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Yeah they were all in the team that year. I saw them in Sydney, v. Japan - that was the game in which the Japanese were sidestepping Pocock instead of tackling him because they were scared of him. Quade Cooper and Pat McCabe were in the reserves. I also saw them v. NZ in Canberra. The...

Thanks for that redhead - "Like" doesn't quite do it. So, if a game is played on the first and last day there is plenty of time in between to slip another two matches in; so that every side plays everybody else. It won't be a burden at that age and besides, players will be rotated so that...

He was in the ARC and didn't set the world on fire, but was OK in the games I saw. He was bloody fast for Oz Schools in 2005 but he seemed to lose a step or two after he left school and I supposed it was because of training for rugby. For example he didn't look sprinter fast when he played...

Brett Stapleton was the same age when he ran 10.27 for 100 metres. Played for Oz Schools and Oz 7s later - and the ARC - was also in Super squads. But he wasn't a good enough rugby player. To my eye he lost his sprinter's speed and my theory was it because he bulked up to play rugby. .

Talk is cheap - but I am certainly looking forward to watching Hunt play fullback. He didn't blow my socks off playing for Biarritz, mostly at outside centre, but Oz rugby is short of players who can hold their place in the test team and also hoof the ball a long way, as is reported. At the...

Good point - Mowen was a big loss in the respect of fulfilling the dual role and I wouldn't rate rate Hodgson or Dennis at that level either, when they play Super Rugby. There a few that are around with the potential. Pat McCutcheon of the Tahs would be a natural if he were a good enough...

I forgot about that Jaghound. Cam Blades told that to me and I mentioned it in this thread. Japan was the other nation he mentioned. I will definitely ask about it now - thanks for jogging my memory. It's probable that they will pick an expanded squad after Canberra, like last year, and...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ah - I see it now. Southern States U20 Championship - 20-25 February 2015 – Adelaide *Competing teams: Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, ACT, NSW Country, Qld Country National U20 Championship - 20-25 March 2015 – Canberra *Competing teams: NSW, Queensland...

^^^^^^ Don't know anything about it mate. I know that the Aus Under 20s had warm-up games at the Bond Uni training camp last year and as a result of that some players were omitted from the expanded squad selected at the end of the national championships, and one was added. Didn't know it...

Hunt had 14 starting games for Biarritz when he was there in 2009/10 - only three at flyhalf. For the Broncos he was almost exclusively a fullback. Yeah, losing the utility value of Lucas (and to a lesser extent Harris) was always going to be a potential pitfall; but as Hugh Romney, the...

Agree - Qld Country would not be all that southern. It's interesting that both Tonga and Fiji are invited to the nationals. That would make five teams in total, yet there are only three match days. Last year there were four teams and everybody played everybody else. So, because not all teams...

And if you want to talk about good trainers as we have in this thread recently he's a 100% man and Paddy Ryan is right up there too. Tilse probably has a step or two on Paddy and fancies himself chasing down the hair-combing, mintie-eating backs. He doesn't catch a lot of them but don't tell...

Just hold the phone on that one. I was told on Tuesday that it was on at the Merrylands ground. I was also told that there was going to be a re-introduction of the Willie O Cup beforehand. .

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ As I indicated above: he's not a bruiser, and doesn't have a big engine. What level he had in those areas has faded and he is over 30 now. Some props get better with age; some don't. I'm thinking that as time went by the coaches mentioned above thought the technical expertise...

^^^^^^ Doh. I had no clue. .

Is he a family man with a kid or two? If he is, it make sense: players are away from home so much in Super Rugby, the RC and the EOYT. Not so in Europe. Ben Mowen is on record as saying that is one of the reasons he likes it in France. .

Yeah he missed both. If I recall correctly he was still unproven for 2007 and he had the knee thingo in 2011 and tried to get away with not having an operation but it was no-go. There's no doubt that he is a committed trainer but he doesn't have the engine that other players have, which is why...

brumbies20years is banned permanently. .

There was an Argentine youngster who played on the wing for his school in Rosario. We know him as a romantic figure from the Cuban revolution but he had his guerrillas murder captured soldiers, including peasants who joined the army to avoid unemployment. "When in doubt, kill them," he said...

You never know. He was on the bench for all 18 games last year and played in 14 of them. .