WARATAHS BLINDSIGHTED!

recruiting for the 2009 super rugby season in australia hit new highs and lows in the last few weeks, while clubs secretly go about recruiting international players, queensland raided new zealand, rumours had it the waratahs were chasing all black ali williams, and perth continued to poor water on suggestions of player unrest by talking about other organisations and ignoring anything close to denial!

but this is about the waratahs, and there search for a new blindside flanker.

with the loss of Rocky (may he rest in ireland) and Vics (may he not strain his shoulder doing exams) the waratahs are desperatly trying to block a couple of sizable gaps in there pack, but in my opinion the answer is right in front of them.

with the addition of scott fava and the promotion of beau robinson to the main squad the gaps are already plugged and we can save money and make a big play for rocky in a years time when he turns up on australias doorstep with a souped up agent looking for cash!

my plan is to move palu to number 6, i know he is the best 8 in the country but by moving him to six he blocks the channel in defence that is Beales main problem and allows the second part of the plan to come into effect, TPN to 8, with freier back at hooker, TPN can move to 8 were his around the ground abilities and strong running could prove the vital cog in a rebuilding waratahs pack, with speed agility and ball playing ability TPN can avoid the crooked throws and become the premier 8 in the country, plus be a back up for 2 late int he game and allow the fresh faced robinson to take advantage of tired defences.

with mumm back in the pack at lock we would have a strong agile ball playing pack with plenty of backup on the bench, while the lineouts will suffer without vicks, there is only 1 or 2 people in world rugby who could possibly fill that gap and none of them are off contract so its mission impossible at the moment, could be worse than mumm, sharpe could be coming!

jesus out!