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Good point. Let's talk about how your son's going instead...

Professional ceiling is generally defined as the 'limit to how far someone can advance in their career before facing a barrier, with that barrier being retirement or another career'. In that context, MLR would be more a stepping stone than a ceiling. France's Top 14 would then be the...

Play the topic, not the person. The fact you think MLR is a professional ceiling and not a form of entry-level professionalism tells me all I need to know on what you think of the kid. That's your right. I was arguing the underlying motives behind Stowers and Manenti both going to the USA near...

Merely adding context, champ. No need to see it as an attack. I added supporting information to help you understand that context. If Panasonic Knights and Aussie 7s are interested, then why not Super Rugby? A modicum of clarity. That's all. If you read up relevant media on other players like Eli Pils...

...and we end up being on the receiving end when they turn out for other countries, despite the fact we have a multi-million dollar Kiwi coach and a multimillion-dollar league player at hand. Imagine what might have happened if those millions were spent on retaining those players who are scoring...

You're right. I missed the criteria element that in order to be offered an Super Rugby contract, you have to be offered a Japanese one - BUT - there WAS the Panasonic Knights deal he was offered in late 2023 (when he was named in the Reds Challenger series), but had to decline both due to family...

Fished this Gold Coast Bulletin article out of last week's archives (nestled between AFL and Race form for Warwick and Albion Park). Would have loved to see him local in 2025. But it is what it is. The article raises a question though; What do Stowers and Manenti see in USA rugby that the rest...

I think the question we should be asking is 'What do Manenti and Stowers see in the USA that the rest of us don't?' With the renewed commercial interest in American rugby thanks to their Women's 7s success - it may not be a stretch to draw a line between them. The article also points to Stowers'...

Speaking of Bond, the Bullsharks 7s program looks to be well on song moving forward. Their 15s landscape for 2025 will look a little different with key players going offshore or to other clubs in 2025 - and with one player contemplating a code switch. Whilst the 2025 iteration may well look...

Souths' absence from the 7s comps is significant. Watching players turning out for other teams was disappointing - and worrying - not to mention frustrating for players who were phenomenal as part of the SIYM campaign last 7s season, but had to contend with playing for 'lesser' teams this...

Probably haven't spoken to Rhian Stowers, who was sent to Eastwood under the guise of playing first-grade Shute Shield - and saw almost nil field time at that level the entire season and hated it. Comes back to QPR, bags player of the year and runner-up player of the year in consecutive seasons...

Canham actually went to Bond not as part of a Rebels, Reds or RA agreement, but through a friendship he and Rhian Stowers developed when both were playing for Shute Shield club, Eastwood, in 2021. He would spend the Shute Shield breaks staying with Stowers and both would seek approval to play...

Firstly, congrats to a player who is absolutely deserving of this accolade. The type of consistency, high-level skill base and approach to the game that begs an accolade like the Alec Evans Medal. Matt Gicquel was a standout exponent of the game we love in 2024. Gicquel, as well as Herbert...

That is a team I'd LOVE to see take the field..!

I was hoping to write something different.....but it ended up like it did....although..... there is a high number of Brethren supporters who have rugby-loving canines