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2022 Fixtures Announced https://www.theroar.com.au/rugby-union/shute-shield-fixtures/ Hopefully we will get a full season next year!

I agree. I am happy to see the Pacific Islander sides but for the sake of a good competition, I would have rather seen 5 Australian teams and 7 Kiwi teams.

And play the Kiwis in Brisbane?

Home ground?

When is Hanigan available?

Is there a specialist fullback in the whole country?

time for a 2022 Thread? Or is there already one?

good call

Agree. IMO, he could have made all 4 YC calls without a replay.

I think that there is more chance that he will come out as gay than give the money back.

Had we lost by a point, would there have been as much praise for Luke Pearce?

How would get it from the middle to the back to win the ball and not infringe the law? I agree with this but I also think that the referee interpretation on what constitutes a maul, that is no longer moving, has a significant impact. There were mauls last night that I would have said stopped...

I'm not totally convinced about the quality of some of these league players if they were playing at the elite rep level week in, week out. Many of these players are in the NSW league team who have lost to a weak Queensland league team 3 times in the last 6 games. Plus when they play for...

#1 If it is a tackle, then he has to come through the gate and play the ball from behind the tackled player. If it is a ruck, why can he uses his hands from in front of the ball but no other player can use hands?

#2 if you can't tackle a man on the ground, then the balance has to be that a player can't crawl. He has to get to his feet.

Wait until he grows up!

IMO Link was very good at the Tahs too

The balance of probabilities is that there was some showmanship here. However you would find it very hard to disprove that there was not some impact to the player's head even if just from the impact of the whiplash from a tackle with high force.

Referees don't make it to the elite level without developing the skills to perform a very thorough assessment of their own performance. They are also subject to a performance review from the relevant referee managers ie SANZAR, World Rugby etc. Referees face intense scrutiny from referee...

Gardner is injured and was not involved in the match where Swinton was red carded.