SHARPE EARNS WALLABIES RECALL

[RugbyWA]

Wallabies lock Nathan Sharpe arrives in South Africa later tonight to bolster the touring squad ahead of Saturday’s Tri Nations Test with the Springboks in Johannesburg.

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[waratahjesus]

i disagree, he didnt earn it, he is just uninjured!

[Flamethrower]

ARU think otherwise.

[waratahjesus]

ARU think otherwise.

do they? earn and be the last man standing are two different things, has he even played a game since or done anything to "earn" a recall? he is just there through injury! i hope he fires up, he is good on his day but needs some grunt back in the belly instead of hanging out wide!

[Flamethrower]

This came from the ARU. Read the heading.

All he has to do is play a solid game and walk off uninjured. He's then a better option than Dan Vickerman.

Best player in the world is not much use if you can only get 60 minutes a year out of them. Sharpe seems to be one of those players that just keeps on going.

[travelling_gerry]

August 24th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Actually a waste of money. They could play with 14 man and still win.


August 24th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Hardly an SOS, the way the Boks are playing more of a sightseeing tour……..behind the Boks tryline.



August 24th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
This is the one game where we must thank the ref, if he did his job proper we would have played with 14 men for 70 minutes.


August 24th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
#204 grant10: if thats the case then aus by 25 next week…


August 25th, 2008 at 7:31 am
The boks absolutely sucked. Those of you who moan about the ref - you’re clueless. Ref had a good game, only the first 15min he managed to get in the players’ way the whole time, but that worked both ways. For every wrong decision he made against us, he also made one against the wallabies.

[Jess]

Good to see such a healthy level of faith and optimism there.

[waratahjesus]

This came from the ARU. Read the heading.

All he has to do is play a solid game and walk off uninjured. He's then a better option than Dan Vickerman.

Best player in the world is not much use if you can only get 60 minutes a year out of them. Sharpe seems to be one of those players that just keeps on going.

its easy not to get injured if you dont get involved!

[NTT]

its easy not to get injured if you dont get involved!

Vickerman manages to though somehow

[waratahjesus]

sharpe has played the same game for ten years and he only just got dropped, he is like a magician!

[prop53]

you have had that idiot sign hanging may be just as long, just like an idiot

[jargan83]

every village needs one though..................

[prop53]

Yeah but where he is from they seem to be full of them, unless they are a TAH ?

[NTT]

sharpe has played the same game for ten years and he only just got dropped, he is like a magician!

he is magic, i agree.
dropping him was a mistake. just like perservering with mcmenimen is a mistake. why select injury prone guys like mcmenimen and vickerman if they're gonna break down every 60 mins, i mean Sharpie is mr durable and has all the skills vickerman does and displays them for more than 60 mins a season.

[waratahjesus]

you select the "injury prone guys" becuase they offer more to the team! they do grunt work up the middle and get involved in rucks instead of standing in the centres seagulling for a try!