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Nabuli to make Wallabies bow against Scotland
By Peter Thompson
Rugby league convert Eto Nabuli will make his Wallabies debut against Scotland on Saturday after Henry Speight was ruled out.
Fiji-born wing Nabuli has been given his chance from the start against Gregor Townsend's side this weekend, with Speight unavailable due to a hamstring problem.
Reds flyer Nabuli only switched codes last year and is now set to showcase his talents on the international stage.
Nabuli is the only change to the Wallabies team which beat Fiji last Saturday. Michael Cheika will name his replacements on Friday.
Lock Jonny Gray comes into a Scotland side which includes eight changes from the team which ran out for the win over Italy last weekend.
Australia team to play Scotland: Tom Robertson, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Allan Alaalatoa, Sam Carter, Adam Coleman, Ned Hanigan, Michael Hooper, Scott Higginbotham, Will Genia, Bernard Foley, Eto Nabuli, Karmichael Hunt, Tevita Kuridrani, Dane Haylett-Petty, Israel Folau.
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Nah, that just needs some more variation. Chip kicks, grubber stabs, all those. Will Jordan showed a pretty good reason why the rush was bad for his link up with BB.
If you have an overlap on a rush defense, they naturally cover out and out and leave a huge gap near the ruck.
It also helps if both teams play the same rules. ARs set the offside line 1m past where the last mans feet were😅
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It could be achieved by outsourcing all your IP and players to New Zealand, Japan, and America, with a big Super competition between those countries raking it in with all of Australia's best talent to help them at a club level. When there is enough of a following and players coming through internally, and from other international countries (starting out like Australia/without a pro scene), for these high profile clubs to compete without a heavy australian base, then RA could use all the money they'd saved over the decades to turn things around at home and fund 4 super sides of their own that would be good enough to compete.
That sounds like a great model to reset the game in Aus. Take a couple of decades to invest in youth and community networks before trying to become professional again. I just suggest most aussies would be a bit more optimistic they can make it work without the two decades without any pro club rugby bit.
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