Big names omitted from Wallabies' Cup squad

[NewsBot]

Big names omitted from Wallabies' Cup squad

Tai McIsaac, Scott Fava, Al Baxter and Gene Fairbanks are notable omissions from a 47-man training squad named for next year's Rugby World Cup in France.

[Darren]

They are surprise omissions!

Here's the squad:

Rodney Blake, Alister Campbell, Brendan Cannon, Mitchell Chapman, Mark Chisholm, Ben Coutts, David Croft, Rocky Elsom, Adam Freier, Daniel Heenan, Nic Henderson, Stephen Hoiles, Greg Holmes, James Horwill, Al Kanaar, David Lyons, Hugh McMeniman, Stephen Moore, Wycliff Palu, Jeremy Paul, Tatafu Polota-Na, Benn Robinson, Julian Salvi, Nathan Sharpe, Guy Shepherdson, George Smith, Dan Vickerman, Phil Waugh.
Backs

Adam Ashley-Cooper, Berrick Barnes, Sam Cordingley, Mark Gerrard, Matt Giteau, George Gregan, Digby Ioane, Stephen Larkham, Chris Latham, Drew Mitchell, Stirling Mortlock, Sam Norton-Knight, Clyde Rathbone, Brett Sheehan, Cameron Shepherd, Scott Staniforth, Morgan Turinui, Lote Tuqiri, Josh Valentine.

[frontrow]

What a f`ing idiot this man is, to omit Tai and scott fava is just ridiculous, they both had a reasonable tour, as opposed to the totally useless twat Baxter, I`ve had enough of the useless wanker, get rid of connolley, the pimp daddy ho...

[Darren]

The doors aren't closed on them yet....

“This is a preliminary squad that will get together early in the New Year to do full fitness tests and have one-on-one interviews with the coaching staff about the year ahead,” Connolly said. “This is by no means a final squad for the Rugby World Cup.”

[.X.]

What??? Baxter didnt get picked

[frontrow]

The doors aren't closed on them yet....

“This is a preliminary squad that will get together early in the New Year to do full fitness tests and have one-on-one interviews with the coaching staff about the year ahead,” Connolly said. “This is by no means a final squad for the Rugby World Cup.”

I don`t care about that, he is a numbat, his choices are random at best, it may well be preliminary, but imagine what could be learnt and gained by those two if they were attending, now they miss out on this extra stuff, so they will be automatically behind the eight ball from the get go...
I am really peeved about this issue, he so far hasn`t proven he is worth a pinch of salt, and to think i had big wraps on him in the beginning, now he can go and get stuffed...

[RugbyFan]

GO DIGGERS! woo thats awesome!
They need to get Troy Takiari and Ryan Cross into that squad!

[Darren]

Telegram just to hand:

From the Bowels of Outback Queensland
Suck eggs Trestle Baxter! Tough for Tai and Scotty though Back online on the 21st, Burgs

[travelling_gerry]

and I thought it was a new TWF toy when I got that SMS

[Thequeerone]

Brillant 7 force players - and room from some more - GO THE FORCE !
Nice to see Digby get a call up - Am guessing he knows what Scotty can do - he's still looking for his magic combination

[Shaun]

Cross, Fava and Tai should be in the squad and watch out for Pocock they nearly picked him in the spring tour squad, if he has a good season he just might be in with a chance. What about MaCkay? Or Henjak? Connelly is a clown; get him out I say...

[The Lone Hydrangea]

Have a ball burster of a Super 14 and you can still get to France.

[Burgs]

Telegram just to hand:

From the Bowels of Outback Queensland
Suck eggs Trestle Baxter! Tough for Tai and Scotty though Back online on the 21st, Burgs

I have a sneaking suspicion that I didn't use the word "eggs" Boss

Definately a couple of suprises here for sure though I'm sure there are a) his renowned "mind games", b) lingering injuries & c) plenty of opportunities to come from the S14 fixtures.
The Aus v Aus matches are going to be ball tearers this year with virtually all positions up for grabs.
Without injuries, I would think that right now the only positions that may be "secure" would be Vickerman, Larkham, Mortlock, Tuqiri and Latham however, they are all an injury away from being superseeded as well.
I think that we will see at least five from outside of this squad in contention for the final 33 Man RWC Squad.

[O'Regan]

THank God, McIsaac and Fairbanks have been ommited. However I am very disapointed that Al Baxter is not there. I was hoping Knuckles was going to blast the crap out of him, and some Wallabies were going to crash tackle him. Maybe he will go and play 2nd Division France League Where Tana Umaga can hit him with a hand bag.