This HAS to be Deans last year surely... The bloke with the most mind boggling team selection ever, is back again with a team full of useless WaraTARDS and has been tourists.

I'm hoping we cop a flogging, just so we can get rid of Deans and start a fresh next year... With the team we have, there's a fair chance we're going to struggle even against the pumas...

Is O'Conner back?

AUSTRALIA.. Y U NO QUADE COOPER?!?!

What a circus... full season of Super 15 and we still don't have enough skills to hold onto the ball...

Score was flattering in the end... the AB's spilled some ball and let us off... Not impressed, and depending on how the Puma's go, i can see the wallabies sitting on the bottom winless this year. Sigh....

Well at least if that happens it should SURELY be the last we see of Deans... Surely....

We were useless, but we didn't get embarrassed

how shit does kurtley beale have to play to get dropped! god i rate that guys awefulness

yep, so lets bring quade cooper at 10. that'll really fix our defensive problems. the guy had about 2 - 3 mediocre games. he's still a top 3 fullback in the world.the wallabies biggest problem is the lack of centres. we have guys that "can play in the centres" but nobody is a true 12 or 13 with some burst ability. to be honest, it was a wake up call to both wallabies and ABs. both had a fair shocker.

Not sure if sarcastic or not about QC lol, but i think he's come along way from the turnstile he used to be.

I feel bad for Kurtley though, he really did have a shocker, but then so did the AB's by their standards...

Next game AB's will put 40 on us i reckon. We've lost Pocock too, and if Genia insists on this ridiculous slow ball feed from the ruck, it aint gonna matter if our centres make any line breaks cause the AB's defense will be back and ready to intercept the next phase every time....

Yeah here's hoping mate... I'd love it if he did because he is such a good player when on his game.

Losing Pocock does suck, but yeah Hooper's time is now and i definitely think he can step up to the plate. He played a blinder of a S15 season and i was really hoping the reds would poach him.

I was impressed with QC though when he started back playing again though. I thought he looked a lot better in defence and even a bit stronger... like the break had done him good, and he had bulked it on in the gym... Time will tell though, S15 aint nothing like playing against the AB's...

15. Adam Ashley-Cooper (NSW Waratahs)
14. Drew Mitchell (NSW Waratahs)
13. Rob Horne (NSW Waratahs)
12. Berrick Barnes (NSW Waratahs)
11. Digby Ioane (Queensland Reds)
10. Quade Cooper (Queensland Reds)
9. Will Genia (Queensland Reds, captain)
8. Scott Higginbotham (Queensland Reds)
7. Michael Hooper (Brumbies)
6. Dave Dennis (NSW Waratahs)
5. Nathan Sharpe (Western Force)
4. Sitaleki Timani (NSW Waratahs)
3. Ben Alexander (Brumbies)
2. Tatafu Polota Nau (NSW Waratahs)
1. Benn Robinson (NSW Waratahs)

Run on Reserves: To be advised

No real surprise but you'd have to keep Beale on the bench. Kepu and Pocock out on top of our injury list including Horwill, McCabe and J O'C
Upside is we now have a solid defender in the centres...downside is SBW has a good 20kg on Barnes haha.

I agree. QC and Genia work really well together and with Horne playing off Barnes all year, hopefully we'll get some flowing ball.
And if someone gets injured in the backline, we have a fair amount of flexibility with our bench.

Faainga on the bench too i reckon which is another handy sub cause he's not playing too bad, not awesome, but good enough...

Faainga is one of those players who aren't the greatest players but they just play their position well. He won't really have a bad game but he won't make or break a team either.
His brother on the other hand I don't really rate at all.


Is this QC first starting Wallaby game since RWC? Hopefully he comes out trying to prove his position. He plays great against RSA but NZ, not so much. If he can keep a cool head, he'll be fine.

TPN out injured, Moore to start :\ Just more for the list.