the badger to start against springboks!

[slomo]

At last nick is in the starting 15 to face south africa on saturday!.... Cooper back at 10!...
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[travelling_gerry]

The Qantas Wallabies side to play South Africa in the opening Nelson Mandela Challenge Plate and Castrol EDGE Rugby Championship match at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday 7 September is:



1. James Slipper (Queensland Reds)

2. Stephen Moore (ACT Brumbies)

3. Sekope Kepu (NSW Waratahs)

4. Rob Simmons (Queensland Reds)

5. James Horwill (c – Queensland Reds)

6. Scott Fardy (ACT Brumbies)

7. Michael Hooper (NSW Waratahs)

8. Ben Mowen (ACT Brumbies)

9. Will Genia (vc – Queensland Reds)

10. Quade Cooper (Queensland Reds)

11. James O’Connor (Melbourne Rebels)

12. Christian Leali’ifano (ACT Brumbies)

13. Adam Ashley-Cooper (NSW Waratahs)

14. Nick Cummins (Western Force)

15. Israel Folau (NSW Waratahs)



16. Saia Fainga’a (Queensland Reds)

17. Scott Sio (ACT Brumbies)

18. Ben Alexander (ACT Brumbies)

19. Kane Douglas (NSW Waratahs)

20. Jake Schatz (Queensland Reds)*

21. Nic White (ACT Brumbies)

22. Matt Toomua (ACT Brumbies)

23. Jesse Mogg (ACT Brumbies)

[shasta]

Good! Now give him a top-up ya bastards.
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[Muddly]

If he play's like we all know he can. A top-up should come his way very quickly IMO.

[Garfiep]

Onya Badger, show em how we run out west

[Tazzmania]

At long last!!!!!

Congrats to the badger.

Besides Cooper that is an awesome backline, would have preferred Toomua at 10, but just stoked to have the Honey Badgher back in.

Now come on ARU get your act together

PS What has lIam Gill done wrong?, cannot beleive he is not even on the bench

[Fullback]

About time!

[PeterM]

Lets hope he can score some tries and be an important part of us getting our first win under McKenzie

[SNOB]

Get some meat Badger! Good on ya!

[Alison]

And make sure you give us a ripper of an interview post match too Nick

[GIGS20]

At long last!!!!!

Hear Hear

Besides Cooper that is an awesome backline, would have preferred Toomua at 10, but just stoked to have the Honey Badgher back in.

I think Cooper for Toomua is one of very few moves that could have been made at 10. Matty hasn't been himself in the last two tests and needed to sit down and have a think about being an international flyhalf. Cooper has been pretty good in the time he has played and has certainly been the best option out of the two.

Bernard Foley would be my question, Why not him?

PS What has lIam Gill done wrong?, cannot beleive he is not even on the bench

Gill made absolutely no impact when he came on in either test. He's had his chance and needs to rebuild. My problem is that Schatz doesn't seem to be any better at a super rugby level and is unlikely to be at test level. There are a lot of Queensland passengers in the pack Simmons, Schatz and Faingaa to put some names to the statement. I know Tic and TOCC will bemoan my assessment of Simmons (and probably the others too) dragging out every positive stat they can find in an exhaustive deep search of the Internet, but anybody who watches the games can tell that Fardy was three times the player Simmons was and should be starting at lock, McCalman can outplay Simmons three times a day and all day Sunday and Faingaa just plainly isn't a hooker. I'm not too sure of the injury status of Hookers at the moment, but if Australia doesn't have anything better than Faingaa on the shelf, Stevie Moore needs to play 80.

[Alison]

McCalman should be in the 22. End of.

[Hansie]

Folau at FB - a big tick from me, Badger at 14 = even BIGGER TICK, back three now very solid under Morne Steyn's highball and Badger runs straight.

[Scozzie]

I think Schatz has been brought in to beef up the back row - even if it is from the bench - but I agree, I reckon Ben McCalman is a far better option than either Schatz or Simmons.

Good for Cummins getting back in as wel...!

[hertryk]

Absolutely the best news..Give it to 'em Badger... make them realise just how darned good you are..

Ben should be in too ..what's wrong with these people... Ah! yes....he's from the West !!!