Wallabies v Argentina II

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WALLABIES TEAM TO PLAY ARGENTINA

James Slipper (148 Tests) - #843; Bond Pirates
Billy Pollard (13 Tests) - #958; Lindfield Junior Rugby Club
Taniela Tupou (62 Tests) - #917; Brothers Rugby
Jeremy Williams (17 Tests) – #973; Wahroonga Tigers
Tom Hooper (16 Tests) - #964; Bathurst Bulldogs
Rob Valetini (55 Tests) – Harlequin Junior Rugby Club
Fraser McReight (32 Tests) – #937; Albany Creek Brumbies
Harry Wilson (c) (28 Tests) - #933; Gunnedah Red Devils
Nic White (76 Tests) - #875; Maitland Blacks
Tane Edmed (2 Tests) - #990; West Harbour Juniors
Corey Toole (2 Tests) - #992; Wagga Crows
Hunter Paisami (31 Tests) - #932; Harlequin Junior Rugby Club
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (11 Tests) – #988; The Kings School
Max Jorgensen (14 Tests) – #984; Balmain Wolves
Andrew Kellaway (44 Tests) - #943, Hunters Hill Rugby Club

Substitutes

Josh Nasser (6 Tests) - #979; Easts Rugby (Brisbane)
Angus Bell (42 Tests) – #940; Hunters Hill Rugby Club
Zane Nonggorr (15 Tests) - #966; Gold Coast Eagles
Lukhan Salakaia-Loto (41 Tests) - #914; Randwick
Carlo Tizzano (9 Tests) - #982; University of Western Australia
Tate McDermott (48 Tests) – #936; Flinders Rugby Club
James O’Connor (67 Tests) - #832, St Joseph’s College, Nudgee
Filipo Daugunu (12 Tests) - #931, Wests Bulldogs

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Notes:

Edmed's first start and first run on home soil - Lynagh out with a hammy strain

Paisami in for Ikitau - no reason given but assume they're resting him and working on depth.

Slipper's 149th cap. Robertson out altogether.

Williams in for Frost who has a sore back

LSL promoted.

Nasser in for BPA - no reason given.

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Concerns for me:

Paisami is a penalty magnet these days and always goes looking for the big hit rather than the completed tackle. LSL off the bench late could be a source of penalties as well.

Hopefully both of them are given fairly strict instructions and precise roles to perform.

pakman

LSL has his shot. Hopefully he's matured enough to temper his enthusiasm a little.

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@pakman said in Wallabies v Argentina II:

Hopefully he's matured enough to temper his enthusiasm a little.

Hopefully we're up by 50 at that point

I like his enthusiasm. It's the way he expresses it that needs a bit of polish.

Bones

Weird to see Daugunu only has 12 tests.

MiketheSnow

Hope Lynagh doesn’t become the Aussie Blackadder when it comes to fitness and injury

ACT Crusader

Ikitau has been playing very well. He got the Wallabies out of danger a couple of times last weekend and then was instrumental in creating go forward.

pakman

@NTA Gone are the days when Randwick had a few in GnG.

KiwiMurph

Will be interesting to see how the turf holds up considering this is the last sporting game at the sfs for a few months whilst they rip up the turf to try and fix the drainage problem.

Meanwhile Sydney had the wettest September day in 150 years on Wednesday

JA

First glance was surprised to see Edmed over JOC for the start.

I hope Edmed can ramp it up from what I saw in Super. But with Lynagh's wobbles (+ injury) and JOC heading overseas, this is probably a decent game to throw him in the deep end.

pakman

Team: 15-Juan Cruz Mallia, 14-Rodrigo Isgro, 13-Lucio Cinti, 12-Santiago Chocobares, 11-Mateo Carreras, 10-Santiago Carreras, 9-Gonzalo Garcia, 8-Joaquin Oviedo, 7-Marcos Kremer, 6-Juan Martin Gonzalez, 5-Pedro Rubiolo, 4-Guido Petti, 3-Joel Sclavi, 2-Julian Montoya (captain), 1-Mayco Vivas.

Replacements: 16-Ignacio Ruiz, 17-Boris Wenger, 18-Francisco Coria Marchetti, 19-Franco Molina, 20-Pablo Matera, 21-Agustin Moyano, 22-Justo Piccardo, 23-Ignacio Mendy.

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Shame LSL isn't starting - would be a competition between him and Petti for first Yellow Card

Bones

Matera to the bench raises the eyebrow.

pakman

@NTA pal, Christy Doran, talking up the chances of re-signing Carter Gordon.

Would be great if it had legs...

pakman

@Bones Matera to the bench raises the eyebrow.

https://x.com/Musical1250/status/1238329297322102784?lang=en-GB

UpTheHarbs

@JA Let’s see how he goes in his first start.

Duluth

kicking off soon

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Fucking warm over here on the east side of the ground

No Quarter

Enjoy the game NTA, good luck

The Silver Fern

Wallabies v Argentina II