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I sense (without any proof in all honesty) there is meddling from certain personnel, within the Waratahs setup, who should not have the meddling rights. It is just a feeling.

Indeed - all great in theory to want to pay more for players, but where is that money coming from? The Franchises can't break even now, even with the Broadcast distribution and RA top-ups. More Billionaires needed....or corporate involvement like the Japan model.

Agreed - I sense more will head overseas before RA resolve the Waratahs mess.

"....(and not always the talent considered first choice)...." Yes - Waratahs could benefit from a bit of a player reset / evaluation with their Academy - (conveyor belt of 9s and 10s, but nothing in the BackRow). Brumbies must actually watch Shute Shield and Hospital Cup - Waratahs scouts (if...

Plenty of Waratahs (and one Force) on show Easts vs Souths in Shute Shield today - good to see J Heaven back playing; although his throwing radar needs a little fine tuning. Quality from Teddy Wilson and Bowen - FLW (Fergus Lee-Warner) also super strong, Jed H strong for Souths. #7 (Gavin) from Easts highly...

Hit the nail on the proverbial head. "The lads get identified then don’t play" spot on - many of them relocate to the Waratahs Daceyville gym, play a few Colts or 2nd Grade games per season to tick the boxes - they become 'blockers' for others who don't get their chance to demonstrate their...

'Promising Rugby Championship Campaign' - they came last?

Yes - Twiggy probably pays more than that now.

You play your best team to win each match - TSC fell in to the 'let's give experience to Y11s' trap last year - the best team is not always the best individuals either. I read on here before some quote by a former TSC coach saying a team of Y12s will nearly always beat a team Y11s. When you...

This is a replica (results wise) of last season for TSC - the coaches / head of sport / DoR decided to run a 1XV dominated by Year 11s, when numerous Y12s were better - they lost their initial games and only changed selections in the outside backs with 3 or 4 games left and started winning...

Right - my guess is the size mismatch at U16 was significant - at U18 things start to even up size wise, and skillset / finesse becomes more of a factor. All of this is irrelevant for TSC, as they don't seem to have a game plan - that and the continued player position shuffling. I would like...

I think Brial is an eight when TSC don't have a #8, otherwise he is a 2nd Row IMO. TSC have played the new RL boy at both centre and #8 - personally I would play him in the 2nd row also - BackRow is a niche skillset.

BackRow is (and has been for last two or three years) the flaw for TSC - if you can't secure your own ball, and pilfer / slow down the opposition ball, it becomes a hard game. Playing without a specialist #7 or #8 has been an issue for TSC past few seasons - this year looks to be no exception...

Yes - this draw is no gimme, especially if we don't front up in the tight 5, and one of the BackRow goes AWOL - which has been a tendency.

"Shore Scots. Battle of the two heavyweights in the pre-season." With LJ out, the wings may receive some ball and have a chance to show their stuff out wide - they just need to not revert to type (aka kicking game) and keep the ball alive. Should be a cracker.

Yes - read similar due to the Rebels demise. Max J out for the season with a serious hamstring tear when he was dropped to Randwick. He is a long way from WBs contention - would have been very useful for JWBs though.

Just looked at the Pro D2 Table - they play 30 matches each (home and away). That don't impress me much....

Yes - my "how do they do that" was meant in jest.

That genuinely made me laugh.

That's a tough schedule, as they play European games as well - and a proper competition finish with only top 6 going through and top two getting a bye. Did Provence secure promotion? Once again - a proper competition where coming bottom of Pro 14 actually counts for something (relegation), and...