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its a 8 game season. Why get so uptight about it all. Let the kids play and develop and lets look at them after a couple of 25 match seasons.

melbourne let him go for a reason - just wondering if they knew something

And we still paid big $$$$ for him - go figure

What did the Melbourne storm do to manage this issue with him compared to what the Reds have been doing? Might be worth a call and have the S&C outfits compare notes.

maybe it was a $$$$$ issue. Twiggy might be feeling the pinch of interest rate rises and inflation --

Been the vibe for over 12 months now apparently. We saw the shuffle of personnel in the office last year as well so something is not aligning.

The problem is that QLD kids are missing out on spots to develop to make the REDS a better operation.

Joined - Looking for better comp for their players Left - cause the financial drain of airfares and accom etc What is the bigger picture then? All I see is a bunch of very talented players bust their asses for most of the season to be bumped when the "stars" return. No wonder so many give it...

Well it is up the Victorian Rugby to improve the standard so the gap closes. QPR and Shute Shield cant be expected to prop up all the franchises for ever. We know another tier would be nice but havent been able to have any success with NRC or similar so we have to make "clubland" stronger...

and a couple of big bodies in the second row

Would dearly love to see RA step in and make it mandatory for contracted players to stay in the state competition under that super franchise. ie REDS - QPR, Waratahs - Shute Shield, REbels - Melbourne, Force - Perth , Brumbies - ACT/Canberra. This would spread the talent and possibly help drive...

If he wants a great defence coach it might be worth looking out for Peter Ryan. Has rugby pedigree along with RL experience. Did a good job with Reds pre-covid. Plus he was known in his playing days as one of the hardest toughest tacklers in the game.

The issue is that the game is evolving rapidly and what we expect props to do now is markedly different to other eras. There will always be the new kids coming in with more speed, more size, more skills and bigger work rates that will entice the selectors.

do we really think he has the durability to be around in 4/5 years with the same impact as he does now? For mine he has a 2 to 3 year of high perfromance.

Alex is way under rated in Qld. I have watched him develop over a few years and reckon he is the real deal. Would take him before Zander or Hoopert right at this moment. i only see an upward trajectory for him while the other 2 seem to have maxed out already.

Or his stupid "advisor" who let him get it.

BJ or Kye???

I would have thought that 2024 being after the RWC plenty of players would be looking to europe and japan for big cash roles rather than returning to super rugby. If Eddie gets many back then I would expect the next level players would be jetting off. Players about 24 to 27 years old who have a...

goes for Tupou as well

So to change the topic, lets see everyone's Test Match 23 for the RWC. Couple of gaps cause we have traffic in those spots I would like to see what develops over Super Rugby. 1. Bell 2. 3. 7 A's 4. Philp 5. 6. Valetini 7. Gamble 8. Harry Wilson 9. McDermott 10 Lolesio 11. Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) (Naw????)...