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Wonder if RA can afford to help out with the Rebels' debt on top of the multi-millions they now owe on behalf of the RA Waratahs? Won't be much left of the recent loan if they continue absorbing Super Rugby teams' debts.

But why was that GoR? IIRC, most of the professional players at the Reds and Brumbies seemed to be content to participate.

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With air travel in this country the way it is, it is probably cheaper, more frequent and quicker to travel Sydney to Melbourne than Canberra to Melbourne. An amalgamation between the RA Waratahs and the RA Rebels has a lot going for it.

Great post GMR. Regardless of what happens in and to Super Rugby in the short term, I hope the Rebels, or their replacement if the worst case happens, can survive and take part in the domestic competition that will inevitably replace Super in time and that you and your friends on here can return...

Ah, so I take it you just got a bit mixed up with the double negative. That's the D I know.

So, D, you want more love for these two idiots.

I get the impression that he will use the Super Rugby coaches (at least Cron, Coleman and Larkham) in some sort of consultancy/development capacity throughout the year. Other than those, I personally think Brad Thorn would be a good addition to the team, too. I'm not sure of Dan Palmer. Even as a...

His father, a Fijian Australian, born in Melbourne.

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I remember it being around the mid-1970s or a bit earlier. My recollection is that CHS had beaten GPS in a run over some years.

10 years with quite a few of them being in recovery from the attempt at centralising. I reckon one or two of the Academies are probably still suffering a bit. Have to say though that the Brumbies Academy seems to be bringing young players through to play at higher levels year on year.

As an outsider and a previous critic of Ned's, I was impressed with his form in the "Barbarians" games last year. I think you've nailed the back 5.

Thanks Adam. Along the lines of what I thought. So, probably not much to be gained from a review of their operations over the past 10 years, as suggested by Stillmissit.

Dan, what should happen then if ANZAC day falls on a Saturday? I was in Dunedin in 2003 for the Highlanders v Brumbies game which happened to be on ANZAC Day. It would have been a very poor look to have ignored the day with a ceremony.

I might be wrong, but weren't the Super Rugby Academies shut down for a few years recently in favour of a central Academy run by RA (or ARU at the time)? I have in mind that the Super Rugby Academies only started up again around 4 or 5 years ago. Am I wrong?

Well, Dan, at one time or another every Australian team hasn't had the financial basis for competing in Super. Right now, probably only the Reds and maybe the Force might be in a situation where they could compete on their own, financially, and survive. If our teams are to compete over a...

I thought so but I'm probably mistaken.

Excellent comments TSR. Allan Ala'alatoa will certainly be missed in the team, but Sefo Kautai now has a lot of experience here in the THP spot, and Rhys did make the Aus A side from memory, (maybe Barbarians). And then there is young Harry Vella coming through. I haven't seen Harry play but...

With the 2024 season approaching, and an almost unchanged roster at the Brumbies, I am looking forward to another (mostly) successful year for the Ponies. The main personnel losses from 2023 are the Lord, Laurie Fisher, and Pete Samu. Nic White is also nicking off to the Force, but imo he won't...