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Penrith are playing internal trials this weekend.

IIRC the charges against Catchpole were dropped.

Are Lane and Hodge back to full fitness?

Dave, who will play 9 and 10 this year? 10 always seems to be Manly's Achilles Heel particularly at finals time and now both experienced 9s are gone IIRC.

Average ball in play for the NRC was 34:25. There was only 1 game above 38 minutes. Be careful what you read. IMO, the increased ball in play time did not justify the significant increase in PKs and the huge increase in yellow cards compared with both Super Rugby and Premier Club Rugby.

Given that Ed Jenkins will be 30 after Rio, I can't see him having a 15s career later on. I think he decided Sevens was his go a long time ago.

The number of of fatties depends on the scrums. If they are taken seriously, you need a decent front row.

I believe the Manly hooker, Porecki, has been spotted in the Facebook photos as well.

I don't think so. The Manly team was 1999. Right timing for George but Cliffy was only 16 at the start of 1999.

Was there talk of Blake Enever signing to make it 31?

Is Michael Hodge still contracted? Is Matt Lucas hanging around to be the 3rd halfback? Did we sign Lalakai Foketi or not?

Can someone please post the squad of 34.

I understand what you are saying and you make a good point about intellectual capital but I worry about conflicts. I would be concerned about the Queensland situation. There appeared to be a very uneven distribution of talent between the 2 teams before the NRC started and the end result was...

2 big problems there. Been there, done that - the Fleet did not work. Where would Country source their players from? IMO there is a lot of negativity on the Stars that is a hang over from the last decade of Uni dominance rather than for sound reasons. The Stars were severeley impacted by...

The EDS is outside of the squad of 35. It used to be called an Academy or a Wider Training Squad.

Test side or the mid week 2nd xv.

When you say "our rugby depth", I assume you mean Manly's as allowing players who are not eligible to play for the Wallabies to play SuperRugby weakens Australia's rugby depth, so it seems a very fair rule to me. Your example of Eddie A is a strange one given that he was not picked up by a NRC...

Ultimately they're both ineligible for the Wallabies (assuming GP plays for the Eagles) and if Ebersohn is actually uncapped for the Boks, then he can becomes Wallaby eligible and no longer considered a marquee.

Not really, once he plays for the US, he can only be a marquee option in Australia and with each Aust franchise requiring their players to play in their own domestic comp, his only option to be a contracted player and be able to play for Manly is to be a marquee option at the Tahs. I think that...

Why would he come back to play club rugby at Manly? Surely he will go somewhere where he can make a quid from rugby.