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Pre-game entertainment is great, really positive to see RA engaging more and more with the whole of night product, not just the 80 minutes of rugby.

I don't know, not sure they'll be too keen on anything that leads to more scrums after last week

There were definitely some outside the organization/tahs fans suggesting they might have screwed up by loosing both Williams and Douglas at once, but internally everyone was riding the feel good wave of that season and showing a bit of blind faith in a rookie super coach.

He was with the tahs for the entire 23 season and played their final game that year (Quarter final vs the chiefs). His signing for the Force was announced around 3 weeks later. There is plenty of things you can blame Penney for, but losing Williams falls squarely with Coleman. He was part of...

Hard to blame letting Williams go on Penney, given he was still at the tahs for 2022 when Coleman had already taken over as coach. Seems much more likely he was a victim of Coleman's inability to build a balanced squad, and his vacillation between chasing size at the expense of efficacy and...

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet but it sounds like Angus Staniforth might have signed with Aurillac in France for next season Supporters group on Facebook seems pretty convinced: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/MBEikPy39Z7KFoPf/?mibextid=oFDknk

All reports were not until at least August I think. Don't think there's any chance of him against Wales or Tonga.

Plenty of Rebels and a few Force still running around this week though - Gibbon, Dobbins, Smith, Faifua, Maiava, Mason Gordon and David Vaihu all named. Any other non reds names stand out as missing? Story going around that Will Cartwright has been called into the reds as halfback cover against...

You'd be crazy not to take tests to Melbourne, they're the most profitable destination for big, draw card matches (Bledisloe, lions and England, maybe Ireland and South Africa too). Crowd numbers absolute support those event games. Taking smaller, non draw card teams there though? Feels like a...

That's already been ruled out I think, they're chasing (and might have already locked up) Rabah Slimani instead.

They weren't able to do it when the NRC was being setup, I can't imagine many (or really any) of them being in a better position to now.

The future of Australian rugby is secure: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bleeding-knees-burning-abs-i-spent-a-week-living-like-david-pocock-it-nearly-killed-me-20240704-p5jr07.html

Dove Men+Care have come on board as a wallabies sponsor through 2027: https://www.rugby.com.au/news/dove-mencare-gets-on-board-with-the-wallabies-2024711 I expect we'll be seeing more deals signed in the coming months as momentum towards the Lions builds. Great bonus from having the world cup...

Yeah, if this was going to change it would've changed after the Force were cut. This is not some arcane interpretation of the contracts or hidden loophole no one thought to close, it's a known provision that both sides agreed to and has been used before. Players exercising this right are not...

Overall yeah, though I think there might be a few top earners in Japan who take the cake there. The key for it though is getting more product out of those extra games. Development games have plenty of values, but if they're not earning more money off of broadcast/tickets/sponsorship/appearance...

They are also in talks with at least Pone Fa'amausili, possibly others. The reality is they need a couple of props and Harry Johnson-Holmes (who is more than capable at this level) would definitely be an improvement on their current squad

I'm not 100% on it and I can't find a source but it's the number I have in my head (maybe $67k). That could be a bit out of date now though. Edit: It looks like it's now $85k (as of 2023)...

Played club and is back in camp, but maybe didn't have enough time to get up to speed. I think they made a pretty late call on Wright's fitness so that might not have helped his case. Fully fit he should be miles ahead of Gleeson on form and experience.

There's a list of 11 players we've been talking about, some who would be on something like the base super rugby contract (I think that's set at around $60k scratch that, it's $85k). Family is also a very real concern for some of these guys - Salakaia-Loto reportedly left Northampton early...

The rumour is the Force