Wallaby EOYT 2016
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Also posted in the general 2016 End-of-year internationals thread:
French team to take on the Wallabies:
1 Baille 2 Guirado (c) 3 Atonio 4 Vahaamahina 5 Maestri 6 Ollivon 7 Gourdon 8 Picamoles
9 Machenaud 10 Doussain 11 Vakatawa 12 Fofana 13 Lamerat 14 Nakaitaci 15 SpeddingReserves : 16 Chat 17 Chiocci 18 Slimani 19 Le Devedec 20 Chouly 21 Serin 22 Lopez 23 Fickou
France – Australie : La composition
L’encadrement tricolore a procédé à 5 changements dans la liste des joueurs retenus pour affronter l’Australie. Jean-Marc Doussain formera la charnière avec Maxime Machenaud, reconduit après la victoire face au Samoa. Derrière le duo d’attaque, la titularisation sur une aile de Noa Nakaitaci à la...
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- James Slipper (83 Tests)
- Tolu Latu (1 Test)
- Allan Alaalatoa (7 Tests)
- Kane Douglas (28 Tests)
- Rob Simmons (68 Tests)
- Scott Fardy (38 Tests)
- David Pocock (c) (63 Tests)
- Sean McMahon (12 Tests)
- Will Genia (vc) (73 Tests)
- Quade Cooper (65 Tests)
- Henry Speight (8 Tests)
- Kyle Godwin*
- Tevita Kuridrani (42 Tests)
- Sefanaia Naivalu (3 Tests)
- Luke Morahan (2 Tests)
Reserves (one to be omitted)
Stephen Moore (c) (114 Tests)
Scott Sio (27 Tests)
Tom Robertson (5 Tests)
Will Skelton (17 Tests)
Dean Mumm (54 Tests)
Lopeti Timani (5 Tests)
Nick Phipps (50 Tests)
Bernard Foley (39 Tests)
Taqele Naiyaravoro (2 Tests)Yep. Big changes. Lot of Barbarians tourists in there, and with another game against the French Barbarians in Thursday, many of these guys will need to back up
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IN: James Slipper, Kane Douglas, Scott Fardy, Kyle Godwin, Sefa Naivalu, Luke Morahan, Taqele Naiyaravoro
OUT: Israel Folau, Dane Haylett-Petty, Michael Hooper, Sekope Kepu, Reece Hodge, Adam Coleman (knee), Rory Arnold
First time Folau and Hooper haven't started a test in about a year? RWC 2015 Uruguay I think?
Queenslanders finally have no excuses - Genia + Cooper.
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@akan004 said in Wallaby EOYT 2016:
How far have the French fallen that Australia has named a 2nd string side against them. I feel the Aussies will lose this game with an experimental side but can understand Cheika not wanting to flog them to the ground on this grueling tour.
Don't read it like that at all. They have a punishing schedule, they have a chance of a GS, they have a chance for revenge against England.
They would happily sacrifice a defeat to France to achieve the other objectives.
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This tour (thanks to the last 15 minutes against Scotland) is going very well for Cheika and the Wallabies. Pasted the Welsh, and withstood the Scots to keep the GS dream alive. Pre-tour plans to rotate for this game can still be rolled out, and he's pretty safe that even a reverse can be talked up in the way of positives.
The whole tour is much more about the next two weekends than this one, and so far it has been set up perfectly.
Bit of credit due i think. It's certainly going better for them than us, and waaaay better than the Boks.
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Fucking hell the Queenslanders have already started - finally they get a few of their duds in the XV and they're blowing up that Cheika is throwing the game with all these rookies.
Fuck's sake have a word with yourselves...
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@NTA said in Wallaby EOYT 2016:
Fucking hell the Queenslanders have already started - finally they get a few of their duds in the XV and they're blowing up that Cheika is throwing the game with all these rookies.
Fuck's sake have a word with yourselves...
If that's aimed at me, go fuck yourself!
If aimed at them elsewhere, we have said many times that Reds fans are the absolute worst.
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so angry today. No time for the before work jerk?
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At half time in the France vs Wallabies match SBS announced it will also be live broadcasting England vs Wallabies in two weeks time - mark it in your diary.
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Rugby channel is so random. Instead of halftime analysis we get random interviews with some F1 guy and leauge highlights. It's called the RUGBY channel Sky...
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@NTA said in Wallaby EOYT 2016:
Did Quade not start? I'm off camping at the moment so no TV
I only have coverage of the match with 0% analysis so unsure what happened to Quade but Foley is in the 10 jumper.
Wallabies 20-11 and playing pretty well.
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French player tackled him before he had the ball, that's a penalty try although the comms are not talking about it at all.
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I saw a little of the pre match and all they said was that he wasn't playing. I presume he's injured because they zoomed in on him sitting on the bench looking more of a tool than usual in his civvies.
France holding on here but I reckon they get done over in the end. That Morohan looks alright.
