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Toonie drops an interesting squad, the tombola is in full swing! Key Highlights: 3/5 Underdone players in the 23: Hogg & Van Der Merwe start, Jonny G on the bench. Zander and Watson miss out. No Healey and no McConnochie Huwipulotu over either (or Cammie Redpath) with Chris Harris...

Just to clarify as well: it's to bring in a replacement player who's outside the WTS?

Up or out?

Disappointing. Oh well. Fingers crossed for below.

Goes to show you the inconsistency of Rugby Data doesn't it!

Where are you getting those numbers from DC? Back of the envelope maths suggests 51 caps and 22 starts from the Wasps page here: https://www.wasps.co.uk/teams/wasps-rugby-men/tim-cardall/#22/23

Not great for Rob to hear it's still "the majority of the campaign" but it was to be expected with Matt. Angelo probably the most exciting one: looks good from Hospital Cup highlights and he'll be familiar with a number of our boys.

Has there been a travelling group to Fiji for this weekends practice game been named anywhere?

Bip's been playing well for a long time over there: not expecting him to be selected as if you're bringing someone in from outside the system it should be TKB, but if he was, it would be on the weight of performance from his 100 odd games for the Exiles & the Cherry and Whites, not off of one...

They know Monty is one their top 3 wingers but hasn't played since the AIs concluded. They'll miss him, but in a RWC year they'll be just as happy to give others a chance to figure out the pecking order and let him get some consistently rugby down here, then bring him back for their summer warm...

Eloff will be eligible late in late November 2024, as that was when he first arrived in Australia circa this article: https://melbournerebels.rugby/news/2019/11/29/get-to-know-cabous-eloff So possibly plays late in that years Autumn Internationals.

I think Kemeny being fit helps us with the back row balance a lot.

A non-story had become a story because the French had their heads up their derrieres and thought citizenship overrode other eligibility rules like it was the olympics or something. He misses the home WC, but he's got 2 more chances at that.

The left field player may have be Ben Meehan. Would be one WC and done at 30 but Eddie would have seen plenty of him for the Exiles and GLoucester.

Man, I thought the people obsessing over 2003 were living in the past, we got some folks still living in 1993.

Shouldn't be surprised at the media frenzy. Contracts were effectively signed mid-December, lots of time to plan this through from an RA perspective.

I think you'll be relatively close to open season for the world cup, but the BILs tour will be the "come back or miss out" scenario, with no more than 2 selections.

The bloke had his pick of teams around the World at 17, chose to come to Aus to play for the Wallabies and be near his brother. In the 8 years since he's gotten nearly 90 Reds caps and nearly 50 Wallabies Caps. You can debate whether he's worth $1 million AUD to RA, but he'll be worth...

Most unnecessary clarification of all time.

Mate if cash was the primary motivating factor he'd have spent at least 2 or 3 years in the states pushing to get drafted. I've got little doubt the money plays a substantial part, but every piece of media he's had written about him has a strong emphasis on neither the Rebels nor the Reds...