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No coach is picking a scrum half based on their size. It’s so irrelevant to the discussion because if your no9 physicality is an issue for the team then you are asking all the wrong questions. On saying that I agree with many on here on Tate. Actually think he’s one of the more overrated...

Congrats to the Reds for bringing up their 400th game in Super Rugby, but i think it’s wild that Cameron Smith played more NRL games than the Reds have played Super Rugby games. It speaks volumes to how short the season is.

I know we are looking to cut expenses but with the Rebels gone Super Rugby funding must go up and salary cap increased to be even remotely competitive in the real world. Teams also need to find another 5-10 games a year to appease the extra depth in their teams as playing club rugby just doesn’t cut it...

Personally I won’t be abandoning the sport, those arguments are rather immature. However I will definitely be reducing engagement with Super Rugby and will most likely cancel my Stan membership during and only take it up when the Euro tour happens. The rest I can watch at a pub or FTA, that includes a...

Let’s all be real here, this has been coming for a long time. So in a strange way easier to take. However those wanting to excuse RA need to understand they are equally as guilty. They are so incompetent they created an entity in which they were the sole supplier to (rugby matches). They had...

Rob Leota says hello (has also played 7 at Super Rugby level)

NRL gave out $98m plus covered all player salaries. That’s more than $250m last year alone. I understand they have the money and foundations to be able to do so, but just makes me cry haha

That’s just saying they are making a play for money and not the health of the sport as the sport is incredibly healthy under the current model. I have no issues with us taking this approach. Some areas of our fan base believes they are above this tho. For the record very few rugby league clubs...

Quick question for people, why does RA need to support amateur clubs anyway? I have played many sports over the years and not one of them really gets any support from a governing body, well financial support or even resources for that matter, it’s generally all generated through subs from...

QLDer here that lived in Victoria for a decade. Origin is comfortably the largest rivalry for what it means to the average person and “water cooler” talk. Some of the AFL rivalries are large but not in same space as origin. Bringing to conversation back to rugby, QLD v NSW was always the one...

To be fair they did spend 5mins on NRL 360 talking about him the other day when they named him in origin mock teams. He’s been pretty decent this year

Can add these benefactors have also funded plenty of out of school contracts to players that were offered contracts by league clubs. Will Harrison and Edmed both 2 I know that were kept in the game because our systems don’t have the resources to retain some players and compete out of school.

Crowd might have been impacted with magic round. I had a couple of mates that in normal circumstances would come but are at magic round next week, so refrained from coming as they will be away from family entire weekend.

Was at the game live. Not much between the teams in an ordinary affair. If Rebels had a back up hooker they win this, so one reds prob got away with. Neither team will shake the top 4 teams

The numbers are all fluff and include children with the most limited exposure to the sport because it helps get government grants. If there was truly 60k students playing the game, let’s say 25 kids per team. That means there is 2,400 different teams in the country. If there is 100 schools that...

Future Scottish international packing down at hooker

I’m a fan of the premier clubs, have been lucky enough to play at one. But so many that follow them have no idea what’s happening to clubs and competitions outside them. There is a perception that they are doing well, so the sport must be thriving whereas a little bit of the truth of it is that...

Just postpone the round and push everything back a week. It’s not that hard, there is a lot more consequences for rugby in Australia if the tv provider isn’t happy than some club to push things back a week. I play touch footy and they cancel all the time for weather, it just gets pushed back a...

That’s not remotely the same. It’s like NRL putting state of origin the same time Burleigh bears plays North’s. Other than having a community name in common the rugby clubs aren’t remotely like Penrith or Broncos

NRL games out rate the wallabies games, so it’s a simple decision from a tv perspective. The same advertising will likely target a large part of the cross over audience. It would make little sense to have both games clash to maximize their potential spend. These decisions are what drives the...