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Thanks once again to all who contributed questions to the latest round of Coach’s Corner.
Why has Jordan Petaia had such a slow start to the year, when compared to his performances for the Reds and Wallabies last year?
– Chunks
Jordan Petaia unloaded a kick from his 22 on the weekend which seemed to cross the line at the 60m mark. He looked very comfortable doing it. If he was moved to 15 (even though Campbell has done nothing wrong and runs good lines himself), do you think this would open up the hard-to-manage running game we all know he has?
Can the Wallabies find the right combinations and depth in the ten-12 axis? A Set the default text size A Set large text size
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With the 40-man Wallabies training squad announced, what was evident is the depth of in-form players in the forwards.
With the exception of loosehead prop – where from a national perspective you would have to question the move of Harry Johnson-Holmes to tighthead where there is plenty of depth – the forward positions are ultra competitive, which will only increase with the return of overseas-based locks Izack Rodda and Matt Philip and captain Michael Hooper.
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