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Zander Fagerson charged with offence starting 4 weeks. Losing 1 week for on field sanction and immediate plea of guilt at first opportunity. Losing another for a coaching technique session. Very lucky boy. Interesting proposition for this upcoming week re: what to do with Nel and how much...

Whether or not he will be any good is a moot point. The point is that blokes like him, who've aged out of under 20s but are far from the finished product need minutes in legs against pros, or you'll only find out what they're actually capable of at 24, 25, 26, and they've hung around on the...

He's the type of player you really REALLY need to be finding a way of getting over to the NPC for that extra 6-10 games of running against professional bodies.

White injury, Fagerson suspension, Finn-Sione-Huw not quite gelling when dealing with the tighter running of BK as opposed to the wider style of Hogg. Lots to figure out for return fixture against what will be a much Stronger French outfit. 4 boys dropped from the squad as well: Dobie staying...

Was going to be asking him about as much at the Box Hill sponsors lunch on Saturday, but thought better of it, poor mate got a hard time from a lot of oldies who think any kicking is too much kicking!

Gordon and Cooper feel very square pegs in round holes at the mo.

I love GAGR sometimes. So many stupid autofills

I want it. I want it to be too big, too ambitious, too filled with haves and have nots.

It is indeed somewhat strange that journos don't ask about the things everybody gets talking about.

I think WR (World Rugby) will not be happy if there's messing around with the front rowers. They've increased the squads by two, without the increase in matchday squads there was between '11 and '15, AND increased the minimum time between games for everyone. I imagine there's an implicit understanding.

In the absence of a more general RWC warmups thread: Wales have named the following team to take on England: 15. Leigh Halfpenny, 14. Louis Rees-Zammit, 13. George North, 12. Max Llewellyn, 11. Rio Dyer, 10. Sam Costelow, 9. Gareth Davies, 1. Corey Domachowski, 2. Ryan Elias, 3. Keiron...

Sounds like the right model to have moving forward for this hair brained nonsense of a club based 3rd tier.

There's a cynical part of me that likes it. Put up or shut up. Hope the funding is very minimal.

Might be underwhelming, but will definitely be interesting. France's first game, will the b team come out, the A team or a mix of both? And will it be something closer to full strength we chuck out there or will the Toonie tombola continue. A bit unsung, but Bayliss is someone I hope gets...

Interesting to see Ekauasi lining up for Auckland in the NPC. No doubt contracted to play for them well in advance, but means that this year won't count towards any residency IIRC.

Ikitau in for Perese and it's absurdly difficult to argue that that's not the strongest group of backs you could put out, even if positional reshuffling was required.

Scotland team named for Italy clash. Lots of starters missing to provide opportunity. The two Rory's with the biggest opportunity to stamp their authority on the game and stake a claim for the starters jerseys. Cap on a big 15 months from Stafford, having gone from lucky to not be squeezed...

We threw this tournament away, Uruguay 100% deserved the win and the USA should have been much closer. While we're not top 8 in the world, the boys are talented enough and get enough practical support in terms of dietitians and strength and conditioning that we shouldn't be outside the final, a...

I presumed there would have been something to do with playing in State colours prior/early post federation. Doesn't stop it looking butt ugly, particularly pairing a very uninteresting blue with the maroon piping.

I know it's Tah-ish but that blue is awful.