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Sorry TD for the long response, but I've put a lot of thought into your question. The easy answer is that both of them want to play whatever position will allow them to play the highest grade (and the same could be said of most rugby players, truth be told) and that they'll play where...

Aside from consistency of form, it also must have been tough dealing with the exhaustion and stress of the ridculous amount of travel and training that went hand-in-hand with the U20 World Cup; and THEN still be the starting hooker in the GF after the team going through the "hard way" (ie...

Ah - that was quick - nice one. But all the same, I'm still not sure Fidow and Wakely, who are hookers (may play prop sometimes as you've just shown) would be upset about another prop coming to the club and playing in a position that is not their preferred position

Sorry - missed this one earlier. Jono Owen is a prop. Lyal Fidow and Campbell Wakely are both hookers. Kieran Fitzgibbon did his ACL last season - a player of his weight won't be back to Premier Grade standard Prop inside 12 months so he won't be available most of the season. Not sure any of...

A girl can dream. I think I need to change the title on this thread as they aren't purely press releases- they are website articles. However I would expect the intention of most of these "works" is to inform & provide info for real journos as well as the "General Public", so my criticisms all...

Haha - just a little one from today... http://www.rugby.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1699/ArticleID/8423/Default.aspx This is truly a masterpiece of the passive-voice. Thirty-three words and it still doesn't really say anything.... What an opening! The 2013 British & Irish Lions Tour to...

Ironically, SouthernX it's the same Mick Heenan that would've made the call to drop Tim Mosey who "play(ed) most of the year for the Premier Heavies only to lose out from a 1-22 jersey when the floodgates of representative players return(ed) to St Lucia to save the day." There's just no...

I was wondering when I would have the opportunity to once again marvel at the grammatically-gifted wordsmiths at the ARU... http://www.rugby.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1699/ArticleID/8419/Default.aspx This one is brief, yet still inexplicably long. Ticket allocations exhausted for Lions...

Wade's a converted flanker to hooker - I'd put him in the same category as Anae et al.

I've heard the Premier Clubs themselves would like to get their hands on the review too.

Agree with Purce that it has changed a lot. In recent times there has been a focus on partnering with UQ Sport to run school-holiday programs for 15-17yo and also kids holiday programs for 8-14yo boys and girls. Here are the programs they've had available...

happyjack In terms of scholarship availability and "concessions" to rugby players from the Uni, Sydney Uni & Queensland Uni are light years apart. All of the requirements, qualifiers & amounts are actually on the UQ website (or UQ sport website) and the College websites (eg Kings College)...

FilthRugby Jono Owen is taking Laurie Weeks, Heath Tessmann & Chibba Hanson's strenuous advice and heading for the Heavies. Although I know this won't be believed by many on these forums, he is heading to Uni because of those guys, and the fact that he wants to get into construction...

I must confess: I find it really hard to tell the difference between genuinely fast players, and those who find a try line better than most. IMO a player can be the fastest guy around but if they can't coordinate kick-chases or if they can't catch it doesn't really matter. Conversely there are...

It's a minor point, but it doesn't say Mogg beat him; it said Mogg had recorded the fastest top line speed. This may or may not have been under testing or competitive conditions. Depending on franchise testing speed could mean with a series of gates, or a single gate (I'm assuming series). Or...

Bolters (provided they get picked) Junior rasolea (Force)- can find a try line from anywhere Tom Cox: unofficially the fastest player the Brumbies have ever had (testing changes make direct comparisons tricky)- also scored a blistering try for Brumbies against Wales last year. Curtis Browning...

No wound to rub salt into here thierry dusautoir - numbers at training on Tuesday night seemed pretty good. I'm sure there are plenty of players to go around.

TD - you're right - Uni has lost some (more?) experienced players this year. Although we have reduced our player turnover a LOT over the past five years (compared to the previous 10yrs) it's still a fact of life that players finish Uni and move away, or move on to other clubs. It seems many of...

Threads that end up like this are GAGRs raison d'être! Thanks to all involved.

Linde has the highest pain threshold (or ability to withstand extreme pain) I have ever seen - watching him have a cauliflower ear evacuated more than once without anaesthetic, tears or flinching is a sight that stays with you! Punishing defender and also a good lineout jumper. Although he...