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I couldn't tell you the last time the reds signed a current wallaby from another franchise. Even in the bad old days they hardly if ever did it. Harris is not on the way out just yet. Toua is an exciting prospect at 15. We won't lose both lance and Morahan and both can play fullback. And...

The Reds wouldn't go after Beale. They might make JOC (James O'Connor) a modest offer, but I highly doubt they would go after a marquee player not from Queensland when they have so many good young blokes coming though. It is Waratahs or league for Kurtley.

I reckon the tahs probably have a pretty good offer on the table as well.

Henderson also needs to go. I dont know enough about props to suggest a replacement but.

Not great. Burgess would be the perfect player for stirzacker to learn from. He is also an excellent defender which is the rebels biggest weakness after the front row. The Rebels need a flyhalf. I like the look of Sam Lane, but they have already passed on him once. There is a young argentinian...

I think he will take White instead of Phipps. He should take Mowen instead of McCalman, and Palmer instead of Slipper or Kepu. He also needs a third lock either Douglas or Pyle.

Cam Crawford at 12 for development reasons so the tahs can get him on the field in place of carter?

Wonder why Saifoloi is not starting at flyhalf ahead of hilgendorf? Is Apo injured or just discarded?

Surprised Cusack isn't getting a run off the bench for ACT.

Agreed Scoey, I think the wallabies need a captain who can fire a rocket at the team when needed. Genia would be my pick as captain. Even when Horwill captain the reds, Genia does most of the talking in his vice captain role.

If I was colby I'd go to the rebels and after a season or two play for tonga. He might make a wallaby tour some time in the future when one the top 3 are injured, but in that time he could play 30 tests for tonga.

Did you read the link in the OP? It says the force have a team.

Biggest smokeys for the tests at the moment are Kimlin, Auelua and MMM I reckon.

This is my team at the moment Palmer Moore Robinson Horwill Douglas/Pyle MMM/Higgers Pocock Mowen Genia Cooper Ioane Tapuai AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) JOC (James O'Connor) Beale Alexander Hanson Slipper Pyle/Timani Palu/Aeulea Hooper/Gill White Mitchell/Lealifano It all depends on how Douglas and Horwill go at lineout time. Mowen...

Rugby is a school sport pretty much everywhere in the world. The rugby systems of the teams that regularly beat us such as NZ, South Africa and to a lesser extent England are all fundamentally based on kids learning their rugby when playing at school. I reckon the ARU should be pushing rugby...

One thing I would like to see if this idea does come to fruition, is for the winning academy side to play a barbarian team of club players. Could be a curtain raiser for one of the june tests.

One step ahead of you, but many punters aren't.

What makes you think it will be based entirely on schoolboy selections? I suspect the only players who would crack the academy straight our of school are blokes like Beale, O'Connor, Hooper, Gill, F'Sautia, Browning etc. The rest would have to earn it by good performances in club rugby before...

They are also showing it at 3 on a wednesday arvo. I think the ideal time for it would be 5 on a monday arvo. Like the english premier league highlights show on fox.

This is a brilliant idea for the future but at this point in time I doubt there is enough support in the community for it. It would require an intricate local knowledge, for example, if you based the Reds Academy team on the coast I reckon it would almost definitely fail, but if it was based...