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That’s my point about having 4 grade, 2 colts & a women’s side. It might be possible to make a mega club on the north coast but they haven’t been able to do so on the GC. Why would a guy who plays at 3pm on a Saturday in the SC local comp and on the tins by 5, want to play 3rd/4th grade in QPR...

Grumpy old rugby fan here!! As much as I applaud the end of Hamish McLennan. Why do we have two former Wallabies (Waugh & Herbert) with no professional qualifications running the game? They are hardly people with great sport’s administration acumen. When the QRU were in financial trouble...

Do you really think that QPR expansion should be on the cards with the game in Australia broke and winless? I am just a realist - if a club is to join QPR it must be sustainable and the Logan Saints showed it is very difficult to do. QPR is not part of the NRL with all their cash but under the...

The issue we were talking about with transient clubs recently is why the Stingrays or the Saints don’t stack up in QPR because they are clubs within a region where populations/players/members are transient. Sorry about this next comment but on the topic off Subbies stepping up to QPR - quite...

Why does the current model of QPR have to change eventually? Why do we have to have a Sunshine Coast team in QPR? I don’t think the Stingrays was the best thing to happen to Sunshine Coast Rugby nor the Breakers/Bond for Gold Coast Rugby. I still don’t think you should get a gig in QPR unless...

Yeh but they are probably falling into the trap of what I believe is at the heart of the failings of Qld (& probably Aust’n) Rugby - they fail in love with schoolboy success which is mostly driven off the back of young Polynesian talent which peaks early and has a decisive size advantage at that...

I think the problem with Sunnybank is that when they were a powerhouse 15-20 years back it was done with paying and having a large number of Reds on their books and a lot of transient players who should be running the club now but they have gone from the club. Sadly I think things will get worse...

With the changes in the coaches boxes have we heard any player movement at this stage?

Wasn’t Latho involved with Norths colts at the start of last season?

The filth is a nickname dating back to the 1970-80’s when they ruled over the competition. It really doesn’t sit well in the modern game as far as being dirty but they are undoubtedly the most arrogant club in the competition.

Do you think Eddie Jones will end up coaching Bond??

No not in regards GPS I was referring to the appointment released recently but Souths is a bit more complicated. I was just questioning why Bond & Easts go down due to coaching changes and GPS & Souths go up with changes to the coaching teams at those clubs. Bond and Easts may be freed by their...

I have been hearing coaching changes might be on the cards at GPS & Souths as well.

So the top four this year was Bond, Wests, Easts & Bros(ultimately premiers). Is anyone prepared to make a prediction that any of them won’t be there in 2024?

Bond were certainly the kings of counter-attack over the last season or two. We will see how that goes under a new coaching regime. 2024 for Bond will be an interesting exercise in players or coaches having the greater impact on the style of play. A change in coaching might unlock the...

Can someone remind me why we don’t play the NRC anymore? Eddie’s Emus could have all played NRC and be match fit albeit 48 hours away rather than drinking pints in the UK!!

RWC23 - we can blame Eddie all we like but the real issue is the systemic poor governance of the game of Rugby in Australia dating back to after RWC03. And Phil Waugh is not going to fix it.

Agreed but there is also an element of some players who in the past would have gone onto being Wallabies ending up in the NRL.

https://www.codesports.com.au/nrl/state-of-origin/christian-welch-gps-rugby-union-graduates-are-a-huge-part-of-this-state-of-origin-series/news-story/e2b138cf17b52b03f9beba4d17f5de58 This is an interesting article written by Christian Welch about RL moving in on GPS players who would previously...

Phil - I think Creighton is ahead of these blokes due to his experience. He played a lot of QPR before he got his Super call up. I think the higher you play is very much a factor of consistency of performance which I think is what we have seen from him in the last couple of seasons...