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I wouldn't be surprised if JS picks someone like Lachlan Anderson in the 23 jersey, he had a quite start to the season but was finishing well towards the end of the season. He did go ok for Australia A last season.

With Schmidt if your not standing in the right place, he will find someone that will. His going to be a complete monster for these guys, it's his way or the high way and attention to detail is key. He ripped into a Irish player for leaving his room key behind in camp, if you can't remember your...

Really? It's a business no brainer, we have a chance to place the final nail in the coffin of union in the fastest growing city in the country. With a new stadium in the perfect area to market the game to the young islander population of Victoria. As discussed at length, is how the NRL and AFL...

I think the Wallabies will win it, Wales is poor and hasn't got a hope. There best placed team in the URC was 8th and got smashed in the QF.

Agree, playing Wales this years is a win/lose situation. Wallabies will win the series and fans will believe last decade of shit results is behind them, only to come up against real opposition and get trashed again.

Union would be close to double the size, but most young islanders play both. Union on Sat and League on Sunday. But the outer west is a massive growth corridor with only two union teams both not in the Dewar Shield in the area. When you look closely the fastest growing areas already have league...

Yeah, unfortunately not one club with any influence, One of which I would expect to be a league club again next season. Made me look at the league clubs in Melbourne, and guess what I see. About 7 of the league clubs are all close to Tarneit. What's the bet the NRL introduce a 2nd vic team based...

But being privately owned, and having more power then RA why is he following their rules.

I have a question for Force fans, with RA remaining to be a basket case. Why does Twiggy not go out and sign who ever he wants? They wouldn't dare to take him on, so they should look to buy a Super squad and dominate. Get a few Books and All Blacks and just pay for it to win games. I never...

People are forgetting he was one of the only Rebels players who was too upset to play against the Drua after the meeting with RA. From all reports him and Mason were very happy with Melbourne and didn't want to go anywhere.

Stadium is to small for La Rochelle, the whole town wants to attend every game these days.

Yep, and D3 pays 100k euro a season. Promising Vic kids were already looking at that as an option before the Rebels were cut. Now it's a certainty for all young forwards to go abroad.

Season starts in October and finishes in June. Don't get me wrong, I'd love a job with 6 months holidays a year like 75% of Australian players.

I find it hilarious that the bottom team even had 7 wins, compared to 2 wins in Super rugby. Oh look, 26 rounds so everyone played home and away.

IRFU have made some changes to make it a bit harder for Leinster, but Munster and Ulster fans are not happy about it still. But they do kind of accept it because Ireland is still doing well and the Irish teams are still stronger then most in Europe. If Munster and Ulster were failing in the...

IRFU won't allow a international TH to be signed, they didn't allow a Munster signing so that means Leinster can't or there will be a complete war from the other 3 provinces.

Well RA debt is going to mean they will be relocating the Brumbies to Western Sydney (Sorry, Brumbies fans. I hope that never happens) before adding a 5th team. Honestly looking over RA documents from AGM they need to be shut down by the government and taken over by a whole new board with some...

The only thing that's strange, players don't change counties, they might work in a neighboring county but they would be hung if they played for someone else.

The only people who still believe it's amateur are the old original fans, anyone who is good enough to play at county level works a cushy job that allows them to train like they are professionals. Even all the local clubs treat there players like professionals and the receive a lot of perks in...

Yeah, but it's not like Union is the number 1 sport in any of the nations that are making money. Ireland has Football, Hurling and Soccer ahead of rugby, smaller population and still doing a lot better financially. All the other 6N teams have soccer miles ahead of rugby for numbers.