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As disappointed I am about the Rising loss, is PAE the most exciting young player in Australian rugby? If his development continues at this rate Kepu had better start looking over his shoulder.

Jones and McMahon out is really hurting. Placid is having an absolute mare. Debreczeni has been poor as well. Forwards going pretty well, Timani especially. Inman the pick of the backs.

I have little to no faith in the ARU. This entire thing has been a shambles from start to finish. It's why I find it hard to believe in a conspiracy, I fundamentally don't believe that the ARU powerbrokers have the capacity to organise one. Either you think the ARU employ some seriously...

Sure, but what's the point of this petition? What are you trying to achieve? An independent tribunal has found Beale guilty of an offence and punished him in a matter it saw fit. The ARU accepted this punishment. What would you and the 4999 other signatures have preferred to see them do?

To what end? Should the ARU have ignored the tribunals verdict and chucked down their punishment based on what angry internet commenters deem appropriate?

Probably to the ARU. Why does it matter?

The Rising have lost their two best players and their best winger. Will be an uphill battle to win against a rampant Perth. Player-for-player, Perth are stronger across almost the entire 23, and given the brilliantly tailored player management program will be coming into the final fresh and...

So the incompetent ARU managed to fix an independent judiciary hearing? Or should they have ignored said hearing and whacked on a bit more punishment so the mob felt they got their pound of flesh?

No.

It'll be interesting to see what sort of role they want Jones to play. He played a slightly looser role at the Rebels this year which lead to him finally being noticed and then criticised for the very thing that got him spotted. I think he's much better suited to 6 than lock at Test level, but...

Might well be Jones. Either that or Higgers at 6 with McCalman at 8. Great to see McMahon in the squad. Plays a very similar game to Hooper with a slightly bigger body. He doesn't read the play as well as Hooper, and he's not as good on the deck, but he carries just as well and hits like a...

We played some great rugby in 2010. Some genuinely thrilling backline stuff. It all fell apart in 2011 when Deans freaked out about letting in as many points as we were scoring, picked McCabe and Fainga'a in the centres, and generally put the brakes on everything. The defence improved but...

My views on Jones would more than likely get me banned if I actually expressed them. Suffice it to say he's made a career as a professional troll and hate-monger, so it comes as no surprise to see him reverting to type here.

Okay, just so I'm clear, non-whites aren't Aussies? Or is there a bit of wiggle room?

Just out of idle curiosity, what's the difference between a foreigner, a European, a Latin American and an Aussie to you?

JOC (James O'Connor)

Defences are enormously better these days, and the game is much more physically demanding. There's less time and space now than there was two years ago, let alone fifteen or twenty. Australian teams might have made better decisions in the past, but it was a much easier game in a lot of ways.

As for the referee, I thought he was fine for the most part. Could have gone for his cards quicker after some cynical stuff for both teams, but he let them play and did his best to open the game up. Things were played at a seriously quick pace and he did well to facilitate that.

It wasn't simultaneous? As for the continuing misconception that the Rising team is basically the Melbourne Rebels... Only Smith, Jones and Inman were regular starters - and Jones is playing in a different position. Neville started some games in the second half of the year once Pyle announced...