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I am skeptical about the rise of AFL in GPS schools. Sure it will be played, and some may end up taking it quite seriously. But rugby is the dominant sport and will be for the foreseeable future. The availibility of oval grounds in winter is a real limitation on the growth of AFL, as is the...

It should figure, but it's pretty low down the list of what I think we need in a 7.

I'm not suggesting he isn't up to test football. I just think for all but the most outstanding players that a debut game starting in a Bledisloe is a very tough task. I think he's a good player, but I still think Hooper is better than him and has the test pedigree to boot. But if they pick...

I may be slightly bias as a Tahs fan, but Hooper's best form is clearly superior to Wright's best form this season. He's single handedly kept the Tahs in games, pilfering, running, tackling. And picking Wright ahead of him at 7 because 'offers a better jumping option' is capital-m Madness...

I've been really impressed by Fainga'a so far this year. Looks to have taken a step up - he's physical, works hard and doesn't make many errors.

It's easy to say 'we need a workhorse, not a power runner' but realistically that type of player just doesn't cut it at Test level any more. Ned Hanigan was that player - led tackle and ruck stats, got around the park OK but lacked the physicality with ball in hand. Fardy is unfairly maligned...

I don't like the guy, but by all accounts his business pedigree is good. Getting him inside the tent may well help our bid AND stop the incessant whinging to the News Corp press. These World Rugby bids are still held in a very old school way - junkets for delegates, greasing palms in...

I'm becoming more keen on a Valetini/Hooper/Wilson back row. I'm a fan of Naisirani but Wilson's form may be too good to ignore. Valetini brings the physicality in tight, while Wilson can work in the wider channels and run off 10 and 12. And Hooper can just be Hooper. Both can be lineout...

Surely Russia won't win. Another RWC in the Northern Hemisphere will take it to four in a row held outside of SANZAAR nations. It would cause the blowup of all blowups, and possibly the dissolution of World Rugby.

An issue I've found with SuperAU: I don't really care who wins and loses. I'm a Tahs fan, and while I cheer for them I'm not that angry when they lose. The comp doesn't have a huge amount of meaning for me, and I enjoy the rugby but it seems a bit like an extended Wallaby trial series. I just...

Yeah I think this is another tough spot which doesn't have an easy answer for RA. I liked the idea of the 'fighting fund' to secure talented schoolboys. We lose so much talent to league that it made a lot of sense to try and sign a few top tier youngsters and lock them into our game. And it...

My issue with Wright is his ball carrying, at the moment it's not at the level of Wilson, Naisirani or Valetini. But you could argue we might not need it in a pack featuring LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto), Hooper, Wilson/Naisirani, Allan A, FF (Folau Fainga'a), Slipper.

And he also goes to the Olympics, too. That's a pretty big weapon to have in your arsenal.

Well it's important to state no deal has been signed yet, and the one that seems to be on the table isn't $3m. And then there's very likely a complex $$ mix in that figure. Private cash, Olympic cash, maybe incentives and sponsors, who knows. So the notion that it could be simply spread...

They still can't. But now Twiggy has put his money where his mouth is, it becomes a safer call to include the Force.

I'm a bit torn on this. If it all falls through and he signs with Souths then I won't be crying into my beer. But he does seem like a talent, if we can get him at the right price. The thing that I like about it is it gives the neutral fan a reason to tune in. We have no genuinely marketable...

Unless there is a third party funding deal we aren't aware of, this seems like a big gamble. The kid is good, but not sure now is the best time to be spending a mill a year on a schoolboy. That said I am bloody excited to see how he goes

Frying/grilling a sandwich at a picnic? Well that's no world I want to be a part of. If Dave Rennie is the type of person who grills sandwiches at a picnic then he's not the type of bloke I want around this playing group.

One would assume that if the sandwiches were already in the picnic basket then buttering would not be required. Adding butter to an already constructed sandwich would be superfluous at best and destructive at worst if indeed the sandwich has already been buttered. Then you would have double the...

This puts into words what I've been thinking the last few days. SuperAU has been surprisingly fun. I'm getting just as much enjoyment from it as I would Super Rugby, with the added convenience of only having to check the schedule to see which teams are playing on Friday night and which are...