Bloody Manly. :P
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Bloody Manly. :P
I was thinking, how many of the Force backs have been picked out of position for the Wallabies?
Giteau was a 10 for us and played at 12 for the Wallabies
JO'C was a 10/12 for us and played as winger for the Wallabies
Mitchell was a winger for us and a full back for the Wallabies
DHP is our full back, but a Wallaby winger
Rona is a centre, but a Wallaby winger
The Honey Badger and Morahan played the same position (although sometimes on the wrong wing).
Shep and Staniforth played multiple positions for both club and country, so can't really include them.
Cheika's out-of-position selections are reminding me of John Hart
Does Hooper count as one of those out of position selections?
He might be picking people that he reckons he can rely on i.e. Moore & McMahon (neither will feature soon enough) for the TRC campaign, but where's he gonna turn to for players that need 25+ caps before they touch down in Japan in '19
Get boring old Jake White in now.
Rona at least got some game time on the wing with us, even if he wasn't picked there.
The great Jack Gibson's theory was pick the best players available and find a position. But I don't think he meant in their first international match.
The biggest joke is that Stephen Moore is still there.
And they need to get rid of this joke of hiding players in defence and having midgets at the back (Foley) trying to catch the high balls.
They need to have Meakes or Hunt (if fit) or Hodge in at 12, at least they can tackle and then a back 3 of Folau/DHP and Beale with preferably DHP at 15. Or keep speight on the wing and give Beale another crack at 10 and get rid of Foley. I know Beale has been tried at 10 and failed but he seems to have matured a bit now and I can't see us ever being a world class team with Foley at 10.
Taf should be starting. Hanigan out. Robertson out of the 23. Timani in, even at 6 if you want to persist with McMahon (which I would't...).
Maybe even Beale at 10 with Meakesy at 12.
Chiek, you're a muppet.
In a way I wish none of the Force boys had been picked, for them to be caught up in that shambles of a team I would rather they were well out of it. Just let the Tallabies self implode and get it done and over with, & we feck Cheika off with his ARU buddies.
Fardy should be playing dead set he must have told chiek to take a hike at some point. Cheik talks about physicality and intent then doesn't select the best 6 in the country who fills the two categories with aplomb.
He gave a good reason to start with by saying that he wouldn't pick players that were leaving then went and picked two others that are off as well. Maybe he has been taking press release adivice from the execs.
all we keep hearing about is the 30 points we scored if we ask them nicely do you think they will let us have a 30 point start :confused::verysad:
If they let us start with our last week's score and they start on zero we'll still lose. Maybe in three games we might score enough to win one, but we'd some personnel changes
I just saw Hanigan stats for B1.
80 minutes
3 runs for 0 metres
8 tackles
What a game
Coleman out injured 😳