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The shift there is around the NZRU's policies - if Ardie remains eligible for the All Blacks while at Moana it's a relative first - a player not playing for a super rugby side within the NZRU's high performance envelope (and without a future contract for one, like a guy on sabbatical) remaining...

Off contract at the end of 2025

Oh, I wasn't disagreeing that people would say it, just more stating that that's not what this is. AB's capping players out of Moana or signing up the star players to NZ sides and then capping them definitely smacks of Moana as a feeder side, but established All Blacks (a literal world player...

I don't think Pietsch is necessarily a poor decision maker overall, I think his decision making is poor in the back 3, particularly when it comes to finishing. I think a lot of his play and skill set would actually be well suited to 13 and he has a stable enough base in the 15 man game to make...

It's not about signings, it's just that they all got their first Reds cap. That said Canham, Gibbon, Anderson and Pakeho are all already signed in one way or another. I can't see Cartwright picking up a contract just yet (don't really need 4 halfbacks in the squad) but Mason is a chance...

But he won't be ruled out with a sunburn, something I imagine is a real risk given how many other ailments he's picked up over the years.

I think a signing like this makes it the other way around...

Yeah, definitely wouldn't have called it their greatest move, it meant they couldn't take the Lions tour back to market for a boost. Hard to know what that would've cost them in the initial negotiation with Stan/Nine though.

NRL's Monday show on Nine (and possibly the Sunday one as well?) are being dumped during the olympics: The NRL talking heads are apoplectic about this, but they tend to stick their head in the sand when it comes to global events like the Olympics and how they compare. I assume this may mean a...

That's not really fair, he's phenomenal at applying sunscreen: Just look at that perfect coverage.

3 McReight 2 Frost 1 Paisami HM: Valetini, Wilson, Kailea, McDermott, Ala'alatoa McReight and Frost were standouts. Much harder choice for the 1 point.

Biggest thing for me in this game was probably the gulf between our best and worst performances on the field, it's the widest it's been all season. I thought McReight and Frost were fantastic, while Valetini, Wilson, Kailea, McDermott and Ala'alatoa put in great shifts. On the flipside the...

The point of calling him in wouldn't be to start and supplant those young 10s (though I think some might have suggested it). It'd be to come in as an experienced voice in the backs and help bring those guys on, much in the way it looks Beale was originally selected but has since been missing...

I think part of Wright's poor game was the same problem he has at the Brumbies when playing with Toole and Muirhead. He starts to take too much on himself without a second fullback in the back 3 and it ends up throwing him off his natural game. By the time Kellaway came on today I think Wright...

Very mixed game from Pollard for mine. He was good around the ground but gave away too many penalties at the ruck, particularly a couple of silly ones. I think Nasser might have passed him as the no. 16 off the back of a more reliable performance. Still a few other hookers waiting in the wings...

McReight will not be denied

Frost having a great showing. Should hold onto the jersey for the RC

Great to finally see the Wilson and McReight show in gold

Blyth and Pollard both off, not a happy afternoon for either of them, they've been the chief offenders at the ruck in terms of inaccuracy and ill-discipline.

Poor from the pack there, if you're going to run that play to the 9 you've gotta support them into contact