Pocock to skipper Wallabies
3 Jun 2012
David Pocock will captain a Wallabies side including five new caps in the rugby Test against Scotland in Newcastle on Tuesday.
Pocock steps in for the injured James Horwill. Mike Harris and Joe Tomane, Luke Morahan, Dave Dennis and Dan Palmer all play their first match for the Wallabies.
Outstanding Brumbies openside flanker Michael Hooper is named on the bench.
Berrick Barnes has pipped Quade Cooper to the flyhalf berth, with the latter having played just 120 minutes since returning from knee surgery.
Wallabies - 15 Luke Morahan, 14 Joe Tomane, 13 Anthony Faingaa, 12 Mike Harris, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Berrick Barnes, 9 Will Genia, 8 Scott Higginbotham, 7 David Pocock, 6 Dave Dennis, 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Sitaleki Timani, 3 Dan Palmer, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 James Slipper.
Subs: 16 Saia Faingaa, 17 Ben Alexander, 18 Rob Simmons, 19 Michael Hooper, 20 Nick Phipps, 21 Pat McCabe, 22 Adam Ashley-Cooper.
14 Comments
3 Jun 2012, 10:27 am
I say scotland in with a chance against this wallaby dragons
3 Jun 2012, 10:32 am
Scary side.
If you are a 9 year old little girl
3 Jun 2012, 12:21 pm
@greatest13gerber(greatest13gerber)-1:
@Kiefpant(Kiefpant)-2:
hahaha heard all this before, until Oz beat you.
They are the 3 nations champs and finished about 4 places higher than the Boks in RWC.
Last thing i would do is laugh at the Ozzies.
3 Jun 2012, 13:52 pm
That was last year, this is a new year. Not a wannabie fan
3 Jun 2012, 13:56 pm
go Zimbabwe!!
3 Jun 2012, 14:24 pm
This is not the complete wallaby side..it is aside made of players mainly from the rested franchises.
3 Jun 2012, 16:37 pm
Where’s Ben Mowen? I’d move Dave Dennis to lock, Timani and Simmons out of the squad with Neville or Carter to cover as locks and Mowen onto the side of the scrum. How does Saia Faingaa continually make the Wallabies? IMHO he would be a fair way down the pecking order for rakes in OZ. Moore, Hanson, Charles, Polota Nau then Faingaa is how I would put it.
One tends to think that Barnes is not a flyhalf and with his current form for the tahs, we may see a kick fest on Tuesday night. Phipps? Really?! McKibbin is clearly number two, I’m guessing he’s injured, but surely there is better out there. Scots will target the srum, they have a solid scrimmaging pack. They will likely play 10 man rugby and it will end up being a kick fest, many a Garry Owen will be on display.
3 Jun 2012, 21:43 pm
Given the Super15 schedule and lack of preperation time, Scotland must at least fancy having a good shot at this Wallaby side. Add some confidence from Edinburghks form in the Heineken Cup and this could be worth a watch!
4 Jun 2012, 02:48 am
An inch wide and a mile deep.
That is the Australian talent pool.
4 Jun 2012, 03:54 am
@YoMama(YoMama)-9: Other way around, I think. Thinly spread, not a lot of depth.
4 Jun 2012, 03:56 am
Considering they have Wales this weekend this team this is virtually a B side.
Pocock is an excellent leader, by the way.
4 Jun 2012, 05:57 am
Iaone, Genia, Higgenbotham, Pocock, Sharpe & Moore are the only guys good enough to make the Boks or ABs. They are good players, as is AAC (Hyphenated ****!) & I like the look of Dave Dennis. The rest of these guys are, well…
Its only Scotland…
Oh yeah …snigger…
4 Jun 2012, 08:26 am
@stormer in a teacup(stormer in a teacup)-10:
You have just described the rsa stocks…heaps of players that add little value.
4 Jun 2012, 08:30 am
@Manona(Manona)-12:
Put bluntly who of the boks wouldmake the aussie side. Noone in the forwards…your lot are overrated and high opinions on such are historical..like 4 years!
In the backs Maybe one and picked only for speed..basson. Not much of an attacker or defensive player. He does not attack the opposition but give him the ball and in space he is unstoppable.
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