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Reds: 1. Peni Ravai – Easts – Ratu Kadavulevu School, Fiji 2. Matt Faessler – Brothers – Toowoomba Grammar School – USQ Saints 
 3. Zane Nonggorr – Bond University – The Southport School – Gold Coast Eagles 4. Seru Uru – Wests – Ratu Kadavulevu School, Fiji – Namoli Rugby Club...

And here I was thinking we were finally done with terrible team graphics

1 James Slipper (Brumbies) 2 Matt Faessler (Reds) 3 Zane Nonggorr (Reds) 4 Seru Uru (Reds) 5 Ryan Smith (Reds) 6 Liam Wright (Reds) 7 Fraser McReight (Reds) 8 Harry Wilson (Reds) 9 Tate McDermott (Reds) 10 Carter Gordon (Rebels) 11 Corey Toole (Brumbies) 12 Isaac Henry (Reds) 13 Josh Flook...

Roadrunner was heartbreaking, if a bit off putting at times with the AI narration.

Bold of you to think I would forget a Reds game so recent - there wasn't one in Perth for the Reds in 2023. There were a couple of other victories though. A bonus point win in Melbourne for Super Round: And a solid victory at Suncorp later in the season:

To some degree - he took a punt and it hasn't paid off, but there's got to be a fair bit of trust earned by seeing them sign up guys like Tupou and Salakaia-Loto with some amount of RA backing. For the guys internal to the Rebels like Stiles to have sold him on a bullshit dream when the books...

Daugunu was signed up in June last year I think, so probably not quite that bad. Pretty terrible from his perspective though - signed up to move down on a promise of opportunity and all the good things to come, only to find out on arrival that the organisation is $20 million in the hole and on...

I think they've been much better with the current interpretation - they need to see the whole front row progressing, not just one side winning out where it might be reversed on the opposite side. Also telling teams the ball is available and to play on when they try and really milk penalties has...

Our last visit to Perth, while not perfect, was pretty good: Force had there patches in that game but we won with a bonus point in the end. O'Connor played one of his best games, effectively ending Godwin's Wallaby aspirations by repeatedly slicing through his channel with ease. Only a few...

You only get to do that once though, all the free-kick infringements at scrum time turn into a penalty on the 2nd occurrence.

Yeah, I doubt Halangahu will be up for it, but a head coach gig might be enough to lure him (more so than a wallabies assistant job). i just don't see him winning out. I agree on Hoiles not being ready but I think he might put his hand up for it, he seems pretty bullish about his own future as...

Yeah, it looks a bit like the tahs are in the financial position QLD were when Thorn was signed as head coached and will be forced to bite the bullet on affordability vs experience. Maybe leaning more on RA structures to help support whoever ends up in charge. The other candidates there are...

There's been a lot of recent press about Coleman basically filling the GM role since Blades left with Gilmore now having half a foot in the head coach camp to cover him and whatever the decision is on Coleman's future that's what the tahs need to fix. There does seem to be a push for Gilmore...

The gymnastics that went on with Northern hemisphere fans complaining 50/22s would ruin the game to realising they were actually a great spectacle was all time.

Kautai extends until the end of 2025: https://www.rugby.com.au/news/kautai-extends-time-with-the-brumbies-2024319

It's not just the difference in points you earn from the kicks they both would've taken, there is a flow on effect. Different confidence intervals effect your decision making around taking the 3, and as a result affect the way other teams while police their own discipline in their own half. 75%...

You're bang on with a few of them really competing for the 6 spot from lock, but I'd probably swap Uru and Williams on your lists. It's those hybrids (alongside the 6/locks like Leota, Hooper, Hanigan and Lee-Warner) that are really pushing for the bench spots in particular, where their...

At 10? You pick the 75% kicker every day of the week if that and defence is the only difference between them. A bit different if you're comparing a 75% kicker to an 80% or 85% kicker, but 65% is just too low for test match rugby when you've got reasonable alternatives.

Lonergan has generally been a strong goal kicker, but if he's not kicking week to week for his super side it's difficult to make the argument he should start for the wallabies off the back of that skill.

Yeah, other clubs won't be particularly bothered by him taking this stance with the Rebels, none of them are planning their contracts based on what happens when everything falls to shit. It may have an effect on his ability to get another contract in Australia in the short term (same as Rodda...