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That's a real coach killer from Gordon. Just didn't need to happen.

I believe so, though as far as I'm aware he is back with the Force. Might be off contract at this stage though.

Restarts still poor though :(

Starting to look like the 2 weeks of torrential rain have been like playing with weights on. Good conditions have really unlocked the attacking structures we've been working on.

Too easy. Excellent work from Kellaway there

Clear obstruction, right call

Spoke too soon

Donaldson very nearly undoing all his good work there.

Williams doing good work on the restarts after last week

That's the question, but apparently it's a big payout from super sport funding the NZ/SA tour, so there's some indication there would be the potential for increased broadcast money coming in there with more South African interest. The other part is more content means more money from existing...

They won't be keen to, until/unless the money looks too good to refuse, then they'll be falling over themselves to welcome them. The Welsh, Scottish and French are all in varying degrees of financial trouble and the English aren't exactly without issues either. If they see South Africa as a...

Yes and no, the story is real (and confirmed by Brett Clark), in the sense that he and the QRu did reach out to the Broncos to explore potential partnerships: It then goes off on it's own from there and brings in commentary about the Reds rejecting centralisation, conflating the two issues to...

It's looking like no rugby championship in the tour years: https://www.theroar.com.au/2024/09/06/huge-change-to-rugby-championship-future-revealed-rival-fears-being-shafted-in-bok-all-blacks-power-play/

Yeah, though I doubt we'd need to break the bank. Just show him a bit of love from on high and a contract of reasonable length. He's already one of the most marketable players in the game and we should be capitalizing on that, though that probably says as much about how poor we are at creating...

The rumour is that they've made a young Rugby winger an offer (thought to be Ryan by others), not so much that he's accepted it: https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/8751986/barry-toohey-newcastle-knights-aim-to-rebalance-nrl-squad/?cs=305 19 year old is not quite right for Ryan, but that...

I can't speak to the rest of the comp, but the bench press record for the Titans is 190kg, Cowboys 185kg, Dolphins 160kg, and the Broncos is 180kg. There was a fair bit of noise made when De Lutiis set the state record (for a pro-footballer) recently by benching 202.5kg...

The broader collection of vested interests is definitely much more relevant, though I think plenty of them are pretty interested in something other than super and that interest is growing. The big issue there is getting them all (or enough of them) on anything like the same page. I do think...

Super CEOs don't actually control that many votes - the tahs don't have a vote as part of their super rugby license anymore because it's under RA control, I'm guessing it's the same for the brumbies now, and the Force are a separate entity to Rugby WA (and they don't necessarily vote the same...

With Dobbins coming in for Fourie (and assuming Vailanu stays) I'm sure there will be room for Fonokalafi, at least in a full squad placement. That said, Porecki's fitness looks pretty questionable at this stage so a 5th hooker might not be the worst idea.

Lots still to play out here, but this fundamentally weakens the connection between Australia and New Zealand, which really increases the chances of super rugby (or at least anything resembling it's current format) dieing. Would not at all be surprised to see RA say thanks but no thanks after...