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Bad day to be a certain very social media-oriented coach. Failing to make finals with a traditional powerhouse is not ideal for your brand.

They're wealthy and thus have perks like free strapping for Saturdays and training or internships/jobs to throw around. They have a brand around Brisbane as evidenced by the number of navy caps with a white B I see outside of rugby. Most of their friends head there. Wallabies and Reds seem to...

At least you admit you're no longer interested in Australian rugby doing well. Do something productive with your life. I recommend volunteering at a local junior club.

Calling out my comprehension of English when you're a grown man that talks like this is an interesting move. Your team in Melbourne is dead. Get over it. Make a meaningful contribution to the discussion or go follow AFL.

are you going to make a coherent point or are you going to spend every post crying about imagined slights against Melbourne or your preferred players?

Negativity gets clicks, especially in a landscape where traditional print media is on life support because it's rarely better than the competition. I saw a post on an NRL forum where a person asked ChatGPT to write an article about a rumored player move and it cranked out a polished article...

would be fun initially but the novelty would wear off fast if it's not finals

I reckon you can turn up to compete without playing to the opponent's strengths instead of our own. Calling for a scrum on every penalty would suit the Boks, whereas taking a quick tap and running the ball with off-loads benefits our more mobile pack. If we do scrum, mimic Fiji and use it as a...

Colts mostly are, would honestly be surprised if more than a quarter of grade rugby players are students at UQ though. Probably an even smaller proportion for Prems.

That's a raw deal, Tim Ryan deservedly received plenty of accolades this year but Grealy was a very safe and consistent presence on the other wing.

I thought we were trying to get rid of the caterpillar ruck?

Thomas always looks great after time away but then slowly reverts back to a habit of taking ages to pry the ball out of the ruck and not putting any speed on his delivery. It's like he gets into his own head.

For those capable of playing both, it's silly to not take the more numerous and straight forward opportunities for payment league offers. Even if you're a goldenboy prodigy that went to the right schools and followed the right pathways, you can pull a Sua'ali'i and start in league and then wait...

Even then it's arguably an afterthought in the one country where league is the dominant code. At least the other countries are competitive in the commonwealth games without importing players born and raised in the one place league is popular.

Why would two clubs with better or equal numbers be "very happy" with Bond's numbers?

Norths have Prem grade, ressies, 3rd grade, and also 4th grade for a few weeks this year plus at least two grades of Colts. Sunnybank have full depth down to 5th grade and 4 grades of Colts.

Some really want to be a nailed-on Prem grade starter instead of a body that shifts between Prem and Ressies depending on the week. It's a bit silly if you're not getting Super Rugby looks if you ask me, but different things make different people happy.

blink twice if there's a man in butcher stripes holding a gun to your head

Depends on how you measure global reach. NBA or cricket could be the biggest based on raw numbers due to China or India, but the premier league probably has the widest geographic distribution of fans.

define "on the nose"