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Dangerous cleanouts? Borthwick must have been horrified at what happened to Carlo in the 2nd Lions test...

This is community sport, Pfitzy, surely you're aware it's the most political environment around!

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Great news - cheap runout jerseys from the current sponsor incoming.

I think the best way to provide public feedback on ref decisions is something like Nigel Owens' Whistle Watch - somewhat removed from the match broadcast, and someone's who's independent of the actual ref or ref association. They got themselves into trouble with reviewing the non-decision in the...

That is to say, normal NRL payment negotiations.

Super Rugby was a result of the last major push for a rebel league, when the administrators finally accepted the need to go professional to avoid losing players to the rebel competition. It's never completely lost that feeling that it was hurriedly dropped on top of the existing structures - or...

I assume Justin Harrison set up a Zoom call for all players where he talked for 2 hours about stakeholders, content, achievables, aspiration, synergies, low-hanging fruit, ROIs, disruption, bandwidth, going to market, mindmaps, circling back, in the weeds, 30000ft view, moving goalposts...

Based on the Saudi's previous treatment of journalists, Christy Doran will want to ensure he gets his leaked team information correct first time when reporting on the Riyadh Rockets.

The first season starts in Oct 2026. It's reasonable that the unions will be worried that R360 players will forgo the end of season tour to avoid losing match payments for the first 6-8 weeks of that season.

I don't think it's weak - it's the unions playing their trump card. At the very least, players will know what they're signing up to, at best (for the unions) it will force R360 to negotiate in relation to Test availability.

Which Super team does he go to?

Yes, there's been a definite change in tone around the refs this year, prior to that Stan was very deliberate in their tone, almost always positive. Sure there's been frustrating decisions, but too much whining about it now from the comms. But otherwise, the Stan coverage is excellent, I'm not...

I've always thought the conference system like US college football could work well in schools rugby, where the old boys are just as resistant to any change. Teams can still play a full schedule in their traditional comp (GPS, CAS, etc) and crown a premier there, but also line up a schedule...

Umm, Joe (and then Les) can still call Noah back from overseas - new policy, remember. We all assumed the Giteau law was dropped to allow players like Skelton, Gleeson, and Hooper to be called back from overseas, perhaps it was just to ensure Noah was still available. GAGR admin, prepare for...