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Australia - World Cup 2015 Discussion Thread
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<blockquote data-quote="CaliRa1" data-source="post: 740335" data-attributes="member: 72986"><p>DONT TAKE PHIPPS…Who cares if he has familiarity with Foley…White is still better…Impactful off the bench…Lifted the tempo as soon as he jumped on the field in Sydney against the ABs…Horne is not a winger and Ashley-Cooper & Kuridrani are better options there…So Could've done without him being selected… 3 Legit FB options in Folau AAC & Beale…Littered with Quality FlyHalf options…Cooper Foley Giteau Toomua Beale… Could have had another versatile Beale- AAC- like player in the form of O'Connor but based on form understand him being overlooked…3 Specialist Wingers Speight Mitchell Tomane…Ioane is more accomplished than Tomane but has had his off-field issues and is out-of-form so I understand him not even being looked at…Midfields Giteau AAC Beale Toomua Kuridrani Horne…Didn't need to bring Horne…Props I like the selections…Hookers also…Could've done with an extra but should be OK…Locks I see Fardy as an Extra Lock…Not much of an issue but only need to take 3 specialist locks if Fardy goes…Skelton Simmons solid starting duo and Mumm and Douglas got the nod over Horwill…McMahon based on form has been quite impressive but he's still very young and his future looks promising and so I like his selection…McCalman and Palu over Higginbotham though leaves me wondering what the coaching staff are looking for…Higginbotham is the closest thing to Kieran Read in all of Oz…Size and Skill…Hooper and Pocock at their best are #1 & #2 in the world at their position IMO…Scott Fardy by far the form Blindside in Oz… Would've dropped Palu for Higginbotham…Horne for Hanson…Phipps for White… And Tomane for O'Connor</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CaliRa1, post: 740335, member: 72986"] DONT TAKE PHIPPS…Who cares if he has familiarity with Foley…White is still better…Impactful off the bench…Lifted the tempo as soon as he jumped on the field in Sydney against the ABs…Horne is not a winger and Ashley-Cooper & Kuridrani are better options there…So Could've done without him being selected… 3 Legit FB options in Folau AAC & Beale…Littered with Quality FlyHalf options…Cooper Foley Giteau Toomua Beale… Could have had another versatile Beale- AAC- like player in the form of O'Connor but based on form understand him being overlooked…3 Specialist Wingers Speight Mitchell Tomane…Ioane is more accomplished than Tomane but has had his off-field issues and is out-of-form so I understand him not even being looked at…Midfields Giteau AAC Beale Toomua Kuridrani Horne…Didn't need to bring Horne…Props I like the selections…Hookers also…Could've done with an extra but should be OK…Locks I see Fardy as an Extra Lock…Not much of an issue but only need to take 3 specialist locks if Fardy goes…Skelton Simmons solid starting duo and Mumm and Douglas got the nod over Horwill…McMahon based on form has been quite impressive but he's still very young and his future looks promising and so I like his selection…McCalman and Palu over Higginbotham though leaves me wondering what the coaching staff are looking for…Higginbotham is the closest thing to Kieran Read in all of Oz…Size and Skill…Hooper and Pocock at their best are #1 & #2 in the world at their position IMO…Scott Fardy by far the form Blindside in Oz… Would've dropped Palu for Higginbotham…Horne for Hanson…Phipps for White… And Tomane for O'Connor [/QUOTE]
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