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That may be where this is headed - an early exit to his contract because he has no faith in the organisations continued existence and wants to get on the open market now, rather than in a rush post season. That seems like the most likely reason to take a hard line here, though it could also be...

I have seen a few blow ups on twitter from the standard set of league fans who love to say they used to be Union fans but are really just keen to attack the game where ever they can.

Reds should have this one comfortably on form but it's important we maintain our focus and control this game for the 80. We've been guilty of second half switch offs to varying degrees every game this year and it's important to put that to bed before the Brumbies game next week. The Force are...

That just goes to the insanity of the Rebels going so hard for Tupou in what was already their strongest and deepest position. They could've picked up a gun inside centre and a hooker with a reliable throw, been in a stronger squad position and had money to spare. Or ideally retained a few more...

The plan is for a drop in, synthetic pitch for the hockey.

Rebels don't need another big body in the backrow, particularly not one without the fitness of a traditional backrower. The need a bit more graft and on ball presence and should be looking at Kohen Herbert to come into the 23.

This form dip won't hurt his market value too much. A side like Leinster would absolutely back themselves to get the most out of him, and more broadly clubs will be pretty happy to put form dips for established rebels down to the organisation and the crisis it's in. They might squeeze a bit in...

It was only a partial selection of tickets that went on sale, there is still the ballot and I think another public allocation to go with more tickets released each time

Aside from being much more financially stable than the English clubs they're also looking to replace Michael Ala'alatoa, so are pretty motivated to sign a world class prop.

Yeah, people talk about the Irish model as some sort of perfect execution of a high performance system we should import in its entirety, but the whole reason it works is the fact that it's specifically and specifically crafted for their demographic, geographic and political spread and wouldn't...

He's also equal 2nd in the comp for try assists (alongside McReight), with 4 (1 per game). Only Fakatava is ahead of them with 5.

That's Leinster in Ireland making the offer to Tupou, they're backed by the IRFU and would be one of the very last clubs in the world to fail the way things are structured there. For the English clubs who are still circling though? Who knows what their thinking is, but it sounds like the...

Looks like it has made it's way into the paper's I can access, offer for Tupou from Leinster is for $950k per year. That's a drop of 250k from his reported $1.2m per year. Apparently Lolesio and Ikitau are also considering their options overseas, but that's not really news at this stage.

Codesports is one of the few I don't have access to, but it sounds like there has been a big offer from Leinster for Tupou:

https://brumbies.rugby/news/larkham-wraps-up-highlanders-victory-2024318 Injury update from Larkham, but annoyingly in video only. Here are the key points: Injuries from the Highlanders game: Muirhead: Knee, still being assessed but probably out for a couple of weeks Ikitau: Knee, a bit worse...

Third party payments is one way, like @Adam84 mentioned. For example, if one of the now collapsed BRC capital sponsors of the Rebels was to pay him something that would be gone. If there were any salary cap shenanigans that could be another - RA wouldn't have guaranteed any payments outside the cap.

I'd be pretty surprised if Daugunu was still on a wallaby top up - he was for his last contract with the Reds but hasn't been selected for the Wallabies since the end of 2021. In that time guys like Kellaway, Vunivalu and Nawaqanitawase have all emerged ahead of him as wing options for the...

I'm not exactly sure how it's being structured or policed (maybe geo-restricted?) but all the comms have been that these ticket sales are for Australian residents and British and Irish based fans should by via the Lions themselves

It's still unclear the exact circumstances here but if he's not being paid what do you expect? A lot of these guys took major pay cuts through covid and have limited time in their career to earn, it's understandable for them not to have a lot of patience anymore if payments aren't being made. At...

Ouch: I knew the departures/injuries were bad, but to see it spelled out like that it really hits home. Literally a completely different team on the park from last year.