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The article I read recently about Taylor and rugby union made clear he intended to stay with the NRL until the end of 2016 (the end of his contract) and re-evaluate from there. Therefore probably no need for him to be mentioned until Reds 2017 thread.

Totally baseless rumour (heard from a mate who lives in Melbourne, a bit to do with the rugby scene) that Higginbotham may be in the process of negotiating a release from the Rebels (hes signed until 2015) to return to the Reds. Apparently he believes the team has been taking backwards steps...

Obviously disappointed with the result yesterday but still glad to see it was close game considering the changes to GPS backline, will be interesting to see how the boys fair against Uni next week in what is a key game to determine the minor premiership. Still a good day for the Gallopers who...

GPS Premier Colts will secure the Minor Premiership if they get a win over Easts this weekend. A great achievement if they manage to do it with still a couple of rounds to play.

I feel Wests will continue to struggle for a while yet. One of their issues is that geographically they sit between two clubs, Uni and GPS, who are consistently strong in both Premier Grade and Premier Colts which is far more appealing to school leavers. You'll notice a lot of St Peters and BBC...

Norths shouldn't just be looking to target Don for coaching, they should be looking at the key players in that team and convince them to take it seriously next year. Most of the backline are only in their mid-twenties and some key members of the forward pack were playing Premier Grade at...

I think saying Brothers colts have been woeful for that entire period is a massive overstatement, last year for example their Premier Colts team were viewed as Premiership favourites and this year all three of their colts teams are hovering around the top 4. Also they've been able to get at...

Wests and Norths are still majorly struggling in the Colts department. I feel until they get that area sorted it may be a while before they're competitive where it really counts, its hard to get depth when the 30 or so players who graduate to grades each year have spent two years getting dealt...

TT, the forward pack won't have any forced changes so I believe will be very similar to the one which faced Norths. Will have to wait and see the Reds team announcement before knowing about Kurindrani and Johnson. Without knowing too much about the selections you'd have to think Zangari will...

TT - although I do agree with your points about clubs not being allowed to fly players in from outside the QRU program it wasn't the actual reason Hergarty was denied qualification. An over site at the club meant that despite nominating GPS as his Premier club prior the season, he had failed...

Easts vs GPS will be a good game but GPS will really need to work on some new back line combinations this week. They'll definitely be without Frisby, Kerevi and Kuridrani for the game and read somewhere that Graham might even take Sam Johnson over to Perth as a possible bench option. Still...

Will be interesting to see if the QRU and GPS have sorted out Hergarty's eligibility for this years finals, after he was denied qualification last year. Bryce played very well vs the Reds on Friday night and it would be great to have him at 10/15.

I don't know if Souths are struggling too much in the lower grades, they must have a bit of talent because every team below Prem Reserve, is in the top 4, including Premier Colts. Obviously the success of their Premier team is leaving a bit to be desired but the rest of the club seems to be...

This is true, I believe he missed about 5 or 6 games through injury but has been back to full health for the last couple of months. The International window with the Super Rugby hiatus probably came at a bad time for him as he was just finding his form back.

I hate pumping up guys from my own club too much but geez I really wish Kerevi had got a start this game, its genuinely annoying me that he hasn't been given ample chance this year to show hes the difference maker the Reds need. The guy looks like he'll score nearly every time he touches the...

I've said this before that I think GPS are currently sitting near the end of what has been a 3-4 years building process (essentially since Shane Arnold was appointed head coach) which nearly ended up coming to fruition in 2013. They've brought some of these guys through like Kerevi...

I don't think any of the teams in finals contention really have an easy run home. For example GPS last 5 games are Norths, Easts, Uni, Brothers and Sbank, I doubt Shane Arnold is sitting at home thanking the scheduling gods for that one.

Also you'd assume both Kerevi and Kuridrani will be upgraded to full contracts for 2015

Geez $200k is a lot of money to coach a non-professional rugby team, guess they really wanna get their rugby program kicking. If they have that type of money for a coach it makes me think they'll be throwing some dollars behind recruiting for 2015, similarly to when Sunny Coast snagged Toutai...

Tomane's younger brother recently returned to Brisbane and is playing Premier Colts down at GPS, thought it may have been a sign that Joe might be on his way to QLD as well but doesn't seem like it.