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biffon
06-07-2007, 03:50 AM
Australia A Line up:


Peter Hewat (New South Wales); Clinton Schifcofske (Queensland), Junior Pelesasa (Western Force), Ryan Cross (western Force), Haig Sare (Western Force); Berrick Barnes (Queensland), Josh Holmes (New South Wales); Jone Tawake (Brumbies), David Pocock (Western Force), Dean Mumm (New South Wales); Will Caldwell (New South Wales), Alister Campbell (New South Wales, captain); Troy Takiari (Western Force), Tatafu Polota-Nau (New South Wales), Gareth Hardy (Western Force). Replacements: Sean Hardman (Queensland), Salesi Ma¿afu (Brumbies), Adam Wallace-Harrison (Brumbies), Julian Salvi (Brumbies), Josh Valentine (New SouthWales), Gene Fairbanks (Brumbies), Kurtley Beale (New South Wales).

Comments:
Im glad they have given Hardy a run as he is a personal favorite.
Haig Sare has been pulled in for his first run for a national side.


Australia line up:

Julian Huxley (Brumbies); Drew Mitchell (Western Force), Adam Ashley-Cooper (Brumbies), Scott Staniforth (Western Force), Lote Tuqiri (New South Wales); Stephen Larkham (Brumbies), George Gregan (Brumbies); David Lyons (New South Wales), Phil Waugh (New South Wales, captain), Mark Chisholm (Brumbies), Dan Vickerman (New South Wales), James Horwill (Queensland), Al Baxter (New South Wales), Adam Freier (New South Wales), Matt Dunning (New South Wales). Replacements: Stephen Moore (Queensland), Benn Robinson (New South Wales), Stephen Hoiles (Brumbies), George Smith (Brumbies), Sam Cordingley (Queensland), Sam Norton-Knight (New South Wales), Stirling Mortlock (Brumbies).

Comments:
Staniforth is in the starting XV for the first time on Australian Soil.
Tuquiri comes in at the expense of Digby.
Cordingly comes onto the bench as a replacement for Gregan as Giteau is "injured" this week.
Chisholm replaces Sharp at Lock to maintain a good height advantage in the lineout.

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go you good things!

barto11
06-07-2007, 11:07 AM
not bad...huxley at 15??

biffon
06-07-2007, 11:38 AM
yep... Sheperd isnt ready yet and Latham is also due back in the middle of tri-nations

barto11
06-07-2007, 11:50 AM
fair enough...i would have put mitchell at 15, and kept digby...with huxley at 12 but hey...gandalf clearly knows what he's doing...

biffon
06-07-2007, 11:57 AM
nah Staniforth is a better line breaker than huxley or mitchell.. i think connolly has it right... im not sure if huxley is our best 15 though... i think Hewat should be in the mix or as you say mitchell

Edmonsta
06-07-2007, 12:00 PM
Gandalf, hahaha, nice one.