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just speculating but I agree that’s how this looks. the brumbies 6 months ago were very vocal about not joining centralisation. I wonder what the change of heart is?

this is nearly impossible to measure. An apple to oranges comparison. rugby union. If a tree fell in the empty woods would anyone hear it? (Great player doing good things in a game no one cares about) All Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) needs to do is put a few tries down over goal line and interview good in the...

Looks like last round of the comp the Wests @ Souths fixture has been moved to Sunday as to not interfere with the test match at Suncorp on the Saturday.

Sydney is one of the most expensive places on the planet to call home. Stay in Brisbane and be with your family/support network

Some of the rebels players from Brisbane were being billoted during the week in Melbourne with rebels families whilst still living in Brisbane. asking someone to relocate to Sydney when you live in Brisbane - it’s a big ask for them when they signed a contract with the rebels knowing they’d...

I meant NZRU approved their release back to clubland. something RA doesn’t really do unless it’s match fitness required before returning from injury.

I understand your point braveheart81 - match fitness is king. I can’t ever recall our foreign based players been granted a release back to club rugby while they wait for super rugby season to wrap up… probably why we are a nation of losers and the ABs are the ABs

the current salary cap is 5.5 million. I think the fairest options is taking the rebels out of equation and being left with 4 teams is to increase the salary cap to 6.875 million (5.5 + 1.375) that allows the 4 Aus RA franchises to spread the salary cap hit from removing rebels fairly across...

My understanding from reading the article on roar - those players have no obligation to play at Waratahs and they’ll still get their salary next year but be forced to play club rugby wherever they choose

that’s an unfair rule on principle considering Saturday grades is a totally different comp to Normanby Cup. you can’t take away Friday night footy and expect the players who want their weekends to suddenly step up at 930am when a lot of Friday night footy players are working or too hungover to...

Curious how many wallabies in Joe Schmidt squad played club rugby on the weekend? i did see Salakaia-Loto lined up for GPS off the bench. (Coming back from a injury) the reason I ask is I note what’s happening across the ditch. Players like Beauden Barrett & Ardie Savea (both healthy) have...

That’s a good development. Hope he sticks around. The improvement this year was noticeable

Think RA needs focus on getting signiture of Angelo Smith. He is a good young upcoming lock prospect. Not saying he would have been in the wallaby frame but he is a year closer to Australian eligibility. now with Rodda/Canham out the door our super rugby teams can use the tall timber more than...

Fixed it for you

Looking at team lists for qpr this week and need to ask where: Jon Bryant, JOC (James O'Connor), Tim Ryan, Creighton, Campbell, Werchon, Uru, Did any of these boys get surgery in Super Rugby offseason? I know there was chatter Creighton is off to Japan.

it’s really grim at the moment a lot of the media articles you see about player stocks indicates RA wants player X to sign with Waratahs A great proposition when there’s no coach, a mass exodus of current players & being one of the most expensive cities in the world to call home.

What’s this got to do with RU selection? one minute your banging on about RL participation numbers and being a superior game - next minute your brushing off a RU talent like Perese and using RL as a benchmark

those are junior club listings but it’s also a credit to Victoria as a pathway for producing talent the best represented club would be brothers rugby in Brisbane.

100% on Nasser. I’m guessing the logic is he is the backup guy in a 20-25 minute cameo off the bench behind already established wallaby hooker Fessler & he might be better then advertised … I don’t see what the selectors see in him… but then again I’m just a couch fan.

Like that kid they wrote off cause he supposedly couldn’t kick. They are consistent