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Cheika to stick with Moore as Wallabies captain
By Peter Thompson
Michael Cheika has confirmed that Stephen Moore will remain Australia captain for the June Tests
Moore's place in the Wallabies side has been called into question, with Tolu Latu and Tatafu Polota-Nau staking their claims to replace the experienced Reds hooker.
But Australia head coach Cheika said the 34-year-old will still be the man to lead his country when they face Fiji, Scotland and Italy next month.
"Moorey's going to be the captain, for sure," he said.
"I think Moore's playing quite well to be honest. His thing's leadership, being aggressive, that's what I want from him.
"He's been very abrasive in there [for Reds], getting stuck in - he's been playing a lot of minutes too for one of the older guys in the roster but he's doing it quite well."
Moore joined Keven Mealamu as the second most capped player in Super Rugby history when he ran out for the 175th time in Reds' clash with Western Force on Friday.
175 - @Reds_Rugby's Stephen Moore tonight becomes the equal second most capped player in @SuperRugby history alongside Keven Mealamu. Wise. pic.twitter.com/lOXvIYMCwl
— OptaJason (@OptaJason) May 26, 2017
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Think we have to accept we have been on the slide for a while now.Still interesting to see the repeated media pieces about the myth of the ABs slipping-I would say slipped past tense.In part don’t we have to give credit for the improvement of other nations particularly Ireland?Isnt that good for the game?Are we beginning to feel the impact of losing the Boks from Super rugby and maybe soon TRC?I would agree we are also ran right now so will be interesting to see how we progress-assuming we do!Isnt that part of sport though to be in improvement mode?Back to the stats though I think the Boks were under 60% leading into 2019?Now with the focus on the RWC does it matter so much what you are doing between tournaments?You just get through your group(remembering the ABs qualified 2nd in 2023)and then you have 3 matches to win the thing.
Go to commentsThe ABs have more than enough back line guys so don’t see issue there. Just the balance at center and feel time for Rieko to sit out.Forwards- balance still not right. Front row ok but miss Codie. But still ok. Locks- you now need to start s a tall timber at middle of lineout- Darry is the right guy. Then move Sititi to 8, move Ardie to 7 and then move Vaai to blindside. He can become the closest to PSdT . Then have proper bench as this is not a demotion but key to dominating last 30 minutes- Patrick, Ofa etc are golden here. Get the balance right between starters and finishers
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