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Are you referring to the not having s specialist 12? Because if so, Te'o is and debatably Burrell.
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Hope not, just to keep interest in the series alive if nothing else. Having said that England's record in Australia is appalling - only 3 wins so far and one of those was the RWC final, so not getting my hopes up too much. Hopefully it will be tied 1-1 going into the final test and a deciding tight game in Sydney. Naturally with England to win- that's what the heart says, but the head says 2-1 to Australia.
Talk in Australia of them starting Hunt @12 which is surprising I must admit. We could see both teams with new 12s
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I'd be amazed if Cheika decided to start nan uncapped 29 year old. The absence of Toomua, Giteau, Mitchell and co shows that he's looking to the future, so the selection of someone who will be 33 by the next world cup would seem somewhat counter-productive. Very possible though.
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http://www.skysports.com/rugby-unio...-cheika-reveals-ben-teo-turned-down-australia
Will Eddie pick an inexperienced player at 12? Unlikely, IMO.
http://www.skysports.com/rugby-unio...-cheika-reveals-ben-teo-turned-down-australia
Will Eddie pick an inexperienced player at 12? Unlikely, IMO.
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My money's on Slade. He showed with the 6 Nations that he likes a play making 12. And seeing as he's taken 5 centres I can't see him using 1 of his 2 fly halves at centre (Ford 10, Faz 12).
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Farrell-Slade-Joseph?
Not sure why but that doesn't inspire much confidence. Slade and Farrell are quite similar in my eyes.Would be strong defensively and has plenty of experience, but I can't see them doing much effectively other than spreading it out wide.
How's Slade's short passing game?
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He's a professional sportsman with an English mother. He's trying to cash in whilst he can, and playing in and for England is absolutely the best way to do it. As long as he puts in his all on the pitch, I'm happy enough. Of course he's a mercenary, they all are, and rightly so.
I think Eddie will play guys who put in 100% and as he has said, are willing to bleed for England. If Teo isn't willing to do that, he won't last long.
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I don't disagree, just that as you say... it's unlikely there was ever much of an effort to get him to play for Aus.
Does he not qualify from his time in NRL? Do u have to have 3 years playing Union to get residency?
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I think if it was a Faz, Slade combo having Daly at 13 would probably work a bit better as he's faster than Joseph and so would be able to capitalise more off of the space Faz and Slade would create. But Jones seems set on keeping Daly as a utility back and putting him in the 23 shirt. I wouldn't be surprised if he went with Te'o-Joseph to offer a more blatant attacking capability as well as adding some real size to an otherwise small back line. In the 6 Nations, Nowell was the biggest back on the pitch (Apart from the Tuilagi cameos) and he's not a particularly big guy, so the back line really could do with some beefing up. I'd still prefer Slade though.
He left Aus, for a long period of time, to play rugby elsewhere. No way his residency qualification would still qualify, he'd almost certainly have to complete another 3 years.
What space would Faz and Slade create? Don't see why it would be any more than a Ford/Teo combo... Ford + Slade could be interesting, but it still lacks a power runner.
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Sorry, space wasn't the right way off putting it. I think the 2 of them would do very well at creating holes for players to run through, which is why I thought that Daly, with his extra pace would go well with them. But you are right that Ford and Slade would probably do that better, and with Slade on the field, he would nullify Ford's (let's be honest) awful place kicking. The lack of a power runner in the back line is a flaw, but if Clifford and Harrison are both in the back row they could both comfortably act as power runners coming off of the 10 and 12.
Daly is a place kicker too, perhaps not an awful one given his single game as first choice kicker for Wasps (against Wuss, got a few touchline conversions).
I'd stick with Joseph though, his defence in the 13 channel is superb, and I think we need that.
I'd stick with Joseph though, his defence in the 13 channel is superb, and I think we need that.
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I can't see Daly ever being used as a place kicker unless it's 50+ metres. And I agree that for now Joseph should stay as the 13, but eventually I would like to see Daly take his place there.
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