After 5 rounds RWC side:

[BDAVEY]

Beale
Drew
Digby
ASC
Barnes
JOC
Genia
Ben Mac
Hodson
Higgenbottom
Sharpie
?
?
fANANIGA
Slipper

Res Shephard, QC, Brown,

[GIGS20]

I'm assuming you've named them 15, 14, 11, 13, 12, 10, 9 etc

If that's the case, I'd put joc at either 12 or 15

And bam will be fit for RWC so shouldn't be excluded......that will bring the question who drops from the back row. For me, Benny Mac is the number 8 of choice, and Higgers makes a good 6, so Hodgeo looks likely to drop out.

I think there'd be excellent opportunity to tailor our back row to the need though. With essentially three opensides in bam, brown and hodgson we could play them all and be comely mobility focussed, or put on all the tall blokes where we want to play a tighter set-piece game.

That will be a very interesting area to watch re selection. Particularly with the worst performing flanker in the country also being the worst captain and an automatic inclusion. (yes, I do realize Rocky's injured but still think he will be behind pretty much every flanker playing super rugby once fully fit)

[Burgs]

Blanks left deliberately as still "scratching my head", a bit more sorting out to happen yet.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5. Sharpe
6. Higginbotham
7. Pocock
8. McCalman

9. Genia
10. Barnes
11. Ioane
12. O'Connor
13.
14. Mitchell
15. Beale

16.
17.
18. Elsom
19. Hodgson/Brown
20. Sheehan/Phibbs
21. Cooper/Giteau
22. McCabe/Shepherd

[jazza93]

1. Alexander
2. Moore
3. ?
4. Mumm
5. Sharpe
6. Higginbotham
7. Pocock
8. McCalman
9. Burgess
10. Cooper
11. Mitchell
12. Barnes
13. Horne
14. JOC
15. Beale


Thats going on pure form (Besides Pocock). If i was picking a general team, AAC/Genia/Elsom/Giteau/Horwill might come up. Probably just the first 2 though.

[zimeric]

Vickerman still in the equation?

[oxleymoron]

What about Fairbrother at Tighthead?
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[Happy]

Burgs.. Ioane ??

[palitu]

Ioane at tighthead!?!?

[GIGS20]

Like that team Burgs, if we go barnes and O'Connor, then I'd be putting somebody like dig by or AAC at centre, simply to provide the crash ball that neither of the others are good at.

Nicky cummins is still an option to play himself into that spot. Match Inman would be too, but I have a feeling he'll be sitting down a lot once fit!

[Burgs]

I have half a mind to put McCabe there Gigs, as he is also a Centre as well as Fullback and certainly isn't afraid to run it up!

The other one I haven't mentioned but feel will start to pressure probably Higginbotham is Saffy, for a raw product he is showing some serious potential.

[GIGS20]

True re McCabe, but I wonder if he's a bit light, or poor technique, he certainly runs it up hard, but i'v seen him get stopped hard plenty as well. AAC never seems to get that.

[jazza93]

At this rate McCabe will get a Wallabies spot eventually. It's hard to crack a spot in this backline, but in time a spot will open up for him.

[Hoolly Doolly]

1. Alexander
2. Moore
3. ?
4. Mumm
5. Sharpe
6. Higginbotham
7. Pocock
8. McCalman
9. Burgess
10. Cooper
11. Mitchell
12. Barnes
13. Horne
14. JOC
15. Beale


Thats going on pure form (Besides Pocock). If i was picking a general team, AAC/Genia/Elsom/Giteau/Horwill might come up. Probably just the first 2 though.

Mumm, Burgesss and Horne = Epic Fail.
Others who hasve barnes starting at 10 or 12 .....HOLY JEEBUS!!!

[theforceguy]

Props
Ben Alexander
Ben Daily
Pec Cowan
Tim Fairbrother
James Slipper

Hookers
Steven Moore
Ben Whitaker
Ged Robinson ( Not to sure if he is eligible)
Tatafu Polota-Nau
Saia Faingaa

Locks
Nathan Sharpe( Captain)
Jarrod Saffy
Ben McCalman
Rob Simmons
Sam Wykes
Dean Mumm

Back row
David Pocock
Scott Higginbotham
Leroy Houston
Richard Brown
Rocky Elsom( Does he really deserve a spot)

Half back
Luke Burgess
Nicholas Phipps
Will Genia

Five eight
Quade Cooper
James O'Connor Definitely not 12)
Derek Barnes

Centers
Tom Carter
Mitch Inman
Pat McCabe
Matt Giteau ( not because I like him or rate him but that is who they will take )

Stirling Mortlock (of the Bench)

Wing
Nic Cummins
Drew Mitchell
Luke Morahan(
Lachlan Turner
Rod Davies

Fullback
Cameron Shepherd
Kurtley Beale
Peter Hynes

[zimeric]

youve just named the top 4 players in the country for each position... the first 15 from each super rugby side and pasting... same result.... lets narrow it down a bit and try to avoid any parochialism on the way shall we?

Alexander
Moore
Jimmy Slipper
Horwill
Sharpie
Higgers
Pocock
McCalman
Burgess
Cooper
Mitchell
JOC
AAC
Cullett
Beale

Robinson
Tatafu
Elsom
Genia
Digby
Barnes
Sheperd