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I just prefer a #7 to be in the fetcher mould and breakdown pest , rather than a hybrid backrower . McReight has the added bow of his outstanding link play in general play, particularly on the counter. While Wright can play 7 and does so quite well , he doesn’t quite stand up to Fraser in these...

We might see the back row and second row get changed around on a horses for courses basis. Pick the best balance for the team you are playing. For me McReight is a lock in at 7 , with 6&8 possibly changing. Wright gives you an extra on baller ,plus work rate, plus lineout option. ASY (Angus Scott-Young) you an...

Let me guess , all at Noosa for NYE?

Ended up with a Lisfrancs injury against Wests , so played about 7-8 games . Agree about the 2020 GF not being his finest hour , but he was playing well in 2021. If you get a chance , have a look at the GPS v UQ game in the first half of the season. He was dominant, a massive improvement on...

Can’t see him changing positions now , he is well suited to wearing #2 and was starting to look very good there this season before he busted his foot.

Spot on about the locals , plus the local member is Grace Grace , who’s unlikely to want to be seen doing rugby an favours. Hence the Multi use nature of the proposal. The more boxes that get ticked that aren’t rugby , the better the chance of the State Gov getting behind it . With everyone...

Totally agree, his improvement from the season before was really something. If he maintains that trajectory of improvement he could be something quite special.

Will be interesting how Mick handles him and Davies at LHP. Thought Alex had a standout year this season , one of the big factors in UQ's much improved scrum and very good doing the hard shifting work come ruck time. Would be a great shame to see him held back to accommodate a contracted Red's...

Speaking of half backs , just read this in the GC Bulletin. A possibility for Bond?

He was in NZ in 2019 to watch the Australian U18’s having jumped on a plane from Tokyo between RWC matches for the Wallabies. Had a chat to him and said he thought it was important to have a look at the next age group after signing quite a few of the U20’s from the 2019 Junior RWC. He was only...

Yes back row very strong , can see ASY (Angus Scott-Young) and Uru being used as cover for lock. Keen to see how Wilson and McReight respond to Rennie’s work ons , likewise Uru being told by Thorn to work on his physicality. Assuming Wright is still the captain he has to start at 6 or 7 . If he starts at 6 ...

The more boxes they can tick to get the Qld gov onboard the better. Don’t think the local member is exactly falling over herself to give rugby a leg up . Doesn’t really fit the party optic.

Think player managers fill this role currently without centralisation, a young promising player stuck behind an incumbent gets plenty of offers to move for a potential starting spot. That’s been happening at the Reds since the Brumbies and then the Force and Rebels were included in Super Rugby.

Quite a few Brisbane based clubs and schools have been using something similar for the past few years. You send them the game video and you get back an analytical break down of the game right down to individual involvement. Effectively does all your player tracking for you, gives you individual...

Yeah, when you consider Rennie has already seen plenty of White as a starting 9 in the last few weeks the late swapping of him for McDermott made the least amount of sense of the changes to the starting lineup. Would have also liked to see how the initially listed centre pairing of Ikitau and...

Is Tiaan Taukipulu listed as a LHP or THP? He played THP for NZ Schools in 2019 from memory .

Interesting that Bernie gets referred to as one dimensional when it comes to attack and yet FF (Folau Fainga'a) has regularly been the leading try scorer under McKellar. It’s not like the Brumbies’ attack got a lot more adventurous once Dan took over. More playing to your strengths maybe?

SMH reporting that he is HC for 2023 , McKellar leaves to join the Wallabies full time at the end of 2022.

Rennie’s win/loss ratio is also severely screwed over by playing the AB’s as much as they have in 2020/21 compared to other years .

It was a very good play off that maul set up, it went within a bees’ dick of being an obstruction. At first look I thought the second pod reconnected with the lifting pod after taking the ball . In slow mo there was a slight bobble from the catcher that saved them . Pretty much sums up the game...