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You haven't noticed that the bench has 2 backrowers and no locks on it? Clearly Parling is going to suit up. o_O

Wingers, who needs em: 30 more ready to step straight in between normal pathways, league pathways and not quite Super level kiwis.

https://outline.com/4pDUux Suggests that it's $336k between Quade, Slipper and Hunt rather than all for Quade. But yes: that's a good chunk of cash.

If the 6 Nations isn't on FTA, that's the medium to long term death of Rugby in the UK and Ireland virtually guaranteed. For the heads of the NH Unions, everything else should be minutiae by comparison.

I guess it all depends on what you want the "third tier" to be. Is it a reward for clubs? An olive branch from the establishment to the clubs? An extension of the Super Rugby System? An opportunity for Wallaby players to keep match fit in a Semi-Pro environment? A chance for Super Sides to have...

Turning "grassroots"/kids into exploitable resources. Promoting an exclusive system, based in Sydney that's kept Union as a game for the elite rather than a game for everyone. Producing an inferior product to what the Saffas and Kiwis figured out ages ago. Sounds exactly the sort of...

Mr Dan Parks

Wouldn't a recent Wallaby player be likely to have biases towards their mates that are still playing? Consciously or otherwise? Throwing a curve ball: Aussie by birth and Rugby upbringing. Plenty of international experience. Still playing pro within the last 5 years. Coached over here at NRC...

Last year it was typically close of business 2 days beforehand: if that holds true expect it late this afternoon.

Here we go: https://melbournerebels.com/2019/02/13/local-academy-players-locked-in-to-continue-training-with-rebels/ In addition to 4 Academy boys training full time, we've got a 4 man supplementary squad composed of Matt Gibbon, Ikapote Tupai, Stu Dunbar and Tasi Tautalatasi.

No question most of the trialists will probably still be playing the club stuff up in Sydney. But there's 7 rounds of Super Rugby before Club Rugby starts over there. Depending on injuries and required rotations, I can't imagine there's too much rush for either side to part ways before then, at...

Can't imagine that at least 2 or 3 of the trialists won't be sticking around in some sort of supplementary role. Squad feels quite light on backs, especially with To'omua still in England potentially right up until the start of June and our Wallabies needing to be rotated. I would be...

They do change, and I would at least somewhat welcome a sort of limited relegation system (every 2 years rather than every year, 3 game playoff Home, Away and neutral/2nd home game for bottom 6 Nations team etc.). But I think some people are missing that it's not JUST relegation: the 2nd...

That's such a weird mix of players.

From the Rebels, Semisi Tupou, Esei Ha'angana and Trevor Hosea have all been held back from the camp due to Senior Squad commitments, according to the Facebook post announcing Oli Barden and Sione Tui being part of the camp.

Yeah, both of them would vastly prefer to finish top and play France instead of England. 1 v 2 battles are always great.

Please please please appoint Johnson as head Coach. The minibus sutrely deserves another go :D

Dunno. Maybe by not playing that combination?

He's definitely the smallest part of our success and the person I'm happiest to lose from the national set up: There's definitely a reason why he wasn't kept on as Head Coach and shuffled on into the background

Thanks for taking Johnson aka The minibus off our hands lads.