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Also, I missed this last week, but Cory Hill is playing for a 4th Division Japanese side! I know he's got plenty of caps but that's got to be about equivalent to getting picked of reserve grade in Perth or Canberra here. Hell of a great name for a club though.

Amazing to only bring one specialist 10 and then leave him on the bench. Could still get all the value from Thomas by playing him at 12.

I'm a bit surprised Gatland hasn't started Costelow here. Wainwright a massive loss.

Shot clock has been confirmed for AAMI park this weekend:

I don't know how the tahs are responding to these questions behind closed doors, but I don't think "those guys are all gone so it's not a problem anymore" is a good enough answer. If the problem was the head coach overulling the S&C staff then I'd be looking for an explanation of why they didn't...

To some degree, though taking a full contract with only club commitments does make this a bit easier than it might otherwise be, particularly if there's a group of them doing it in the one city (and ideally at the one club). Overall though the goal probably wouldn't be a whole season of club...

They have been running shot clocks in the Northern hemisphere pretty much since the rule change. While I understand there is a technical challenge there it is a very solvable one. I'd argue the issue hasn't been so much how hard it was but how much the relevant institutions care. Given how...

For some of the guys lower on the list it honestly might - how much time would Dobbins expect with Porecki, Vailanu, Heaven and Fourie fit? Arguably he's going to have a better chance showing what he's got playing for a Wests side he's familiar with than with a Shute Shield club he's never...

Part of the problem seems to be the binary nature of the conversation, at least from the outside - the tahs want these players (and RA ostensibly wants them to go there), while they've all apparently listed Brisbane as their preferred destination and have no interest in the tahs. There are a few...

To be honest I care much less about the players seeing the shot clock for their own kicks compared to the product the fans are getting. A kick timing out isn't actually a problem in that respect, but no one really knowing what the hell is happening is. I brought stan up specifically because...

I wonder if this move to centralisation helps explain the Brumbies apparent lack of interest in rebels players. The combination of dire finances and the ongoing process would likely have left them unable to move to much on those available. I wonder if we'll see a bit more movement now that it...

I only mentioned innovative in the sense that stan are seen as that so I can't see any reason they wouldn't or couldn't move quickly on this now. Why it's taken so long I don't really know, but I was under the impression there was some resistance from New Zealand that had been holding things...

Any word on where Kaitu'u is headed? I'd love to see him back in Qld to have one last crack at the wallabies before heading os.

I'm pretty sure there was a bit of talk about him and the playing group not seeing eye to eye, but with a new high performance director coming in late there was always a high chance of coaching turnover.

Not a particularly surprising development given their results, but Grant Anderson has finished up as the Reds SuperW coach: No word who's next but I imagine they'll want to have them appointed quickly given the women are touring Tonga alongside the men.

Shot clock in stadium confirmed, hopefully on the broadcast to: I vaguely remember the initial resistance/delay was coming from NZ (possibly sky specifically), so hopefully with them getting out of the way we can now move quick here too. Certainly I can't see Stan resisting or dragging their...

A bit more detail around the fundraising for Jordan Luke this weekend: https://www.rugby.com.au/news/fillthehill-to-aid-injured-norths-winger-jordan-luke-2024710 And there's a go fund me setup for him here: https://gofund.me/e91d7b50

First tie break in the under 20s is head to head result, points difference comes in afterwards.

https://www.rugby.com.au/news/shot-clock-to-be-introduced-for-second-all-blacksengland-test-after-mckenzie-drama-202479 1 or 2 years of a set time limit for kicks with no shot clocks. New Zealand get penalized and 3 days later they're in place. Glad they're finally putting them in, but I wish...

Even without claims of phoenixing the operation was unsustainable - they were losing money much too fast without any real plan to turn that around, or the capital to keep them going long enough to change that. It's why RA couldn't continue to run them and (part of) why the consortium was knocked...