Waratahs 04

As best as I can make out, here is who they are and where they might play.
(Web-available team lists appear to be out of date, with McGoldrick listed
but lately reported to be returning to RL with Cronulla)

1 - Matt Dunning, Patricio Noriega, Gareth Hardy
2 - Brendan Cannon, Huia Edmonds, Adam Freier
3 - Alastair Baxter, Aaron Broughton-Rouse, Patricio Noriega
4-5 - Justin Harrison, Daniel Vickerman, Al Campbell, Jono West
6 - Rocky Elsom, Simon Kasprowicz, Omar Hassanein
7 - Phil Waugh, Matt Hodgson, Lei Tomiki
8 - David Lyons, Omar Hassanein, Jono West
9 - Chris Whitaker, Tim Clark, Paul Sheedy, Elia Tuqiri
10 - Shaun Berne, Lachlan Mackay, Milton Thaiday
12 - Nathan Grey, Shaun Berne, Lachlan Mackay, Morgan Turinui
13 - Matthew Burke, Mat Rogers, Morgan Turinui, Lote Tuqiri
11-14 - Lote Tuqiri, Scott Staniforth, Milton Thaiday, Cameron Shepherd,
Elia Tuqiri
15 - Mat Rogers, Matthew Burke, Milton Thaiday, Cameron Shepherd
Coach: Ewen McKenzie

5 of last year's Aus U/21 side are there: Elsom, Tomiki, Tuqiri.E, McKay &
Shepherd.

They get off to a testing start -- Auckland in the Southern Cross Cup in
Sydney followed by Canterbury in the S12 in Christchurch.

Bye to Bob Dwyer & hello to Ewen McKenzie.  Plenty of highs and lows under
the old bloke over the past couple of years -- here's hoping McKenzie can
instil some consistency.

The forwards look to be the major improvement with Harrison & Vickerman
added, an extra year's experience for the likes of Dunning, Baxter, West,
Waugh, Elsom & Lyons, and the introduction of Hodgson & Tomiki.

Barring a bad injury run, some extremely good backs won't be making the
run-on 15, or even the 22 (only to be expected when Aus has only 3 S12
sides).

With McRae back in the ZP, No.10 is the quandary.  Berne has the most
experience, McKay captained the U/21s last year, Grey played there with
credit against England, but Thaiday could be the one.

It'll also be interesting to see where Lote Tuqiri gets to play -- Dwyer had
him pegged as a future champion 13, but with all the other centre talent in
the squad ...