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    It's because Dunning is a 1-man scrum machine, watch him warm up under the posts before a game!

    I don't understand why everyone else is putting Pocock @ 7 too, am I the only one who actually watched the S14 this year?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jombi View Post
    It's because Dunning is a 1-man scrum machine, watch him warm up under the posts before a game!

    I don't understand why everyone else is putting Pocock @ 7 too, am I the only one who actually watched the S14 this year?!
    Have the Force been playing left and right flankers like the French do (and sometimes the Saffers)?

    Pocock is an openside in the mould of George Smith or Richie McCaw. So is Hodgson, so they may well play like that. I never picked it up though.

    What is the word on Tyrell? I saw someone had him picked as their reserve hooker. My understanding was that he had been told by his doctors not to play hooker again. But I could be very wrong. But I think with Whittaker and Charles playing for the No 2 jersey, he will find it difficult to get a shot there.

    Oh, and Cowen has to be a loosehead prop. The experiment of him at 2 did not work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jombi View Post
    I don't understand why everyone else is putting Pocock @ 7 too, am I the only one who actually watched the S14 this year?!
    I just can't work out if you are fishing or smoking crack?

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    Look at how McCaw is playing now. He's got the 7 on his back but he's playing the classic blindside role.

    Hodgson was better than Pocock this year in the pilfering role, so if you put Hodgson in 7, let Pocock muscle everyone around the field and play a semi-left/right break away setup like farva said and they will run over the top of everyone. Especially with our options at 8. You can have either Brown or McCalman starting, and then the other coming on after 50~.

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    So the number on their back will influence this?
    Both Hodgson and Pocock are instinctive Open Sides, you can number them however you like.

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    Tyrell is back in the squad after being given the all clear by his doctors... i think in the 1 & 1/2 matches he played for us he performed better than any other hooker we had last year so no reason why he cant step up again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Burgs View Post
    So the number on their back will influence this?
    Both Hodgson and Pocock are instinctive Open Sides, you can number them however you like.
    Not at all, but since this thread is about what positions they'd be playing and we're in Australia, it's easier to put the 6 on Pocock since it implies he'll be predominantly playing on the blind.

    During this season Hodgson went to the open while Pocock was injured and shined, after Pocock came back he started playing that 6 role and it complimented Hodgson/McCalman.

    The whole left/right breakaway plan only works if you have someone who will play that role, if you just have 2 pilferers they'll get swamped . Hodgson (IMO) is the better pilferer out of the 2 of them.

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    Interesting how opinions vary, for mine Pocock has the best pilfer seen in Australia in my Rugby memory, he is a machine. Faster than Smith, stronger than Waugh and a different league to Hodgson.
    But then, opinions are like arseholes, everyone's got one

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    Nasty little bald bastard aren't you
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    gee a bit of mongrel there.... good to see as we lead up to another seaaon

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    Quote Originally Posted by pieter blackie View Post
    This is what is available for 2011(33 in total) and in brackets my starting 15

    Props:
    Paul Alo-Emile
    Matt Dunning(Starting 15)
    Tim Fairbrother(Starting 15)
    Kieran Longbottom

    Prop/Hooker:
    Pekahou Cowan(Starting 15)

    Hooker:
    Nathan Charles
    Ryan Tyrrell
    Ben Whittaker

    Second Row:
    Nathan Sharpe(Starting 15)
    Phoenix Battye
    Tom Hockings
    Sam Wykes(Starting 15)

    Loose Forwards
    Richard Brown
    Matt Hodgson(Starting 15)
    Jono Jenkins
    Tevita Metuisela
    Ben McCalman(Starting 15)
    David Pocock(Starting 15)

    ScrumHalf:
    Brett Sheehan(Starting 15)
    James Stannard
    Mark Swanepoel
    Justin Turner

    Inside Backs:
    Willie Ripia(Five Eight)(Starting 15)
    Gene Fairbanks(Inside Centre)(Starting 15)
    Stefano Hunt
    Mitch Inman(Outside Centre)(Starting 15)
    Rory Sidey

    Outside Back
    Nick Cummins(Left Wing)(Starting 15)
    Pat Dellit
    Cameron Shepherd(Right Wing)(Starting 15)
    James O'Connor(Fullback)(Starting 15)
    David Smith

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    Mark Bartholomeusz
    Thats a great squad PB first time i have seasn the full list..... a good mix and I cant see too many weak spots there ?? ... 25/8/centre if any maybe locks?

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    With this squad you would think there is a chance of at least top 4 finish

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    Quote Originally Posted by pieter blackie View Post
    With this squad you would think there is a chance of at least top 4 finish
    I hope so, but it depends on injury though. It is a long season, and we will need depth to cover injury / burn out.

    An interesting note is that in the Wallabies, the four Force players are probably in the top 5 each week within the team - only Kurtley Beale gets in who isnt in our squad.

    Think about it, Sharpe, McCalman, OConnor and Pocok all have been huge this year so far. At the top end, we have the best players in the country. Its the next few tiers, and the quality falls away in Perth faster than in some of the other cities.

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    Quote Originally Posted by farva View Post
    I hope so, but it depends on injury though. It is a long season, and we will need depth to cover injury / burn out.

    An interesting note is that in the Wallabies, the four Force players are probably in the top 5 each week within the team - only Kurtley Beale gets in who isnt in our squad.

    Think about it, Sharpe, McCalman, OConnor and Pocok all have been huge this year so far. At the top end, we have the best players in the country. Its the next few tiers, and the quality falls away in Perth faster than in some of the other cities.
    so true..this is why we need a comp here with some statue... how i am not too sure. We have alot more depth than 12 months ago, sp far impressed with Graham... I think will see a differebt side this year
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