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Cheikas ignorance of what importance your inside centre is to your teams structure is ridiculous but expected. You need a 12 that understands game situations and how to time his involvements. 12 also needs to be a strong carrier for 1st phase plays, a strong defender, a good alternate kicker and an alternate playmaker. Playing Fiji will help hide some of Khunts flaws but against a team like NZ, he will exposed for his rugby deficiencies.
Interesting hunt is playing centre. Has he played there much at super level?
Let him put the idiots favourites in by all means!! Then it will become blatantly obvious whether they deserve their spot in the team or not!............oh wait, this is cheiks...
Im a bit surprised/disappointed at no Hodge but admittedly i havent watched him play as much as i did last year
KHunt's selection @ 12 may seem baffling at first glance. But Cheika (coaching Stad Francais) saw first hand what he achieved @ Biarritz coming off basically no Rugby experience. He played mostly 12 there but also quite a bit @ 10, including a winning Heineken Cup semi. Went back to 12 in a winning final. I watched those last two and he was impressive especially with tactical kicking. I'll reserve judgement for now and see how he goes in the Wallaby environment.
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
Great, three full backs in the XV
The long sobs of autumn's violins wound my heart with a monotonous languor
1pm Perth Time before the BI Lions v Crusaders![]()
80 Minutes, 15 Positions, No Protection, Wanna Ruck?
Ruck Me, Maul Me, Make Me Scrum!
Education is Important, but Rugby is Importanter!
Sinderberry's missive via email said we had 5 Force boys in the full squad. I can only count 4.....
Jermaine Ainsley
Guess who is on the bench.....
16. Stephen Moore (117 Tests)
17. Toby Smith (4 Tests)
18. Sekope Kepu (77 Tests)
19. Rory Arnold (9 Tests)
20. Richard Hardwick*
21. Joe Powell*
22. Quade Cooper (67 Tests)
23. Reece Hodge (10 Tests)
http://www.theroar.com.au/2017/06/09...llabies-bench/
Another local player to possibly debut for wallabies.![]()
This means 4 force players in total for Saturdays gamewith 2 being local players
1. Tom Robertson (7 Tests)
2. Tatafu Polota-Nau (68 Tests)
3. Allan Alaalatoa (9 Tests)
4. Sam Carter (13 Tests)
5. Adam Coleman (9 Tests)
6. Ned Hanigan*
7. Michael Hooper (c) (65 Tests)
8. Scott Higginbotham (32 Tests)
9. Will Genia (75 Tests)
10. Bernard Foley (42 Tests)
11. Henry Speight (11 Tests)
12. Karmichael Hunt*
13. Tevita Kuridrani (45 Tests)
14. Dane Haylett-Petty (14 Tests)
15. Israel Folau (52 Tests)
Reserves
16. Stephen Moore (117 Tests)
17. Toby Smith (4 Tests)
18. Sekope Kepu (77 Tests)
19. Rory Arnold (9 Tests)
20. Richard Hardwick*
21. Joe Powell*
22. Quade Cooper (67 Tests)
23. Reece Hodge (10 Tests)
http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2017/06...ies-fiji-bench
Through all the doom and gloom, seeing Richard being picked for a potential debut gives me hope that there may be light at the end of the tunnel.
PS: And it is not an oncoming train.
Simon Cron: “People talk about winning and losing all the time and they are critical, but there’s a process to get into and it’s the ability to stay present, do your job and execute skills under pressure.”