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It's an interesting debate. His theoretical best position is fullback if you look at his athleticism, physical gifts, and talent. But somehow the player on the field has never equaled the sum of the parts when he's wearing the 15 jersey. He seems far more comfortable on the wing to me. I feel...

Are they choosing to play for Bond or dispersing to teams all across Brisbane? I ask because I was under the impression Bond only fields 3 grades in a comp where most have 5 and still struggles to fill out that third grade sometimes.

That's quite sad too see so many fold. Putting the genie back into the bottle once trends are in motion seems tough. No critical mass means losing out on social atmosphere, word of mouth recruitment, and colts. No colts means players mostly stick with their club once they become senior rugby...

Devil's advocate: I can't speak for the Sydney scene so my take might not be relevant to you, but there are reasons guys fill the ranks of lower grades of QPR up in Brisbane. The QPR clubs have a bit more going on with events and sideline atmosphere. There's more room to push yourself from a...

Would love to hear you expand on that thought. Is it the consolidation with too many tiers of grade and colts rugby at certain clubs?

It would be prohibitively expensive and never happen unless he gets bored of winning in league but Cleary would make a great distributing 12. I think it would be an easier transition in terms of cognitive demands than learning to play 10. We would require a strong defensive organizer and...

Sunnybank over Norths Wests over Bond Unsure about GPS vs UQ and Brothers vs. Souths, could see both matches going either way.

Rather disconcerting when you're half-awake on the receiving end of a kick and the pill slides on the morning dew when it hits the ground 2 meters in front of you instead of the typical bounce.

There's more to the conversation than just the competition and game time. 19 year olds like playing with their mates, some kid coming from Kingaroy to study at UQ and staying at one of the colleges is probably not going to stay with the QPR colts competition if you tell him he has to go train at...

How much of it is down to there being 200+ colts at UQ this year with not a lot of gametime to go around? I know they hired that NSW academy guy that's big on social media but wasn't aware of any other big changes.

Which one of the Norths colts wrote this?

It's a very cool venue, the problem is that it's in a business oriented part of the valley that gets very little foot traffic outside of 9-5 M-F. Saint Paul's Terrace has one or two nearby spaces where restaurants only last a couple months because they think they'll benefit from being close to...

Thought the same when I watched him in person against the Reds, he looked bigger than half of the backrowers on the field. Definitely bulked up compared to the past.

Rosberg vs Hamilton was pretty fun though because there was still intra-team competition and bad blood even if that Mercedes was very good. Unlike how Bottas at Mercedes and Checo at Red Bull were signed to carry water and stay out of the way of Hamilton and Verstappen.

Formula 1 right now is doing well but it's driven by a perfect storm of Formula 1 being trendy, Netflix's Drive to Survive series, and fans that care for the narrative/drama aspect of it rather than the motorsport aspect. Drive to Survive ratings are down for the past season, at some point the...

How did we all feel about officiating the new tackle rules in round one? I can't speak for the games I didn't watch or play in but it's been a nice upward trend in consistency from the referees and adjustment from the players compared to early trials. Feel like it should be smooth sailing by...

the people yearn for a way to watch accountants and sparkies knock the ball on every 6 phases, I knew it!

Is it the drive early on a Saturday that deters potential players? They have a partnership with a university, TSS nearby, and a monopoly on QPR grade rugby in GC. It's not like they're Norths which has to compete with Brothers next door.

Petaia is a great athlete but it's risky to switch codes when he hasn't even come close to realizing his potential in his original sport. His natural position still feels like it's rugby winger and not fullback or 13. I wonder if time in France would do him well if he does decide to chase the...

Ntamack might be the 10 that makes it look the easiest. Quade Cooper at his peak was flashier and appeared more dangerous, Finn Russell might have more magic in his arsenal, but Ntamack is as smooth as it gets. Just looks like he's on a walk for a morning coffee as he's destroying a team.