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I buy a Platinum and 4 Little Rebel packs each year, and wow it's depressing to think of it like that. Reckon we can claim the capital loss on tax? :P The Rising are already offering better value. $46 / 3 wins = $15.34 a win.

Absolutely terrific news out of the Rebel/Rising camp today.

That's another point - the Dewar Shield players have been training as a Rising squad since the middle of their season. That's like early June. Add in a Rebels contingent training to a similar style (albeit with different results), under the same coaching staff, with no Super Rugby finals or...

Going with a group of five mates, all keen to see a massacre. The Rising are the best thing to happen to rugby in this state. It's like Super Rugby but without the away fans and the inevitable disappointment.

Posted the above in the shield thread, my opinion on why the Rising/Spirit dominance is a good (and almost definitely temporary) thing. I honestly don't buy the conspiracy theory that this is an ARU setup to give Melbourne or Perth a trophy. If they really wanted to satisfy a core market, it'd...

Keep in mind, a lot of the Rising (and Spirit) are fringe players as well, so the experience they're getting as a group will be beneficial for the Australian conference going forward. More depth in the Aus conference = more Rebel and Force players in the Wobs squad = less Rebel and Force...

Jack has a very good boot on him, so much so that Essendon were very strongly courting him to switch codes while he was at West Harbour. He's very technically skilled, but the NRC looks to have done wonders for his in-game awareness. He was a bit deer-caught-in-headlights when he made his...

This might be the best thing I've read on this website. I was lucky enough to help the Rebels find their feet in that regard, and I always get a little shiver when the 'Reeeeeebels' chant starts up by itself. As you described, it's a tiny bit of the club's soul appearing right in front of your...

I had the wind knocked out of me just by clicking the link. Good Lord.

This guy knows what's up. At this point (and not knowing or caring about the Sydney political ramifications) I'd probably merge North Harbour and Stars to create a single North/East Sydney team. That gets us to eight and a pretty even spread of talent. I'd love Adelaide to get a team, but...

Love the passion #1 Tah. It was really exciting being at AAMI to see the Rising kick off. It reminded me of when I saw the Rebels kick off in the NRC, and had the likes of Digby Ioane and Dave Dennis showing their wares at the start of their careers. Yesterday was better from a Victorian...

Weeksy will probably go up to the Stars given his Sydney Uni ties. I agree that we should be mixing local players in amongst an established unit. The goal of the Rising should be to close the gap between Dewar and S15.

LAURIEEEEEEE!

Stop putting your facts in the way of my feel-pinion.

The Reds got three selections and they're worse than we are.

Very disappointing to see no Rebels. Would've thought Jones had done enough. Higginbotham is understandable as his discipline has been atrocious. Should have at least made the bench. Real buzzkill of an announcement.

Very disappointing list for mine. Ranging from the ones that are so obvious they could be handled in referee directives (2, 4, 9, 11) to ones that are so ludicrous they shouldn't have been considered (7, 10). In all, nothing that's going to make the game more enterprising or exciting, which is...

The final twelve proposed variations: 1. Instead of 4 try bonus point, winning team is awarded a bonus point for finishing 3 or more tries ahead of their opponents. 2. Reduced time limits for conversions and penalty kick attempts. 3. After a successful or unsuccessful penalty goal attempt...

Why didn't the ARU use this as the marketing tagline instead 'We're in, RU'?

Why future tense?