Back line depth!

[zimeric]

What will the Walabies Back line look like this year.? Cripes there is some talent floating around... I'd hate to be the selectors!!

15) Sheperd / Gerrard / Mitchell / JOC / AAC / SNK
14) Sheperd / Iaone / Mitchell / Cummings / Hynes /Turner
13) Mortlock / Cross / Iaone
12) JOC / Barnes / Giteau / Smith / SNK
11) Tuiqiri / Iaone / Hynes / Rathbone
10) Giteau / Cooper / JOC / Barnes / Halangahu /SNK

[sandgroperrugby]

All REtahDs backs will need in depth specialised training to reacquaint themselves as to what a rugby ball actually is.

[Burgs]

For me:

10. Barnes
11. Ioane
12. Giteau
13. Mortlock
14. Mitchell
15. Shepherd

21. Ashley-Cooper
22. Turner

With Mortlock under extreme pressure to perform, otherwise:

10. Barnes
11. Turner
12. Giteau
13. Ioane
14. Mitchell
15. Shepherd

21. Ashley-Cooper
22. Gerrard

If either Giteau or Barnes injured then O'Connor straight on to the field for the next match at #12.

Great to see the selectors having to select!

[jargan83]

What will the Walabies Back line look like this year.? Cripes there is some talent floating around... I'd hate to be the selectors!!

15) Sheperd / Gerrard / Mitchell / JOC / AAC / SNK

you can rule out Gerrard and SNK as they are going overseas

still some very good choices, Digby can always play on a wing if Mortlock gets the gig ahead of him as Burgs has in his first team choice, I agree with Burgs regarding Mortlock, perform or perish

[Burgs]

Forgot about Gerrard heading off, replace him with Hynes in my second selection...

[tic]

All REtahDs backs will need in depth specialised training to reacquaint themselves as to what a rugby ball actually is.

strange comment. For all their failings, the Reds backs have probably seen the most ball this season out of all the super 14 teams. In fact there has been criticism that the backs are throwing it around too much.

[mudskipper]

For me:

10. Barnes
11. Ioane
12. Giteau
13. Mortlock
14. Mitchell
15. Shepherd

21. Ashley-Cooper
22. Turner

With Mortlock under extreme pressure to perform, otherwise:

10. Barnes
11. Turner
12. Giteau
13. Ioane
14. Mitchell
15. Shepherd

21. Ashley-Cooper
22. Gerrard

If either Giteau or Barnes injured then O'Connor straight on to the field for the next match at #12.

Great to see the selectors having to select!

Who's at scrum half...? Burgess, Valentine, Holmes?

[jazza93]

9. Burgess
10. Giteau
11. Turner
12. Barnes
13. Mortlock
14. Ioane
15. JOC

[Burgs]

Was just responding to the original post positions but probably in that order for me Mud.
I find Burgess and Holmes almost "twins" so Valentine gives a point of difference as I discussed a couple of days ago about Scrumhalves.

[brokendown gunfighter]

strange comment. For all their failings, the Reds backs have probably seen the most ball this season out of all the super 14 teams. In fact there has been criticism that the backs are throwing it around too much.

he was referring to the Waratahs tic

[rahrahgirl]

9-burgess
10-giteau
11-tuqiri
12-barnes
13-mortlock
14-digby
15-joc

21-AAC
22-smith

[sandgroperrugby]

strange comment. For all their failings, the Reds backs have probably seen the most ball this season out of all the super 14 teams. In fact there has been criticism that the backs are throwing it around too much.

The REtahDs are the Waratahs hope that makes more sense!

[Burgs]

reTAHds maybe

[tic]

oops sorry - my bad.

In that case - hear hear!

[Endurance]

9-burgess
10-giteau
11-tuqiri
12-barnes
13-mortlock
14-digby
15-joc

21-AAC
22-smith

Very underated player I think.

Also, with all the backs depth out there, I can see O'Connor being put in as captain for the junior world cup later in the year and coming into the Wallabies squad at the end of that, much like Pocock last year.