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Is Reece Hewat fit and training? He came off with a busted shoulder during a BNE City game I watched. He’s a class player, and more a 7/6 against the big boys despite being shunted to 8 a lot in 20’s. If King George’s retirement is hence, I’d be fine with him and Wright scrapping for the 7...

The fucking head scratching elements here are that; a) Thorn doesn’t run the QRU, he is the Reds head coach. Given the significant negatives to canning QC (Quade Cooper) with 2 years to run and over a million dollars to pay who the fuck at the QRU would approve such a decision after weighing up the risks and...

Look, I love Samu but right now I’d prefer a Hunt/Beale 12/15 combo (in whatever order) to starting Kerevi. Why depart from a pretty good formula more than necessary? Samu had an ok Super Rugby season but injury then a poor performance meant a starting jersey slipped away from him. Neither injury nor...

Who is actually the scrum coach on the tour?

Cheik’s inconsistent logic and gut calls continue to distress and confuse me. There are multiple examples across the squad. Anything less than 3 wins sucks. It will be very sweet indeed to get some revenge on England and Scotland

Sham Vui > Manu This stuff is starting to really get to me. Vui is out of a job, his whole family and club mates are here but he may not come home because a) the Reds have a reputation as a shit place to improve and push ahead in your rugby career and b) Cordingley (“List Manager”) is (I’ve...

I agree. Kuridrani's time has come and gone. Ngamanu is an good player, looked decent in the super U20's but in his NRC time he's not really stood out. The decision to sign him over Banks (who did stand out in his NRC time) will go down in hindsight as one of the QRU's more serious blunders in...

I 've thought about how you would arrange Beale and Hunt in the same side and I've settled on the conclusion that it's not particularly important what numbers they wear. Hunt defends in the front line for the most part and attacks from the back (as the second wave attacker or looking for inside...

The right thing for the Rebels is to go with Lance (if possible) and Jack McGregor (who I have been mightily impressed with in his NRC games, despite some growing pains and errors). It's the same story with the Reds and Hamish Stewart, The Tahs and Mack Mason, the Brumbies with young Hansen...

It's a fantastic accomplishment for Daugunu. I do like seeing young players who perform well in QLD premier rugby get a look in. If he's as talented as it seems then he may grow into a real weapon HOWEVER Please don't forget that we've been down this road before. Does anyone remember Junior...

The two young fellas Blyth and Hockings are pretty good, but they do definitely need to be placed firmly in the Slipper-Thorn lifting and eating program for a few months. It's as much about insuring their longevity in Super Rugby as it is about making them into better players. I read that the...

Melbourne were terrible vs City, but I didn’t think Timani was too bad. He was about the only one trying to knock the City forwards backwards. Put some big shots on in the wet, just didn’t have any help and faded out as the game went on.

The AB’s right 5 is under strength (though still very talented). The Wallabies must seriously take them on up front and look to drive up the defensive physicality to have a sliver of hope.

The exception rather than the rule. The rule is more along the lines of Hanigan, Uelese, Rona, Rodda, Nabuli etc. in 2017. I think it's not so much "let's see how this one goes" but more of a case of you select a player who think has the right skill set when you need them. Problem is 60%+ of...

Cheik said on TV a while ago that Sean’s manager apparently didn’t want him coming back to Super Rugby in between his 17/18 Jap season and 18/19 Jap season (though if he stays with the Wallabies in 2017 he’ll barely play in Japan).

I don’t love the shuffling with 12 and a winger. It’s an awkward thing to try to execute in phase 2-4 following a turnover and opens up space on the edge for wingers or kicks in behind. Shuffling 12-15 is probably easier because you can just leave the wingers to do their thing and work in a...

If the Brumbies back rowers manage to all find form they're probably among the strongest back row units in the competition.

Hewat is as much a 7 as he is an 8. Long term in senior footy his best position is the side of the scrum. Also Banks signed on the dotted line for the Reds in a development thing, but when the Brumbies offered him a full time gig the Reds did not stand in his way which was the right thing to...

A bunch of comments from Barker re. needing a change in “culture, discipline and standards”. For all the criticisms of Stiles I’m not sure you could suggest he wasn’t hard on the players in terms of their discipline and standards. When Ready and Frisby acted like dickheads they were told to go...