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Higgers will play tighter me thinks more like he did in his stint at the Rebels. This current Reds side has size out wide whereas previous years didn't. That is why Higgers played the way he did those years. Thor will also play tight and the times you see him out wide will only be off the...

Time for a young fella to step up and make it his own. Feel sorry for George but there is a silver lining. I think we have a better idea now of Thorn's vision now we have the squad and support staff locked down. The SAS fella is a great signing. If we can play with the fitness and poise to close...

I think we are seeing the right changes but let's just take the season 1 game at a time and build our season in that fashion.

I'm not sure what was worse, the Wallabies performance or the last five pages of absolute crap I have just read in this thread. Australian Rugby is just so full of shit weather it be the rugby or the fans. Bitching and pea heated shit is was you get most. It explains a lot of our woes. That...

Forgot to mention no old boy connections either.

It's nothing personnel about their fans as they seem a decent bunch but the way this whole saga has carried out makes it hard to have any time for the Rebels at all.

Beggars belief. I would actually be happy if the next person has no experience at all. A total clean slate so to speak.

Plenty of excellent talent in QLD. Best stick with them. Compare last years debacle with 2009-2011 leading to the title. Young talent, fringe players from other franchises and a few old heads in a culture absolutely geared for development. If paper won titles coaches would be selecting notepads...

This is great news. I didn't support his return to the Reds so am most happy he is gone AGAIN. We have two good young hookers and we will find a third. He added nothing to the Reds in 2017.

If Scotland played the way they did against NZ, they will stuff us up big time. The way they play these days is both physical and smart. They had Fifita and Read in playing tight which is a good indicator NZ is being put under serious pressure. They will frustrate us up front and strangle our...

I feel for all the grass roots rugby people in WA. Give up your time for the game you love and keep getting fucked over. If you love your rugby outside of the traditional strongholds, it's a feeling you are generally accustomed to. You wouldn't expect some establishment turd from the strong...

Having watched a bit NRC this year, we are in a good position with some of the talent coming through. Valetini and Timu have a shitload of promise at 8. I see Kefu type quality in Timu's game.

Know a Styles who spells the way I did. Simple mistake.

Styles and Thorn both have demonstrated to be astute technical coaches though I see Thorn more of a leader which is where I see improvement in the Reds as much of the woes of the Reds within the last few years have been cultural. Where I see Styles being best suited is to be recruited as Wallaby...

All so easy to brush aside the repercussion's of the decisions when your team didn't get the raw prawn hey!

World Rugby has to subsidize PI nations but it should be conditional to a World Rugby delegate being placed on the National Unions board. I'm not sure how World Rugby collects a slice of the revenue pie but a development levy for Tier 2 nations would be a goer. Player Eligibility should include...

Arnold would be mad to go the Brumbies. Carter and his brother have the starting spots locked down and Enever seem content being their bridesmaid. Just no opportunity there for him. Tahs should be chasing him.

The interesting one for me this year will be Higgers. I think Caleb Timu will force him to six which isn't a bad thing at all. Slipper, Moore, Thor, Rodda, Tui, Higgers, Smith and Timu for mine is a good pack with a good dynamic.

Okay to be excited this year. There is a point of difference which is refreshing. I expect the Reds to be fitter and stronger but I am very curious to see how we play. When you look at the attributes of the players in the squad, there is scope to play various styles. Reds could be absolutely...

Looks like a good squad being built. It looks like the Rebels might have the best balanced pack I can recall them having.