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Doesn't that depend on whether his salary in the UK is high enough to cover his Rebels contract? Given he was captain he would not be on the Rebels minimum wage. Still, UK money is pretty good compared to here, so maybe that won't be an issue.

Well, it seems as though McCalman's broken again. We would have heard much earlier if the injury wasn't serious - I would guess they've been waiting for it to heal and keeping everyone in suspense before he's due back at training in early January. Trouble is, if he's not OK we are up the...

A design only a mother could love. Have a look at the Reds jersey for a well-designed jersey that doesn't look totally boring in its colour selection. The burnt orange actually dulls-down an already super-dull navy. Team will play OK, just not in a great outfit.

That's a very good piece of design work. Finally got rid of the white background for the logo that improves it 1000%.If I supported them I wouldn't be ashamed to be seen in that jersey!

And yet the Brumbies were the winningest Aussie team! Getting good crowd support is not just about winning. Its about building up a tribalist culture that says we are going to support "our" team come hell or high water.

Maybe. But that will be after April when we could easily be 0 and 7 (or 7 and 0 if you're an optimist). Dempsey will be back mid-April, but the nature of his injury was such that he will be eased back in via the bench. We definitely need McCalman for the first half of the season, otherwise we...

This article lists London Irish having five hookers in their squad, including Saia Fainga'a who is an ex-Wallaby. And Irish are not one of the big-buck teams. Gives you some idea of the relative financial strength of the two competitions.

France won because they guaranteed the biggest cash payment. If this is the new gold-plated standard for bidding then I suggest Australia will be wasting its time putting in a bid in the forseeable future. So too NZ. Southern Hemisphere leagues just don't have the money.

Not quite sure I understand. If Ruru's signing means Stirzacker is on the outer, doesn't that mean Ruru is the designated back-up?

Angles are everything! Watching Benetton vs Scarletts? on BeIN, classic tip tackle by the Benetton 6. The player landed on his shoulder and head pretty much simultaneously but clearly hit his head very heavily. TMO spent a lot of time convincing ref that it was yellow because shoulder hit the...

The mandatory annual article on how the Tahs will be much fitter than last year has just appeared on SMH. I'll believe it when I see it on the field.

You can't do smileys in the HTML version of the forum that we are using.

Its a contender, but so is the Hurricanes 2018 home jersey. Looks like this year will go down in the "worst possible jersey ever" annals.

Me too. Four items for $100, cheaper than the Lowes equivalent!

Yeah, but just one injury totally stuffs that, particularly at 10 & 12. That means some level of back-up has to be recruited and integrated into the team. Only other alternative is Kerevi to 12 and that means starvation for 13 & 14.

Hanigan is barely out of the U-20's. He is potentially a 50+ game Wallaby, if he can increase his abilities at the breakdown and in carrying. Credit to the bloke for getting so many tests so far. I just think he needs to grow and develop and we'll be all raving about him.

So, JP is the Reds prop, Ruan is the Sunwolves prop. My bad. I think the Sunwolves got the better end of the deal.

I know its hypothetical, but if he can, at this stage of the season, sign for $400K for two years with someone it would be close to a miracle. Remember that RA will want half of any saving because they are paying half his salary. What seems to be lost on some posters is that in the grand scheme...

I thought Ruan Smith was announced for the Reds? What don't I understand?

And what happens if he gets a contract for $100K and either the Reds or RA don't want to fork out $350K each? Tripartite contracts mean all three have to agree. Could be a legal nightmare because forcing someone to sit on the sidelines has legal issues too around damage to his future contract value.