time and performs well!!Quote:
Originally Posted by UNCLE BOOG
please with the line up though, agreed about Mogg - he's earnt his cap!
someone on G&G who has a lot of connections with French rugby made the point that most clubs in France have named their squads for next season and that the transfer window is closed so he would have thought a deal would have already been sign and announced but there is nothing coming out of any club so he might not been gone.
Just look at Mafi he has 'signed' a contract in Japan but ends up with a second rate team in France. There is still hope.
wow Robbie, so brave making no changes other than forced ones. The Lions made more unforced changes and they won.
Would have preferred to see George Smith at 6 or 8 and get rid of Palu. Cummins and Tomane pretty even but would prefer Cummins.
Gatland is quoted as saying: "Don't know who made up 'don't change a winning side'; it's about picking the best possible side to win on Saturday."Quote:
Originally Posted by Buddha Handy
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I know he wants to stay in Perth, but it seems to be dependent on what the ARU is prepared to give him as a top-up. If he doesn't even warrant a place on the bench for this series, then I'm not sure how much they'd be willing to pay.Quote:
Originally Posted by GAFFA
I still have my fingers crossed.
Israel Folau for first try scorer
Get on it!
how much ?
edit: $9 .. not bad!
Regardless of the Quade Cooper argument, we have no fly-halves. Why couldn't he have picked Foley and Toomua at the beginning of the Wallaby training camp prior to the Lions Tour anyway? By now they could have been ready to slot into the team covering injuries. (And Godwin for that matter)
Ben Youngs. I'd wager an arm on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jargan83
goodbye series, only positive will be goodbye Robbie deans
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I think most of us thought that before it started, at least privately.
THE Wallabies intend to dust off the Jonah Lomu blueprint and get the ball into the hands of star winger Israel Folau as often as possible in the second Test against the Lions on Saturday.
When Lomu was in his prime at the 1995 World Cup, a fax was sent to the All Blacks hotel saying: "Remember rugby is a team game, all 14 of you must pass the ball to Jonah."
Folau was on a par with the Kiwi great by scoring two tries, busting four tackles and running for 114 metres in a spectacular Test debut in Brisbane - but the achievement was all the more remarkable given he only touched the ball 11 times in the game.
It continued Folau's stunning strike rate of tries in big games - both in league and union - but to ensure that try-haul continues, the Wallabies have identified the obvious need for a tweaking of strategy this weekend at Etihad Stadium.
Namely, pass the ball to Izzy.
A lot more.
"Obviously you want the most damaging blokes getting as many touches as possible. It would be a good outcome," said coach Robbie Deans."We have to work on that collectively. Israel is part of that, as are the people around him.
"It was very important for Izzy (to play well in Brisbane). It was a genuine cauldron he was entering. There was a lot of scrutiny, a lot of discussion about his selection in the first instance, so it was important to get off to a flyer and he did that.
"I have no doubt it will make entering the second Test a much more familiar contest."
Folau, who only had four runs in the second half, said he is confident he can make more impact in the second Test after watching the tape and spying all the potential gaps and tries he could have taken, if he was more vocal in calling for the ball.
"I learned a lot from that first game. I reviewed that game and saw a few opportunities that I missed, and where I can pick up in the second game," Folau said."I can work a whole lot more with James and the guys inside me to try and get my hands on the ball as much as I can. The initiative must come from me to want to get the ball."
The Waratahs took several months to remember Folau is exceptional in the air, and when they finally put in a cross kick near the line against the Stormers he scored.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...-1226671056970
Mentioning Izzy and Jonah is the same sentence:( Sorry but Jonah was a legend who was cut down in his prime by disease, who knows what else he would have achieved if he had been fit. Izzy is just a talented newbie at the moment