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So what does the Shute Shield Table look like in 9 months time, seeing as we have given Southern Districts the Wooden Spoon.

Probably ok as a once off but to keep doing it was tantamount to flogging the dead horse. Surely we can do with less of the non rugby entertainment and more of the real action we pay to see. Bring back a proper quality curtain raiser.

Wonder how many more they will bring back with them as well.

GPS are upping the ante for the rest by taking a pre season 2 match tour to Fiji.

Crossy will run a good show if he is involved.

Was being generous

and Thorn went back down a few levels to hone his rugby game. Famously declined an all black jersey until he thought he deserved it. INTEGRITY.

Will Southern Districts improve this year or be another seaon of arse kickings?

thats where the rest of the overhaul needs to be done, in the management. At the end of 2003 RA had a mammoth amount of cash due to hosting a successful RWC. It took about 14 or 15 years and it was all gone when we woke up the place was effectively skint. We are now hinging an economic revival...

big difference between schoolboy and Super Rugby / Test Match rugby. Plenty of blokes are schollboy stars that dont make the transition

My first gripe with the system is why are we recruiting outside our junior development pool? RL and Offshore. If we are doing a great job at lower levels we should have a constant supply of skilled players to select from. Maybe a look at the AFL model of what happens at junior levels is...

My two cents YES TOP 4 Wests - Maybe depends if enough return from last year UQ - Probably cause it is in the DNA of the place Brothers - have been building and good players moving up to grades NO WAY Bond - No chance not enough depth Sunnybank -will move up but it is a slow climb Easts -...

Hence why the current system (which IMHO is broken) needs an overhaul.

Funny that the hard arse leader everyone wanted , The Link Ewan MacKenzie, got ousted but the playing group who didnt like his tough stand.

well for what it is worth I think if he wants to play rugby then he should find shute shield or QPR club and prove himself before he gets a contract. I reckon this should be a pre requisite for every player whether arriving from offshore, another code or the schoolboy system. Some may take a...

So seeing as most clubs have had a week or so of pre season under their belts now surely all the conjecture of movements has settled down. Is there any confirmed moves that have got people intrigued?

hope not. prefer rugby stick with blokes that want to be rugby players not mercenaries.

Not sure what Rodha has been smoking but it must be good stuff.

interesting trait all of those named had was "Passion" for all the on and off field facets of rugby Not in it for the $$$, or anything else but the love of the game and winning. All the other spoils arrived because of their success. Could be a lesson in that for some of the "mercenaries" and...

That crash and bash big body style hasn't been too successful for the PI teams though. Tonga, Samoa and Fiji et al trophy cabinents arent exactly bulging. Aussies best teams were the ones that played with intelligence (Lynagh), were adaptive to the circumstance (Ella) and played with a bit of...