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It'll be interesting. We need to be more lethal than we have been to be in with a chance but the type of rugby is good. You could still blow us off the park at scrum time and at rucks, our props are a hodgepodge and our backrow, while highly skilled players who punch above their weight are not...

It's bullshit. Whatever the arguments for or against mitigation, the fact is that Farrell tucks his leading arm, leads with the shoulder and drives up. Farrel's not quite as textbook egregious in the body motions as SBW here, but the principles behind the dangerous behaviour are the same...

That's an indictment

Putting aside everything else I'm really impressed and happy with Josh Canham's progression. From the sounds of it he was really made by that Hurricanes game in Super Round. He got a lot of belief and backing from the senior boys in the rebels team and by the coaching staff and he decided that...

The point is not about Nonggorr, the point is about HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes). I'll fully admit I've never rated him (IMO even at his best he's a Black and Gold Ben Alexander), but my opinion went well backwards on him again this year: his set piece work went from less than optimal but competent to severely lacking...

That one (alongside the Holloway non-selection) is very much in line with the remolding for 25/27 that Eddie appears to be looking at. Add Rodha to that group we have there and that's a quality group of 5 domestic locks (Frost, Swain, LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto), Canham and Rodha) plus Skelton & T Hooper to build around.

Did you see him play this season?

The original narrative when the Portugal game was first being discussed was that 15 of these players selected for Aus A will be staying in Europe to play a further 3 fixtures with the barbarians as well to keep up with that World Cup readiness: you'd have to think that all but 3 to 5 blokes...

English Commentary team are plants. Always have been always will be.

Always happens to everybody, I think it just gets emphasized a little more in the NH because they are both (a) genuine Warm Up matches rather than competitive RC (or to a slightly lesser extent, PNC (Pacific Nations Cup)) games and (b) the players are coming in "cold" as compared to SH/Japanese based players: they...

The travelling squad probably only needs to be 18-ish bodies. You'd find it hard pressed given the final 33 selected that most of those not playing against France would play in this fixture due to the lack of gametime, which is around 13 blokes with another 4 or 5 acting as a combination of...

It's 100% nothing that hasn't previously been expressed. An 8 team national competition built off of the back of the Super Squads is the best vehicle for developing domestic players 50-250. Brumbies, Rebels, Force like it because it keeps the core of the squads together for those additional...

Berry was the weakest link in an otherwise excellent game played by the 49 other individuals.

Both codes have come a long long way in 27 years...

For literally all the other chatter going on, seeing Arnold selected in a very 2025 & 2027 forward looking squad is somewhat perplexing.

My brother in christ the movie released 2 years ago made $400 million even with a simultaneous digital release, and that's before you consider the legacy the original novels have as the grandaddy of modern science fiction.

The chaos is fun

Well, we will certainly be entertained at the World Cup, that's for sure!

I probably misspoke and applied my own biases there: moreso that incidents noted and punished on field tend to be looked upon slightly more leniently than any only picked up post match. But ironically, his previous suspension seems to have benefited him here. By the release: Reading between...