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^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yeah he was training with the NSW U20s in December - not as a candidate, but as a way for the Tahs to get him gradually into their stable. His dad told me that he turns 17 this month; if what he did in his U/15 and U/16 years is any guide he is going to be a considerable young...

Thanks for the heads up but Snort will do the preview - though I haven't asked him to yet. Last I looked I couldn't find the CAS fixture list - anybody got a link? I can find the 2014 fixtures but not those of 2015. Also if anybody knows any details of trial games between now and the start...

Are there any forum members who would be interested in writing match reports on CAS games this year? We try to get a three-page blog out every week with a match on each page. Or maybe you take photos during a game and you can forward a few. They can be added to somebody else's writing and...

Are there any forum members who would be interested in writing match reports on GPS games this year? We try to get a three-page blog out every week with a match on each page. Or maybe you take photos during a game and you can forward a few. They can be added to somebody else's writing and...

You could be right redhead and I didn't mean that what I mentioned as a possibility was going to be what he was thinking - just that he will try to get around the two opensider combo if he possibly can and that was one example. If he thinks big Lukhan is up to speed he could be the answer at...

Thompson will be thinking of his team for one game - the third pool match - against South Africa. We can write a million words in this thread, but unless they take that into account we may as well not write them. I think that Thompson will play what he thinks is his best team in the third game...

It won't be between Pleash and Sandell for the starting LHP spot; it will be between Pleash, Orr and F. Sa'aga - although Sa'aga didn't start for the Barbarians in the competition games; so he probably won't be a front-runner. Orr was the LHP for NSW; Sandell was the THP for NSW, though he can...

Pleash will start ahead of Orr? You could be right. I haven't seen Pleash since his school days; so I can't judge him, but Orr was the backup to O'Connor last year in the U20s and Pleash wasn't even in the squad (maybe he was injured, I forget). And the NSW scrum wasn't bettered in the...

We try to put out a blog every Tuesday about five things that would be of interest to the readers out there. They are not all about Super Rugby, or test matches when they are on: just five topical things—one could be on a club game or schools game the writer went to but there was a matter of...

Point taken, but let's risk the rant and if anybody knows the junior club of a boy put it in "Discussion" here. http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/aussie-under-20-squad-chosen/ .

^^^^^^^^ Thanks Hans - there is not a lot new that I haven't talked about here or others have - I probably stole some stuff. It's more for the general punter. But somebody asked in "Discussion"what junior clubs the boys came from. If anybody knows the junior club of any boy selected, please...

Any budding writers out there want to do a match report of the Reds v Lions game tonight? I think all the Reds' writers are going to the ground and want to have a few ales. Send me a convo ASAP please. .

He could play on the wing - wait a minute … .

Calls have been made but let's leave it all to the official announcement and not declare what we have heard. People were saying who made the NSW team before and who were cut and they were wrong. Watch a great weekend of Super Rugby and the Hong Kong Sevens and come back to it after the...

Two of the biggest pluses for me in the team in their trial games were the ability of reserves to slot in seamlessly, and for their freshness to lift the team. This is always supposed to be the case in all teams, including the professional ones, but we are often disappointed that it is not the...

And this is from Mr. Hector: Thank you sir. What an excellent exhibition of rugby for the spectators at Viking Park today. The day combined favourable weather conditions with great steak sandwiches, drinkable coffee and an enthusiastic crowd from all over the country. Local identities...

Good work there Squirrel - and later this analysis came from a ward in the animal hospital. What a creaturel !! A brief synopsis: · Qld had probably 60% of the ball overall – but three penalty goals wasn’t much reward for the effort · NSW defence proved impenetrable (obviously) – but...

Secret Squirrel was found alive but not too well after a nasty encounter with a possum. He was able to dispatch this report from the first aid room. The match – a very tough encounter ! Qld had all the ball for the first 15 mins or so – and mounted a few raids, but couldn’t get through...

According to Brumby Jack who spoke to the ARU people: When I told him what the story was of the procedure last year he said - that's how he understood what was said to him. It depends who he spoke to - probably the ARU media guys who don't know the ins and outs. Anyway - there will be...