Gregan's position in Wallabies

[Rick]

After watching his performances in this years internationals so far, I can't see the Wallabies having any chance of winning anything this year with Gregan in the team. He must be one of the worst captains ever in world rugby plus with his poor technique at the back of scrums even the most mediocre halves & loose forwards are making a mess of his service from the base of the scrum. Just have a look at what the Poms did to him in the last game. The ploy of having Kefu pick the ball up from No.8 should be a shock move played maybe only once or twice in a game. At present it seems to be the stock method of getting the ball away from the scrumbase due to Gregan's inability in that area.

[Stripe]

dang the aussies are complaining about their captain too?

[Laney]

The ploy of having Kefu pick the ball up from No.8 should be a shock move played maybe only once or twice in a game. At present it seems to be the stock method of getting the ball away from the scrumbase due to Gregan's inability in that area.

I totally agree. I think I've pointed this out a couple times over the June internationals.

Except, I'm not sure its the halfbacks inability as much as the number 8's abiilty to protect the halfback, especially when the scrum is under pressure.

Definately a part of the game the NH teams seem to have an advantage in technique.

[3me]

I don't understand why they don't use Whitaker or someone backing up Gregan to give him more game time. At this time of the year, there is alot of quality test matches to play and the risk of having to win them is not as important as in the World Cup matches.

I think that the contract payment issue is really giving Gregan a hard time at the moment and also to notified that if the forward pack is not dominating or it is starting to go backwards, then the scrum half will also affected and so as everyone in the backline.