Road to World Cup 2015

All this said - why are Burrell and Twelvetrees STILL part of the picture.

Eastmond and Barritt (can't remember spelling now) are all better options.

And yes would even go Farrell at 12 before those two.

 

Im worried that Slade not being there in this side means hes not in contention. Only time will tell ofc but not looking overly promising

 

Phipps over White lol.

 

I would rather have the Argentinian centres over Burrell and twelvetrees. I don't even know their names but both of them know their limitations and play a role. Burrell thinks he is good and tries to make plays happen instead of playing a role. Both Barritt and eastmond accept their limitations and play within them and are hence more effective and turn the ball over less.
burrell in particular thinks he is a big man and at club level he is enormous a juggernaut even. He probably carved up. He tries to play the same way in internationals and gets sat on his backside on a regular basis.

playing tests is much harder than whatever rugby he is used to and he needs to make adaptations and he needs a coach to tell him to change.

i believe you that he had a great 6 nations last year however. I have my own impressions of him which are less flattering.

 

Wallabies World Cup squad: Stephen Moore (c), Adam Ashley-Cooper, Michael Hooper, Kurtley Beale, Quade Cooper, Kane Douglas, Scott Fardy, Israel Folau, Bernard Foley, Will Genia, Matt Giteau, Greg Holmes, Rob Horne, Sekope Kepu, Tevita Kuridrani, Ben McCalman, Sean McMahon, Drew Mitchell, Dean Mumm, Wycliff Palu, Nick Phipps, David Pocock, Tatafu-Polota-Nau, Rob Simmons, Scott Sio, Will Skelton, James Slipper, Toby Smith, Henry Speight, Joe Tomane, Matt Toomua

 

They picked Phipps over White!!! Like am I the only one struggling to grasp this.