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Yes, he's back as well and is right in the mix.

Yes Leilua, Genia, Statham and Tupuse are all back. As I say, good potential with a mix of experience and good young prospects.

Combination of factors - 7 retired, 2 moved out of Brisbane for work, 1 to another club, Cottrell to Force, Tasi to France, 1 out injured for season - actually 13, not 12.

TD, bit if a cliche but we're in a rebuilding phase at Wests. We've been focusing heavily on a whole of club approach. Last week Colts commenced training seperately from the rest of the club and this week will be the first where we've trained with seperate Premier and Grades squads, which is...

Agree on the number 7. Number 8 was also very good. All the Samoan players were good - understand they are all based in Samoa - is that right Lone Star?

Final score tonight Samoa A 24 QLD A 8 - score probably not a true reflection of the dominance of Samoa A - at times it was like boys v men. QLD A guys kept coming but Samoa A turned on the power when needed.

Finally back from the game (and post game socialising). That was a terrible game with very little atmosphere at the ground. Obviously the weather didn't help but overall I was very disapointed with both teams. Fortunately the Reds seem to have gained the experience needed to win games when...

Agree - both measures should be looked at - McCabe 93% accuracy and Carter 96%. The difference in percentages and the gross number in this case is so small that it's almost irrelevant.

If you’ve seen my posts on this site, it will be obvious to you that I find the statistics of rugby interesting. Whilst they are interesting, attempts to justify selections based on statistics is, in my opinion, wrong (can’t say what I really think or I’ll have to ban myself). I see so many...

I reckon Jono is a good 10 but is an even better 12. When he's played there for Uni he's been really good.

Hawko The gap in this particular lineout was well beyond many others in the same match. The following clip shows many lineouts in this match where the gap is around the 1 metre mark. The last two lineouts show a much larger gap. The footage doesn't show the gap for all lineouts but it's...

Bruce, I should clarify my comments. I said "The lift was poor and Higginbotham had to reach across to make the take". I agree that the jump was exemplary and as you point out Higginbotham jumps dynamically and straight up. The following image shows the lift was poor for three reasons...

In the following video I’ve slowed the footage down and frozen it at a couple of relevant points. I’ve also added a line down the centre of the lineout. I know lines and camera angles don’t work perfectly together but it gives you an idea. The first point is the gap between the teams – the...

I watched Will Skelton in training two weeks ago when the Sydney players came to Brisbane to train. He can jump now - still got work to do but that aspect is not going to stop him playing as a lock. Can't comment on his abilities as a jumper in the past but the Academy only started in...

At Wests we've got three trials against Easts, Norths and then Souths. I believe Norths are playing five trial games including Wests, Easts and Souths.

The bigger issue here for me is that the ARU are only funding 26 players - that seems too small to me. 50 might be too many but 26 is just a match day 22 plus 4 backups. Whilst the ARU has a budget to deal with, money has to be invested if we are serious about becoming number 1 as was a goal...

I was out at Ballymore last week watching the Academy players train. The ARU flew the Sydney based players up for a day so they could all train together. This exhibition game would be well worth going to - plenty of talent to be excited about.

Received this e-mail recently from an ex-Wallaby forward: It is largely unknown to players and followers of the modern game rugby, that in the very early days it started off purely as a contest for forwards in opposition in line-outs, scrums, rucks and mauls. This pitted eight men of...

If this new interpretation taking away the hit by having the front rows engage first is correct it will big news. However, the referees statement doesn't say anything about that aspect. PaarlBok - did the front rows actually engage seperately in the match against the Lions?

Calling lineouts is a specialised skill - think it should be the job of the player who does that best. A lot of time is spent on defensive lineouts in practice at all levels and teams see it as a good opportunity to win possession from you so very important when calling the lineout to work out...