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oh dear. do we want him? if he didn't make it to the squad who would have replaced him? how about mcisaac? or takiari?
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A kick in this game is like a rather nasty alcoholic shooter, only as good as it's chaser...
Courtesy of quality South African commentry
John Ulugia (brumbies)
Perhaps calling Al Baxter "The Gambler" is being a touch unkind.
Can we call him Trestle Table instead? After all he does fold in the middle
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"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
some of us have been calling him "the trestle" for ages X
"The Gambler" sounds like he is daring and exciting to watch
personally im pretty shitty about the squad for both Australia and Australia A..
NO idea why sheehan made it in the top side along with cordingly both havent seen any game time. and the reason the matt carraro made australia when he is the worst player at nsw.. Chris O'young should of been there for sure in either side.. he is better that sheehan and younger that cordingly..
With many injuries and a number of major retirements a new broom sweeping completely clean would be a disaster. Cordingly will only be there for his international experince (Baxter is probably in the same situation, gap filler). Personally I think this year could be a little lean for Aussie but next year (after blooding a few more and establishing a Deans culture) should be a ripper. Aussie has a huge number of very good young players in S14 (many more than NZ or SA).
It will be interesting to see what Deans does with Cross and Brown (earned selections).
im glad Peter Hynes made the squad, he deserved it after the season he had, he was the highest try scoring back in australia at the end of the 14 rounds
I have been wearing a wallabies jersey all day. Do you think I am a bit excited??
In all this discussion over who does and doesn't deserve to be in the squad etc. I forgot to say...
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
To all those who made the squad, its a great honour and responsibility and I hope you make us prouder than ever!!![]()
Was sort of expecting to see trestle and donut's name to appear in that list, so i've made my peace with that already. Biggest surprise for me was to see Digby's name there. Was a bit razzled that there were more reds/brumbies players named thanbut with Drew and Spanners out maybe it was to be expected.
I'm undecided about the squad- great to see Brownie and Crossie get call-ups though. They deserve it and can't wait to see them get a run in the Wallaby Gold.
Last edited by Swee_82; 02-06-08 at 18:19.
Well after wading through the comment, both moderate and extreme, I think I'd be saying that Aussie Rob probably didn't have much of a say in this squad anyway. If I were him, I'd not do very much at all in the first instance, preferring to get the first game behind me and see the work ethic and the attitude of the players close up. Given that Jim Williams is nearly as new, he would rely pretty heavily on Mick Foley for selections, where there's no clear change I'd be going for the incumbent. That'd explain the Front Row, Foley's proven to be in bed with the Wallabies props despite their consistent lack of form for years......Robbie will fix it in time!
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I struggle to see why Ioane got selected ahead of Gerrard. Other than that it looks a quality squad.
Bring it on ....
The Australia A squad seems a bit underwhelming to me. Last year, I was quite excited about watching the Pacific Nations Cup games, due to the quality of the (mostly young) team we were fielding. This year, it seems most of the exciting players are heading to the Under 20's World Cup (Pek excluded, of course).
And I feel for Mark Gerard and Sam Two-dads. Australia A is supposed to be for 'breaking into' the Wallabies... in Gerard's case the writing is on the wall and in Sam's case is seems he will never never get in on his own abilities (only injuries to others).
P.S. AJ must be seriously injured, it's the only logical explanation.