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Nongoor is a smart top up. You need to get three tightheads locked down, and I don't necessarily think he's the third best option right now this absolute second: but his age and growth over the past 9 or 10 months means it's much more sensible to give that to him rather than HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes), Talakai, Pone...

I think we'll probably see three "senior" looks. A conventional pack: three non-Skelton locks, McReight & Valetini, then Wright and one of the Blindside group (my pick is Leota, but I see arguments for Frost, Cale, Uru etc.) in the 6 & 20 A Skelton pack: swap a starting lock for Skelton...

It's shocking how people latch onto narratives. The Tahs themselves have Kearns making a Provincial debut in '88: the season before his test debut. Please learn some critical thinking skills.

I don't necessarily disagree, but I think it's worth questioning that narrative. I have a lot of empathy for Wessels. I think he's been up front, both to colleagues and the general rugby public that he got a lot wrong, particularly with finding a way to bring the 18 & 19 squads together, and he...

I like Swain-Rodda-Frost as the trio for Wales, with Hooper, Holloway and Canham in the squad as well - Hooper and Holloway also competing for backrow positions, and an eye on debuting Canham v Georgia. Reassess for injury and performance, probably bringing Skelton in to at least be part of the...

Can't help you with anymore props. You've already used Sam Thomson. Jack Blain already came home IIRC. Maybe if Gordon and Grant both fall over you could give Roan Frostwick a run at 9. Is Elms still playing for the Rats? Don't recall his name on any Super 6 teamsheets.

George Thornton last week, Mike Scott this week. Both ex Ayrshire props. Were starters for the Bull's 2021 Super 6 win, and involved in the Glasgow Academy without ever breaking in to the main squad.

That's Giffnock's own Mike Scott to you.

Cycling out one Scottish prop who couldn't make the step up to pro rugby for another. It would be funny if it weren't so sad

Few things to like: Vaihu + Lancaster wing pairing is fun, and Kailea, Tuttle and Kells back is good. Interesting to see Callan given an opportunity: he played against the axemen and on the Japan tour then disappeared from any formal or informal squads. Probably not too surprising given Maiava...

Sure, but absence of South African Travel, there's no reason greater opportunity for Sunday Arvo could be exercised. Particularly this most recent game against the Chiefs: with the Wallaroos double header, the game should have 100% been shifted. 4:45pm or whatever is a genuinely awful time.

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I remain skeptical overall and hope there are real plans being cooked up that have a likelihood of succeeding, and it's not just a pie in the sky, any port in a storm, directors throwing all the shit at RA thing dragging this out. However, there's very little doubt that this Consortium does...

I appreciate and empathise with the difficulty of being pushed into 10 at the Rebels/Wallabies across the 2012 & 2013 seasons. Been an outside back at International level, with a Barbarians Cameo when BB was alongside him, suddenly thrust into starting 10 for both Rebels and WOBs, during a BILs...

What a stupid fuckwit. First thing every single Rugby League convert does. Watched it dozens of times over. No shot a fucking Kiwi Forward doesn't know that law.

He's a Fijiian who moved to Brisbane and played for Wests Bulldogs in... 2021 I think. A touch short for a lock (196cm) but a very good all round rugby player.

The rest is some really good stuff but but holy hell: You can't have nearly 100 first class caps and be like that.

No inside word. Just much of the Tahs current contracting situation (early releases, non-contracting of "senior" fly half options, losing two senior players in the same position) just doesn't make sense without it: there's not a golden generation of 20s/clubbies or swarm of returning overseas...

I can't imagine that any RA offer would be the best one available to Ekuasi. He'll have at least MP (Moana Pasifika), Blues/Highlanders and a few Japanese teams reaching out as he supposedly had end of last year. Leota solves a lot of problems, but I think Smith (if he wants to put on the Canary rather than the...