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Haven't seen Hobbs play this year, but he had a season over with the Uni Colts when James Hanson captained them to a Premiership. I can say he's a tough kid - copped a haematoma to the testicle in the U19 World Cup in a game against Wales

If you take the field (can even just be sitting on the bench) more than a certain number of times, you are entitled to a contract upgrade - that's my understanding anyway. I think it's similar to the S15 situation.

I agree with your estimation of them as players Cyclo. I'm more befuddled by the fact that the ARU have them in this position in the first place. I mean, 26 contract top-ups - Elsom and Vickerman both got top ups and their recent availability could be described as tenuous at best, which brings...

I think my biggest issue with this was touched on earlier: why drop the number of top-ups to 26 AND introduce a salary cap to the provinces within an 18 month period? And combine this with the mooted/imminent/who-knows-what-the-fuck-is-going-on slashing of funding to Brisbane and Sydney Premier...

Sam Reiser is coming back from knee problems (?related to another growth spurt?). He' should be ok for the start of the season, and also available for U20s selection. But given he only turned 18 in Nov last year, not sure I he's still a development prospect for this year?

Geez, Prior named at both 20 AND 22 for the Brumbies- looks like he's I'm for a big night...

Saia did his ankle last week v Brumbies.

Crackers? Yeah - bit of a left-field selection... ;) I'm often tempted to write a match-report before I know people's names one year. I'm pretty sure it'll go with "The curly-headed bloke kicked off and they knocked on. Then the guy with the dodgy hamstring went for a dart but had to come off...

Mudskipper I'm not sure where you got the impression that the side that was announced is the same side that will play all four quarters. As you can see from reading over the previous posts, the Reds are taking up a full squad. In fact other posters have commented that it looks like their entire...

Aah Jets I hate leaving you hanging, but I haven't been to a training session yet this year. I do know that the Uni Prem Colts keep almost exactly the same forward pack as last year potentially, however I see some of those boys spending some time up in grades this year (based on their progress...

I'd probably argue that playing in a S15-winning final while still eligible for colts indicates that Gill has been given, and is taking, all opportunities and running with them. As far as not really having a 7, I was pretty happy with both Beau Robinson and Liam last season and I'm really...

Dave McDuling's out for the season with an ACL injury. Just announced via twitter. Bugger!

Kev is a pretty skilful loosehead who came over to Aus just after the start of the 2010 premier comp. Played mainly 1st grade until Heath Tessmann got injured half way through that year and Kev stepped up and really shone. He has a very good work rate in both attack and defence at club level...

Agreed re bulging leadership groups Gagger et al. I think there's a tendency in professional sports to assume everyone on a team should be a leader (see the Tahs three-tiered leadership structure). But IMO this does a few things: - places pressure on players who aren't natural leaders. The...

Eggsie- are the Albany Creek Brumbies you are a part of associated with GPS? I ask because we had a fantastic experience in trials there in early 2011. The club hosted all 7 teams (squads) from both Uni and GPS, did a bang-up job of running the BBQ (amazing burgers!) and the canteen etc. and...

I thought exactly the same thing when I saw the ad!

Does anyone else think the headline is reminiscent of a hunt for a bushranger? It could quite easily read: Reward offered for Ned Kelly (for instance - insert own favourite criminal here).

Thanks Ruggo - I dithered about posting anything because I didn't know if anyone wanted to hear it. I'm in the process (finally) of putting down the events after in writing, just for myself because God-willing we'll never go through it again, but it was life-changing. I'm happy to share it, but...

+10000 from me. If it's ok, I would like to extend this highlight to include: - The unbelievable strength and honour of the Appleby family. Throughout everything, Garry, Sue, Josh & Bek have exemplified dignity and any courage shown by us is merely a weak reflection of what they have shown...

Twenty-one-year-old James O’Connor will start his maiden Test as a flyhalf after today being named in the number 10 jersey as the Qantas Wallabies combination for Saturday’s James Bevan Trophy Test against Wales in Cardiff was announced. Ummmm I would’ve gone with “James O’Connor will start at...