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QPR weekly stating that Isaac Henry a late withdrawal for Wests due to a broken jaw. Glen Vaihu moves to 12, Droasese to 13 and Jono Kent to 15. That’s bad luck for Henry , has had a very good year to date, that might be him done for the season.

Still shits me though that being rusty/ first game back is an excuse for some, but others play quite well . Being first test of the year doesn’t seem to be a problem for the entire squad , but an excuse for others. Keep it real please!

Looks a good back line , bit of a younger brother-a-thon , with David Vaihu and Mason Gordon starting plus Conrad Skelton to come off the bench . Is Matthew Nonu Paisami named at LHP any relation to Hunter?

The current QRU board under Jeff Miller brought in a KPI of a 80% minimum signing from Qld pathways and QPR. Probably always would be in that vicinity, but they’ve put it front and centre as a key goal to future success. Certainly feels like it’s headed in the right direction.

3. Wilson - only one who regularly hit low and stung in defence, contributed to Hoopers’ turnover 2. Hooper- back end of the game really stood up 1. McDermott - game changer when he came on, would have got my 3 if he played longer. HM. Tupou - as per Tate

Line ups for Wests v Easts as per Rugby Xplorer. Uru and Pilz out for Easts , which are massive losses , but they do get back Van Nek. Wests’ backline looks very threatening with Super Rugby players at 9,10,12,13 & 15. Easts need to make it a forward battle!

Must admit the modern day role of a 12 confuses me somewhat. I know they are the second fly half, but seem to stand at 10 nearly as much as the 10 does. The guy then wearing 13 ends up as your 12 depending on the ball playing ability of your 15. Tom Banks is not a ball playing 15 , so Paisami...

The thing about him kicking is that it puts doubt in the defensive line , 12 months ago it would have been a safe bet to jam up on him knowing he would more often than not take the line on himself and then try and offload. All of a sudden, your winger and fullback/ sweeper need to pay...

Biggest concern for me was our inability to build any phase pressure in the first half. The ball either got kicked away early or our attacking rucks were hampered by poor clean out accuracy compounded by slow delivery from Gordon. It equated to very little pressure or questions being asked of...

No , prep intake is based on how old you are on the 30th of June. Need to have turned 5 by then to go to Prep, those born on or after the 1st of July turn 6 in prep , those born in the first half of the year are 17 when they finish school, second half will be 18. Graduating classes should be...

^Cracking idea! Think part of the current issue with drop out is the jump for some to U20’s age group straight out of school. I know there is a fair share of 18 year olds finishing school now , but for those born in the first half of the year they are still only 17. Big difference when you...

Maybe Arnold has just them using their backs more? Or given his backs the confidence/ empowered them to have more of a say come match day. The GPS game plan in recent years has been pretty one dimensional and game plan rarely challenged. The previous head coach was pretty good at handing out a...

Agree Zero, Wilson’s natural game is to go hard unless he is otherwise told not to. He plays his best footy when he backs his instincts and doesn’t overthink things, he has said so himself when questioned about his TT form. Very difficult to do that for 80mins and can’t see Rennie wanting to...

The kicking from UQ certainly was a head scratcher for me. Started the game with Jasper Mellish throwing up plenty of contestable kicks , which must have been part of the game plan. It did start to reduce the Easts rush defence and tire the forward pack by constantly turning them around. The...

Easts v UQ game very physical game with the forward packs having a red hot crack. The Easts’ back row of Milosovic , Wright and Uru along with Eli Pilz at 9 kept Easts in the fight, but the UQ outside backs had just a bit too much ball to be contained, really showed their class. Easts won’t...

What’s the go with Joe Powell playing for Brothers? Is he still with the Rebels for next year ? Or a chance he could be in the equation for the Reds?

Easts v UQ game should be a cracker tomorrow, defending premiers against top of the table. Battle of the forward packs should be a highlight, somewhat diminished by the absence of Rhys Van Nek . Think UQ have a slight ascendency with him out and definitely more fire power out wide. The back...

QPR posted the other day that if Lockdown is extended, this weekend’s game would be treated as a “rained out” round . Attempts would be made to make the round up and if this doesn’t happen think the points get shared? Not sure about that. The move to Sunday would make sense if allowed, they...

Wasn’t he at Bond until recently? Rarely played , but that was his club before Brothers .

Yeah , holy shit did forget about Thor and JOC (James O'Connor). Reckon Lachy might struggle to fit into that backline , where would he play?