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Bit of confusion around that but the last I read it was 36, with 5 EPS (or whatever it's called now) and 1 Japanese player to make up the 36th spot. I'm assuming that Shota or Male take up our Japanese spot. Metcher is a EPS spot and I'm assuming Sefa is the same.

4. Carter 5. Simmons 6. Fardy 8. McCalman I don't doubt the work rate of these guys but there isn't a ball carrier or big hitter among them, I really think something has to change there. Understand higgers on the bench for impact but surely you want someone else who can bring mongrel and...

Absolutely the right move, we can't compete with France and Japan money otherwise. Even more impressive is they're allowing club players to do it also which is great for those fringe wallaby level players. It's a big turn around from having 'no appetite' for sabbaticals only a few months ago...

Unfortunately I don't disagree with a word of that. Our depth just isn't good enough at the moment, we need our best players fit, firing and competing for positions. Squeaky, TPN, Pocock, Genia, Cooper all need to unbreak themselves and sort their form out. Dan Palmer to find a delorean and...

Personally I'd love for a win to end the Eden Park myth and then the Bledisloe decider to be in Brisbane ...

Imposing run on side as expected however that's the weakest AB bench I've seen in some time. Weak isn't the right word, 'least strong' perhaps. Just looking for any chink in the armour really...

He's improved out of site in the last year, however his game against wales on the EOYT was his finest, mostly for this tackle on hibbard. Rag doll. http://gfycat.com/SilverSpitefulArgentineruddyduck Wouldn't be surprised to see Benny A as the loose head reserve and Weeks as the tight head...

Bit harsh dropping Jones after only getting a 15 minute cameo but I guess that's the price of the wooden spoon. Weeks was always going to get dropped when Benny A was fit again. No Paddy either I see. Think Lilo and Tomane are a bit lucky considering lack of form and lack of game time in that...

Nice work Daz, even your bitter and jaded preview is an enjoyable read. This is the first match in some time I've had zero hope for, let them put us to the sword and let's start up the blind optimism for next year again in a few months.

Cricket Score. Wooden Spoon. Depression.

If I'm wrong about it being up this year then I'm very happy to be wrong.

Is PAE definitely staying on? His contract is up this year and haven't seen anything about him staying on. It would be a real shame to lose him, as we all know good tight heads are rare and he's a future wallaby for sure.

I think it's important to note also that this is really the first year that TT has been properly involved in recruitment. Meaning he's been able to recruit more his style of players (big units) for next year. He was involved late last year but it would be naive to say he had a heavy hand in the...

Very happy that Tamati is staying on for 2 years, that's way longer than I expected him to be here. That's the end of his super rugby career most likely, he'll be off to Japan or France after that. However it's not exactly rugby club exclusive worthy, thought it would be some new signings. I...

Ah well, a man can dream. Would prefer not the twins but am struggling to think of anyone else high profile in Aus off contract. As a side note this article about Luke Jones learning to call lineouts basically confirms what people are saying (TWAS mentioned it from memory) that Jones is being...

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Nah they're off to the reds. I hope it's worth the hype of announcing on TV, that means current wallabies or big name internationals to me. Anything less will be a bit of a let down. Isn't QC (Quade Cooper) off contract with the reds this year? Still contracted with the ARU until 2015 but the reds one was...

I wonder if it's got anything to do with the private financial backers too? We are now known as Melbourne City RFC maybe?

Kingston is 23 according to the newsletter. Interesting starting Jack D, I'm interested to see how he goes but I'd rather avoid the wooden spoon and win over experimenting.

Mostly sunny 11-17 with 25kph winds, will be cold but not as dour as you're suggesting I hope. Should be a relatively open game, some swirling winds might keep the kicking down a bit too. http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/forecasts/melbourne.shtml However that's 2 days off, could change by Friday as...