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Interesting an announcement in my neck of the woods. It is behind a paywall and doesn’t say much other than the Rebels will provide support and it will open up opportunities for local students, but it is certainly the first time there has been any sort of direct relationship with a Super team...

Maybe one of the Portuguese locks???

Wow - what a game

Wow - hats off to the Reds for staying in the game when they were under the pump and taking enough chances to get home. But I do feel like we’ve dodged a bullet here.

Yeah - at some point in the past I suggested Uru, Wilson & McReight as our best back row but Wright last year reminded me just how good he is. His impact is delivered by his nous not brute force but a very, very good player, at super level at least. The only thing that might count against him is...

If I could have any league player at the moment it would be Tamika Upton for our 7s team. But the timing isn’t right as you’d want to recruit her 12 months out from the Olympics (I doubt she would come earlier than that). And then get every 7s carnival the Aussie Women play on free to air...

3. Bell 2. McReight 1. Valetini

I’ll only say I hope people don’t turn on the players. I know they are pros and that it comes a bit with the pay cheques but personally I feel this result has been 20 + yrs in the making.

3. Frost 2. Porecki 1. Bell

Agree interesting take. You of all people I would have thought would be applauding the choice of a guy to bolster our goal kicking and I also thought you’d be strongly in favour of picking the 131 test veteran in front of the 3 game rookie in a must win game. I’d be very surprised if either...

I dunno. Georgia was a good game for Jones to give guys like Suli & Gleeson a run from the pine. I won’t be surprised if he doesn’t see them in his best 23 (or if he does).

I assume that means Jaiden Christian is no longer with the Rebels. I know it is a big step up from Prems to super but there are a couple of decent front row prospects in those teams. Fantastic to see Nasser back.

That’s sacrilegious that I didn’t know that

When is the last time the Reds had 4 props with test experience? Were Shepherdson, Daley, Slipper and Homes all there together?

Is my memory correct that when Kellaway was first picked a lot of us were scratching our heads as he hadn’t really been anything other than solid at Super level?

Gleeson looks like he has a lot of potential but I don’t understand the constant push to find ways to justify his selection by elements of the forum. He may well be our next great 8, but he is a bench player at best at the moment.

3. Tupou 2. Nawaqanitwase 1. McReight HM Skelton & Donaldson

Yes - I meant quarters. Agree on finishing top so let’s make sure we win this one so it is a straight shoot out with Wales, not a maths equation with Wales & Fiji.

If we beat Fiji we are definitely in the quarters. It makes no sense to me we would play anything other than our best team. I’d like to see Frost in for Gleeson and Kellaway in for Vunivalu (even though Suli has been greatly improved I don’t want to see Koroibete have to defend at 13 again). If...

That’s interesting. thought historically the average age of WC winning squads was about 27.5 yrs. (anyone know the odds on a Chile v France final?). I would have also assumed that average squad ages were getting younger - although I guess with professionalism players are playing longer. No...