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He's playing for Norths. Left the Tahs bubble.

I think your assessment of Newsome as a solid citizen player is pretty fair - Clark, Kellaway to an extent too. It stuns me that in Sydney there are 100's of dynamic young ball-running 95-105kg+ aspiring rugby league players who can tackle yet we end up with players like Newsome etc. at the...

Yep. Shore have plenty of 16's playing up now. Quite a number got shifted up after the first trial game.

There seems ot be a lot of love here for Ready this week and based on: a) his form over the last couple of weeks and; b) the abysmal throwing of other Australian hookers ...he possibly could consider himself unlucky not to be in the extended squad. My concern about Ready and this dates back...

Absolutely right re: defence. In attack I really like how he straightens the attack. One of the things that frustrated me about the Foley/Folou/Beale era was the tendency to be too lateral too often, particularly under pressure. Walton has run some really good simple lines this year which has...

Force and Waratahs players chosen to stay in camp for potential Wallabies inclusion: Waratahs: Angus Bell, Jack Dempsey, Tom Horton, Harry Johnson-Holmes, Rob Simmons, Ned Hanigan, Lachie Swinton, Michael Hooper, Jake Gordon, Will Harrison, Jack Maddocks, James Ramm. Force: Kyle Godwin, Feleti...

How is Edmed going? I havent caught any Eastwood games.

I agree. Once they decided on that back row plus the durability of Tupou and O'Connor this year means most of your key positions are set to build around. The only thing that has made me scratch my head a little is the amount of rotation that has occurred at half back. To me Tate has been the...

That backrow looks good plus Tizzano, Gamble and Sinclair as cover means we have good depth. The lock conundrum is worrying. Do you break the bank to get a star to return? Unlikely given budget cuts. Do you go with youth? Not sure the options are compelling. Might be worth keeping an eye...

Yes, it was a bit of a stretch taking that Perth clip and extrapolating it to a feature article concluding White should be the captain. However I think that Nick Bishop has written some good in-depth analysis lately and as others have pointed out, our rugby sources seem to be lacking in...

Thats a good innovation - a double header. Its not like Channel 7 are promoting all the Shute content they have. Cluch has been a great innovation. Does anyone know what their future fee model looks like? I would be surprised if it stays free for too long. Youtube has increasingly become...

QH, I think Shore must have won the other games in 14's & 15's because their results tally was 13 wins/10 losses for the day. Shore lost thirds to View so based on your results tally above that means Shore won the remaining fixtures. 6 Shore teams had bye's.

There’s a big difference between causation and correlation.

I agree. I have enjoyed watching some of the league guys thrive and add to the game. I just wanted to add a few names that people probably have forgotten because, well, they were failures.

Jordan Rapana Will Chambers (can argue this one) Sam Burgess Benji Marshall Reece Robinson Quite a few in Shute Shield.

Damien Cook and Tyson Frizell might be handy too. I dont watch a lot of League but what I have seen of Cook impressed me: serious acceleration and can pass well both ways. Would be nice at 9...

Seems like the View fixture was Wednesday’s news. I got it directly from someone from 1’s so something changed today, unsurprisingly. Definitely Shore vs Newington now.

His pay was cut by 66% according to the Australian, along with all players earning more than $300k pa. As part of the RUPA negotiated pay deal in April, 5 players were granted the right to a 6 month sabbatical to top up their pay - Rodda, Beale, DHP, To'omua and Hooper.

Shore 1sts were told last night they’re playing Riverview this weekend although not confirmed by the school yet.

I always remember a description of James O'Connor by Spiro Zavos about his antics with Quade and Kurtley back in the Robbie Deans era. Supposedly an ARU official told him: "O’Connor was the worst of the Three Amigos....he would encourage and lead his mates into trouble and then, somehow, slide...