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I could argue we lost about 50 tests of having Quade because of this thinking. His winning record is superior to any other Aus 10 in the last 15yrs. A large portion of 10s are hidden in some capacity these days.

Cardell has signed with Newcastle for next year

Why are we all talking about tackling and 10s? It’s important but it’s not in the equation for why a player will be picked in that position. As long as they are competent and aren’t a massive liability in defense the coach wouldn’t be putting an x through any player if they pass, kick, organise...

There is some surprises but then again if you look back at Eddie in his England time, he consistently favoured players that win contact. Always got the impression that he wanted players that he can dictate how the game is going to be played instead of players that negate other teams strengths...

The game of optics from the 1% of rugby fans who actually care is an ongoing issue for the game. The vast majority of fans don’t care and those who do only worry about soft power play in a perception war against other clubs. Where he aligns will have almost 0 impact on the fortunes of code as a...

I remember Turinui saying this on a podcast only a few years ago. Doubt it’s changed

Does any kid really get inspired to start playing the game because a guy is aligned with the local club? I can definitely see the lure of inspiring kids to want to play for the Waratahs because it’s on tv and they earn money but I just don’t see many kids inspired by people at this level. If he...

Agreed. I don’t overly see what he brings. The scrum is far from dominant with him on, he isn’t anything amazing around the field. I just don’t see the benefit he brings. But there is smarter men than me making these decisions.

With his games in Japan during his season away, he would be approaching 300 professional games. There wouldn’t be more than a handful of Aussies that have achieved that.

The publicity this has drawn this week is commercial gold. Rugby is in the news again. One thing Gould is right about, every time Sua'ali'i does something someone will be mentioning rugby in the same sentence.

Rob Simmons fan here, on the topic of the scrum, he was also the only lock that people continually questioned his physicality so I think there is a level of his mates feeling the need to make comment on things like scrummaging to quash the chatter. Locks obviously help come scrum time but let’s...

Comments on Facebook haha. Social media isn’t any sort of reflection of the real world, nobody goes on these platforms to write anything positive. A restaurant could give 100 people a meal, 60 of them would enjoy it, 30 wouldn’t be overly fussed and 10 would hate it. 5 of those 10 people might...

Trev was massive yesterday. It’s well timed to have Canham back next week with Trev definitely out with the 12 day stand down.

But what’s his post contact stats per carry? The nature of attack especially someone as talented as Wilson will mean they win the gain line. But there is big difference in winning the gainline with the advantage of momentum through attack and guys that drag numerous opposing players into contact...

Ekusai had a good game, for Wilson to be the best 8 on the park by far he must of had the individual performance of the year by any player. Wilson is a good player but jeez he gets some serious hyperbole from some Reds supporters.

Agreed on Wilson, his work rate is top notch and runs some nice lines but he might be the least explosive no.8 in the comp. Would like to see him shrug more players off in contact and suck more players into contact by fighting through the contact. Reds desperately missing Tupou’s ability to...

Campbell was fine last night, didn’t set the world a light but wasn’t bad either. There was several Reds players that played pretty well that are getting some strange comments about them on here. JOC (James O'Connor) I thought was outstanding with the limited opportunities he was given. Reds almost scored 40pts...

Wait till they get dusted by 20 next week

On the game I thought Gordon was good but JOC (James O'Connor) actually shaded him in my mind, with his limited opportunities he was superb. Wilson outplayed by Ekuasi, I just don’t think Eddie is going to be impressed how easily he’s brought to ground too often, he’s a work horse but there just isn’t anything...

Strange match, Rebels in many ways should of won by plenty but equally the Reds can feel dudded with that call. Both teams with plenty to work on.