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Wrong. Klemmer was the starting prop for the Aussies this WC. The only time he didn't start was when Mal rotated the forwards.A couple of things. Klemm came off the bench for all but one of his Australian games so he is a benchie. More importantly though I said that I don't think Pay is going to tinker with the senior players very much. That's my observation. He's coming in and needs the support of the senior playing group to get the job done. Tolman is one of the most senior players in the team and was VC this year. So I think that Pay will either leave Tolman at 8 and Klemm at 13 or swap them around. The only other option that would make sense is to bench Klemm, keep Tolman at 8 and bring in another lock. I think that is the less likely option but more likely than benching Tolman. Time will tell.
It's really very simple. If Pay needs to bench one of Klemmer, Woods or Tolman then it's going to be Tolman. If it isn't Tolman, then Pay should give it away because he certainly isn't cut out to be an NRL coach if that's his decision.
You start your best forwards, simple as that. There's no need to look at it any other way. Both Woods and Klemmer are clearly better props than Tolman, so to bench either one of them for Tolman is ridiculous.