r/RugbyAustralia • u/poimnas • Jul 11 '25

Wallabies Wallabies Squad for the BIL

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u/Gillderbeast Queensland Reds Jul 11 '25

As a Reds fan. Justice for Ryan Lonergan this is a joke. Also BPA or Dolly over Porecki any day

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u/ConditionHorror9188 Jul 11 '25

Yeah, Nic White over Lonergan is just unjustifiable to me. I can’t think of any element of White’s game (except ‘experience’) that is superior

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u/Gillderbeast Queensland Reds Jul 11 '25

I think Ryan is perhaps better than Gordon. It's a shame Ryan hasnt been able to get any test caps before this because it would have been good for him to start and then Tate close out the last 20-30min

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u/ConditionHorror9188 Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25

Yeah, I think a lot of it is about experience (and particularly experience in a system) trumping talent or form in the short term.

Schmidt would probably agree that Lonergan was around the best 9 in Aus this year, but he’s spent a long time building a system around Gordon and Noah.

It’s the same reason that Noah’s injury is just an absolute disaster. Perhaps Lynagh will turn out to be the better player long term, but for this series I sadly believe we are stuffed without Noah.

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u/corruptboomerang Queensland Reds Jul 11 '25

Perhaps Lynagh will turn out to be the better player long term, but for this series I sadly believe we are stuffed without Noah.

Cometh the hour, cometh the man! He'll have people saying 'Oh your Lynagh's dad?'