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It's got a real twitter classic vibe to it. No idea how long it will last but it's building up steam at the moment.

I wish it were easier to find stats for this - there's a lot for points scored, but guys like Brendan Moon (QLD all time top try scorer) were kickers as well so you can't work backwards.

It's an absolute shit show there, seems like the migration to bluesky (or just off of twitter is really picking up steam now though. Has been a big shift of rugby accounts this past week which is what I needed, it's a big part of what I go to twitter for.

Most of what I heard from him were thought bubbles like "we're going to grow rugby in India" (how?), and we'll use Japan as the model for rugby growth around Asia (hard to see how you could apply the Japanese model anywhere but maybe South Korea). There was some broader talk about tier 1 unions...

I understand why, as a tier 2 account, he was supporting Benazzi, but there was almost no policy there beyond "having a look at the voting system" and apparently that was enough for him to decide Benazzi was the saviour and Robinson the devil. That's not to say the voting system is perfect (or...

Have you seen his O'Gara rants? Imagine all of his hatred for Australia focused onto one person. Almost have to respect that level of pettiness.

He has been losing his shit all morning. Can't imagine how insufferable he would've been if Benazzi got up

This week's side looking much stronger:

It would be the Australian Rugby Foundation that supplies the player top ups, with funding from the Rugby Future Fund and other existing sources. Given they're already topping up player salaries and have been for over a decade I can't see how this would change their ability to do that.

It might be in some cases, but it'll depend on what the payments are - there are plenty of aspects around the community game where RA already aren't spending anything, where the ARF money could be directed. That said, I'm doubtful too many investors will choose community rugby for the proceeds...

It's directed via the Australian Rugby Foundation based on individual investors choice (women's rugby, community, or high performance): So early days it's going to be more things like $40k to retain a young talent, $10k grants to available to clubs for facilities, an extra $50k for Women's...

There's a lot that can be done before then and I'm not sure the Waratah Shield would be the value for money option for RA any time soon, particularly if that's how high you're placing the cost. That's not to say it's not worthwhile, but there's a lot more work to be done at the pointy end of the...

The Rugby Future Fund has been launched to help benefit Australian Rugby (via the Australian Rugby Foundation): https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/billion-dollar-ball-game-big-end-of-town-could-produce-cash-bonanza-for-australian-rugby-20241112-p5kq1w.html Bit more detail here too...

3 Ikitau 2 Valetini 1 McReight HM: Bell, Wright, Wilson, Williams, Sua'ali'i

Surely a Llewellyn at centre counts for something

The executive, by the looks of it: https://www.scotlandrugbynews.com/sport/24721956.scottish-rugby-posts-significant-losses-record-revenues/ I think outside of that Murrayfield is in need of a fair bit of work, so despite a few Taylor Swift concerts bringing in record revenue, it's a bit of a...

In almost 100 posts it has only once done anything else, and that was to wrongly claim that Tunui and Oscar Jorgensen were Max Jorgensen's brothers.

Not really, he may struggle to retake his start but his coverage of 12 and 13 sets him up pretty well to retain a squad spot, particularly with Kerevi only having limited time left. Paisami has plenty more to his game then we got to see this year too, I expect he'll flourish when he next gets...

I do really like the idea of the Welsh defence having to decide if they double up on Kerevi or Sua'ali'i (or both) and turning their defensive line into a sieve for Ikitau and Wright to walk through. Give Sua'ali'i a Digby style roaming commission and the Welsh won't know where to be or what to...

It'd take a phenomenal bit of skill to get enough hang time of a box kick that travels little to no distance for the pod to setup and lift. Might be a bit easier as a crossfield bomb, but that increases the risk if you don't take it. If you did catch it the put down wouldn't be easy either.