Wallabies v Los Pumas I
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According to The Roar - with the notable disclaimer being it's Christy Doran:
- Schmidt will put Kellaway at Fullback.
- The return of Wilson at 8 puts Valetini at 6
- This will apparently shift Hooper into one of the locking spots, leaving LSL out for now
- There are other returns from injury such as White, Slipper, and AAA.
Therefore you could put a possible starting team as:
1 Slipper
2 Pollard
3 Alaalatoa
4 Williams
5 Frost
6 Valetini
7 McReight
8 Wilson (c)
9 White
10 O'Connor
11 Toole
12 Ikitau
13 Suaalii
14 Jorgensen
15 Kellaway -
@KiwiMurph said in Wallabies v Los Pumas I:
I don't understand what Schmidt has against LSL. Discipline?
IMHO that's right - got the enforcer side of Skelton, just doesn't know when to stop
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@KiwiMurph said in Wallabies v Los Pumas I:
I don't understand what Schmidt has against LSL. Discipline?
IMHO that's right - got the enforcer side of Skelton, just doesn't know when to stop
@NTA said in Wallabies v Los Pumas I:
@KiwiMurph said in Wallabies v Los Pumas I:
I don't understand what Schmidt has against LSL. Discipline?
IMHO that's right - got the enforcer side of Skelton, just doesn't know when to stop
The ABs could do with some of that energy at 6.
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@booboo said in Wallabies v Los Pumas I:
Wait, what? There's another game?
Yep mate there a couple. Shield challenge and of course the Naki got a game on Sunday, so not just AB/Bok test this weekend huh.:beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes: :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
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@KiwiMurph said in Wallabies v Los Pumas I:
I don't understand what Schmidt has against LSL. Discipline?
IMHO that's right - got the enforcer side of Skelton, just doesn't know when to stop
@NTA said in Wallabies v Los Pumas I:
@KiwiMurph said in Wallabies v Los Pumas I:
I don't understand what Schmidt has against LSL. Discipline?
IMHO that's right - got the enforcer side of Skelton, just doesn't know when to stop
I felt like with the Lions tour games he had tiptoed the line well - was physical wifhout being reckless or ill discipline.
He deserves a shot.
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Schmidt has really got control of the penalty count / discipline. Wobs were the worst at this under Eddie. In 2022 they averaged 13.6 per game with 15 yellows and 1 red.
Contrast that with the first 2 SA games where they were pinged a total of 10 times across both matches.
I imagine it's almost a pre-requisite for selection.
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I agree, but at the same time Hooper, Valetini, Wiliams, and Frost have done nothing wrong.
LSL should have maybe done some good tiptoeing earlier in the year.
@NTA said in Wallabies v Los Pumas I:
I agree, but at the same time Hooper, Valetini, Wiliams, and Frost have done nothing wrong.
LSL should have maybe done some good tiptoeing earlier in the year.
The counter argument would be that without Skelton the may be lacking for bulk and power - see Lions test 1 and second half Lions test 2.
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Schmidt has really got control of the penalty count / discipline. Wobs were the worst at this under Eddie. In 2022 they averaged 13.6 per game with 15 yellows and 1 red.
Contrast that with the first 2 SA games where they were pinged a total of 10 times across both matches.
I imagine it's almost a pre-requisite for selection.
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@JA be interesting to see if that continues or reverts to the mean.
My sense is that their charmed relationship with whistleblowers this year has been unrelated to their discipline/accuracy.
@Smuts Interesting. It's a small sample size for this year so it's possible but I do think their breakdown work is more proficient. It's bloody hard to find decent stats on the overall penalty counts though - like average per team per year. (I feel like we're trending in the wrong direction.)
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@JA be interesting to see if that continues or reverts to the mean.
My sense is that their charmed relationship with whistleblowers this year has been unrelated to their discipline/accuracy.
@Smuts said in Wallabies v Los Pumas I:
@JA be interesting to see if that continues or reverts to the mean.
My sense is that their charmed relationship with whistleblowers this year has been unrelated to their discipline/accuracy.
Interesting take.
You could argue they got a bit of a raw prawn in Lions 2 and Boks 2 for certain decisions. Not sure where the "charmed" bit comes from.
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@Smuts Interesting. It's a small sample size for this year so it's possible but I do think their breakdown work is more proficient. It's bloody hard to find decent stats on the overall penalty counts though - like average per team per year. (I feel like we're trending in the wrong direction.)
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Who’s everyone picking in this one? Kind of wanting the Aussies to win which is weird.
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Massive defence from the Argies to start.
