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Would be a very solid replacement, but on the evidence of last night I think we're going to really miss BPA for several reasons; - His lineout work has been solid, seems to always be starting when our scrum is going forward - Makes some really important defensive plays e.g later phase turnovers...

Hey who is Ben Grant?

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/rugby/japanese-club-rugby-poised-massive-shake-up-around-foreign-players-v1 Non-capped foreign players in Japan may need to do a Gunter/Cornelsen and declare for the Brave Blossoms if they want to be a part of the new domestic comp they are putting...

Is Jock injured? He was great playing at 15 in the early part of the season. Hegarty has had a few runs now, seemed like he was being relied on to implement and/or defend some kind of kicking strategy which has been poor tactical choice in both TT games so far. Campbell showed alot more in terms...

Fucking hell we need some more money don't we

It's good that Wilson and Valetini both jump pretty well so you don't lose much by having them both. I'm liking what Valetini is doing at 8 at the moment

I would have thought the obvious reason could be that ASY (Angus Scott-Young) has had an absolutely sensational season at 6 in combo with McReight. I haven't forgotten how good Wright is, but ASY (Angus Scott-Young) has gone to another level this year and it would be a deserving selection.

Timani's last few games since arriving have been more effectual than Lukhan's. I don't disagree that he's probably only a short term back up option, however I think his set piece and maul work + workrate seems considerably better than my memories of him playing for the Wallabies as a 26 yo (not...

It's by no means clear that Lynagh will turn out to be a long term Super Rugby 10 for QLD despite his heritage. .....But fuck it would be so awesome if he did.

I envy the reality you live in. I would be passionate about the game if we were 30th in the world, but it would break my heart to see the rest of Australia tune out of our great game because we didn't find the right balance to produce high performance outcomes. P.S I agree with you that open...

His old man has some history in QLD does he not? Personally if he's keen to come you'd be mad to say no if it made sense on a squad basis. He's a gun.

Carving up semi professionals is also not quite an accurate portrayal of the Top League. It's stacked full of international stars, of which only the minority percentage are truly long in the tooth these days. E.g two weeks ago he had a run in with Suntory (McMahon, Beauden Barrett, Kerevi...

As always it won't be a decision made in isolation. The combined skillset is what counts, 6, Options include; - Swinton (might be the frontrunner, but for mine has done no more prove it should be him than Dempsey. Only difference is Dempsey has had a longer period of injuries and poor form...

If I was picking a Wallaby team to play an important test match do or die, Valetini is going to a better chance at making my bench than ASY (Angus Scott-Young). BUT If I'm contracting a pool of players who I'm trying to combine to get the best overall output over a Super Rugby season? ASY (Angus Scott-Young) hands down. Good...

Petaia's ball control was poor but he was about 50 times more dangerous than Stewart is on his best day, Unless I'm missing something, the current arrangement of 12-15 has been going well enough to continue. LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto)'s performance was middling against the tahs, he didn't assert himself like a...

He plays on the edge sure. At least one of his penalties (the petaia double team whack) last night was flat wrong

Pretty impressed by Lee-Warner and Timani's efforts last night. For the Wob squad I'd have one of them, LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto), Neville (playing consistently well) + Phillip if he's signing back here and becomes available (Blyth if not).

I thought it was pretty class of BPA to talk publicly about his decision making re. going to Montpellier "But the nature of it is that a lot of rugby players were tradies and there's a few other garbos I know; we came from hard yakka so to get an opportunity like this you can't say no. "For my...

Why should players not be able to go to pubs and clubs like the rest of the 20 somethings in the world for a drink with their friends. My money is on this being a huge beat up, and the security guard being an opportunist. Furthermore, it's not fair to suggest Vunivalu has some kind of history...

Agree there are more important things in rugby than the bulk up top, but equally have you goddamn seen the rig being piloted by Marcos Kremer? That boy looks as huge as he plays right now