Ere we go, the excuses have started. Note the reference that Izzy was slow and lazy vs Italy coz he had a cold....DHP, Banks, Naivalu and Maddocks didn't play.
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Ere we go, the excuses have started. Note the reference that Izzy was slow and lazy vs Italy coz he had a cold....DHP, Banks, Naivalu and Maddocks didn't play.
https://amp-smh-com-au.cdn.ampprojec...21-p50h9x.html
A mystery virus has spread through the team? Is that Castle's idea? "Worked for us!"
Strangely only those who were total crap got it...Folau and Foley
If Izzy was crook then it comes down to the coaches waratah bias and ineptitude to select correctly or the player (Izzy himself) not declaring he was crook and not putting the team first.
Very unlike Izzy to be only thinkin of himself...
No methane.
So ... Pocock named !
Australia: 15 Israel Folau, 14 Dane Haylett-Petty, 13 Samu Kerevi, 12 Bernard Foley, 11 Jack Maddocks, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Will Genia, 8 David Pocock, 7 Michael Hooper (c), 6 Jack Dempsey, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Izack Rodda, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tolu Latu, 1 Scott Sio
Replacements: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17 Jermaine Ainsley, 18 Allan Alaalatoa, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 Ned Hanigan, 21 Pete Samu, 22 Nick Phipps, 23 Sefa Naivalu
KB must have been txt'ing Cheek's PA ... but no room on the bench for him with a 6/1 split .... given Phipps don't count.
Izzy has pictures of Cheika and Foley, recovered from a cold at 15. DHP at 14 slower than a wet week. Maddocks at 11 headless chook, while Sefa rots on bench. Korobiete dropped altogether as reward for two tries last week. Foley recovered from a cold at 12 to ruin Toomuas day again, a turnstile for poms to exploit. Gordon given the flick again, thanks for coming. Simmonds, Flanders and Samu to NOT give impact and grunt from the bench. AAC also getting "westernised" after sterling service last week
Every single back except Genia out of normal position.
If things weren't so dire, it would be laughable. A sneaky ten quid on the poms not even worth it as the odds in a two horse....make that horse and donkey race... will be a joke.
Foley won't be playing start of next season, he'll still be recovering from the stop marks as every player in the England team will run all over him for 80 minutes.
They'll then step folau who has lost any speed (or perhaps) motivation he ever had for eleventy bazillion tries. You might get good odds on Australia beating the spread, they'd only need to kick a penalty to manage that!
I think playing Pocock when he is still suffering neck pain would be appalling. Cheika’s and RA’s first priority should be player welfare.
Is his inclusion an admission that Pocock is more important than Hooper??
Betting wise, there's good odds on Pocock withdrawing Sat morning - included for mind games, so England add a tactical plan for him and may be the reason for the 6/1 split on the bench that will end up including AAC !
Foley has initially Ben Te'o opposite him, a reasonably single dimensional player & a little unfit so could be sub'd with Tuilagi on his Intl return. Medibank have just raised his premiums to a level commensurate with the Rebels cap ...
I'm picturing Cheika in a Baldrick outfit, "I have a cunning plan..."