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"uncharacteristic" lmao Rest of it is completely fair, and interesting that there's been no follow through.

Pone's the big one that I hope we retain, but I can imagine there may be some RA pressure otherwise. Can't envision a significant amount of external interest being around for Kailea, Christian or Orr, Orr being 28 and having failed to really break through and the other two not having many runs...

I must admit in preseason I'd hoped Nu'u would have managed to stay fit and nail down one jersey with Hodge in the other, but it looks like neither will be here next season. We'll certainly need to do some work on recruiting in that area: I like Ripley and I think Kells would be a good 13 if the...

Tried hard. Very much a "first game back" style performance, sloppy in handling and discipline despite high involvement. Lineout was all over the place as well, whether that comes down to Mafi's throwing, Phillip consistently calling for the ball to 4-5-6, the Highlanders good defence or a...

Not one senior player in our line up has any leadership qualities of substance. No ability to proactively engage with the ref and get them to view future 50/50s as 60/40s, no sense of building perceived pressure to keep the scoreboard ticking over while our defence is well on top, no ability to...

Putting aside a... questionable performace from Mr Williams (it's scary how badly a single extra game per week has exposed the lack of depth in ANZ refereeing stocks) it was a genuinely awful game, yet again lost through poor handling and lack of selfish leadership. I'm over Ryan Louwrens as...

I think if you could get it going, the Super 6 model (i.e. existing clubs formally separate a high performance team from a community club) would work really well over here, and existing partnerships (e.g. Rebels & Wests) would make any required formal alignment easier, if you don't want to...

Probably Blues and Scarlet by process of elimination. Dragons have spent 6 years under direct WRU governance, while Ospreys are always tossed up as the defunct-able and/or merge-able option from the 4. But the Cymry would be able to tell you better. My outside observer opinion is that 20 years...

Time zones make a world of difference I think

Politics and sport have always been intertwined, any idiot who suggests otherwise is underinformed, genuinely privileged (in the proper sense of the word, where background has allowed them to remain benignly ignorant to the reality of negative life circumstances of others) or are hiding...

With a 33 man squad I can't see how you get away with less than the compliment of 9 front rowers.

I have no objections to how it was reffed: that's the way it has been viewed consistently over the last few years. But I think that if you're having a serious discussion about mauls, the orientation of the first player into contact in "open play" is one worth considering. The upright and...

Sloppy handling, poor ref management and always having to scramble late rather then being able to put the result away when we're on top. I'm sick and tired of this shit. It's just not good enough.

Was glad to have him here, but I think that's for the best moving forward. He's not blown games a part like we had hoped, albeit never expected him to, and it'll give more opportunity for Pincus and Vahui moving forward.

Mr Harry Potter surely plays over one of Benny T and 38 year old Digby

100% I'd love him as a replacement for Hodge: would definitely require a little reshuffling as he's very much an out and out 12, but he's provide a lot of assuredness and maturity to those inside backs which we may lack at this stage. I would assume that a Japanese side or Edinburgh would be...

Sam Johnson was confirmed as a departure from Glasgow earlier this week. While it certainly could be nothing more than both agreeing to let him seek out more gametime/money due to the misalignment between his ability and place in the pecking order, a final "he's gone, thanks for your service"...

Nic lmao

Nic Berry lmao, that's some good shit. Gimme whatever WR (World Rugby) are smoking.

That shit don't make sense to me for an elite player being managed by team of dietitians, physios and strength & conditioning professionals. Surely there would be some fitness program involving swimming, rowing and/or elliptical trainer etc. that would keep that cardiovascular fitness high (and...