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Sort of, the strongest it gets is to say that for some players it's their first choice super side or club: And that is still very specifically coded as a rejection of NSW above and beyond anything else. But probably more importantly "some" and "through agents" is doing a bit of heavy lifting...

Yeah, lack of motor has been one of his biggest issues. Not so big a deal in a bench role, but I think that's all he's suited to at the moment.

Swain hasn't actually left, he's just gone West. But yes, he's in an excellent negotiating position and a strong rebuke to the initial suggestion that he goes to the tahs would've only strengthened that. Still though plenty may come down to his wants and desires outside the game. Money (and...

Oh absolutely, but if you're Lukhan the carrot you're looking for is from RA specifically (not sure the tahs could upgrade his Rebels contract in a $ sense, it's reportedly $600k). If I was in his position I'd be trying to lock in a 2 or ideally 3 year deal to take me through to the World Cup...

Would it though? He's already playe for GPS up in QLD this year and the way the Rebels have played in Brisbane club rugby throughout the super season it's entirely likely he was registered there from the start.

I'm pretty sure he has significant considerations outside the game (his family/partner being a big one). Beyond that he has might have enough clout to chance it a bit and I don't think RA generally or Schmidt specifically would be too keen to walk too far down the path of saying we need to see...

Look we're at cross purposes here, it looks like we fundamentally disagree on what the individual players' commitment is to RA (and RA's commitment to them) based on the contracts these players have and the CBA that governs them. I don't think we're going to get any further with this.

Chances are looking pretty good we see Canham playing for the Reds against Wales:

Playing club rugby is performing the job they were hired to do, as clearly stated in the terms of their contract and the CBA. If RA need them to do another job they have to negotiate that contract with them, but to call fulfilling those duties in full "not doing a good job" is wrong. I'm not...

Great to hear Wright is only a one week stinger. He's had horrible luck with injuries, it would have been a real shame for him to be out for a long time just as he was stringing together a good run of form and being rewarded for it. A return against Georgia should be good timing for Ikitau too...

Rodda (alongside Lucas and Hockings) rejected the variation from the Reds (reduced pay during covid) and left to play in France before returning to the Force. Uelese and Kemeny got overseas contracts quickly and took their releases, but why is that different to your idea of penalizing those...

They were trialing it last year I think (just tracking the points without enforcing caps) but I don't think it ever got anywhere beyond that.

They would've been well aware of the potential. There is a lot of noise being made right now because of the rejection of the tahs (or at least the article about it) but the issue is far from resolved, and doesn't really need to be resolved until October/November in most cases. For players that...

The contract is tripartite with the player, the rebels and RA and technically it has already been breached as it is to play super rugby in Melbourne. Part of that (or maybe part of the CBA separately, I'm not sure of the structure) is that RA has agreed to honour all contracts in the event of a...

I'm not sure I've fully followed your argument, but is it that RA should deny any release for these players choosing to play club and force them to see out their contracts before heading overseas? Because if so I'm almost certain that's not possible. The players contracts are in a bit of a no...

Given that list of 11 names I wouldn't be too confident going to the tahs would have you in a much safer position or better position to show your skills for plenty of those guys. It doesn't look so much like a targeted list to build out a squad as much as the tahs trying to grab anyone and...

Sure, it's all hypothetical from the outside. The important part for me though (if I was a player considering heading to the tahs) would be them demonstrating that they had considered what went wrong and were taking action to make sure it didn't happen again, specifically with regard to systems...

RA's appeal has been denied:

That does leave Feliuai to the Brumbies, which has been rumoured for some time now.

Something screwy going on with the quoting there...