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I agree with pretty much everything you've said there TOCC but would prefer Mowen in the side over Shatz or Dennis and give Higginbotham one more chance playing at 6. IMO Mowen was the form backrower for most of the season and is a solid lineout option so its beyond me why he wasn't able to make...

To be honest I think Easts are sitting in the box seat and will scrape through. They know all they have to do is beat uni next weekend while gps are relying on easts a loss and needing to beat wests who beat them previously. The last time wests and gps played the wests team had the perfect...

Fulltime in Prems GPS 19 defeated Easts 14 After spending a day down at Easts I now vote Easts sideline chat as the most brutal in clubland, there were a lot of big mouths despite all their teams going down quite heavily apart from Prems (not saying it in a negative way, was actually impressed...

Yeh Tuiquri is no slouch but Smith was carving up before he went overseas. Not entirely sure of his stats, I know he's only 21 this year and played two years of Prem Colts at GPS and Brisbane Grammar 1st XV in 2008, possibly 2007. I'm pretty sure he's made a rep side at some stage but couldn't...

Im a bit suprised to see Bev Tuquiri still starting at 10 for GPS especially in such a crucial game. Pat Smith who is GPS leading point scorer this year and was the incumbent 10/15 for the first half of the season has been stuck in reserve grade since he got back from London watching his sister...

Personally i'm not a big fan of the shirts design so probably won't wear it but I think its great the QRU have added a few more wearable pieces of merchandise in this years pack (hat, shirt, scarf) and the scarfs will probably be a hit with the ladies (I had to buy one for my missus and mother...

Lots of injuries this year at GPS and also the rep players (mostly Aussie 7's) coming in and out of the side. Nick Frisby also elected to have his shoulder surgery earlier than expected so he won't be making anymore appearances this year and the same goes for Ruan Smith, recently signed with the...

From what i've heard it seems like JP will be staying in Brisbane for 2013 to continue playing at GPS and with the National Academy. Ruan has definitely been signed to a full contract, he has just recently had a shoulder recon so won't be playing anymore club rugby this year and will be flying...

Yeh well considering he wasn't even playing u/20s at the Bronc's until Frisby got the flick makes me wonder why they'd be considering him and apparently letting Frisby walk away. Maybe Frisby's dicisipline problems are playing a role in that.

I read somewhere that Graham wasn't actually allowed into the Reds organisation until after the 2012 Super Rugby season concluded. I'd say he would have been chilling in Brisbane, watching some club rugby and has only just started to intergrate himself into the Reds system in the last couple of...

Im guessing he'd be asking for some big $$$ so you'd think the Force would be front runners here. Whether they think it would be wise to spend it on a forward instead of trying to lure some quality backs is the question though. Is McMenimans playing style really what the Reds after? He does...

Tigerland do you know why they are restricting the play of 7's players? Im not really familiar with the 7s programs and when circuits start/finish but I thought it was finished for the year? GPS have also had limited access to their three 7's players over the last few weeks.

I'm not sure about Taumata's contract situations but I know Frisby has been offered deals by a few NRL teams already but is hoping something solid will pop up with the Reds (EPS) or elsewhere in Australia, for that reason we are probably better to pick Frisby or risk losing him. Whether or not...

Yeh i'm pretty sure Nick Frisby ended up being on a fulltime contract during the 2012 season and then signed a longer deal, hence why there has been no actual annoucements made yet as its all just sort of happened through the natural course of things. I may be wrong but isn't there some rule...

I think there may only be 1 or 2 positions left in the squad. In Ewen's column for the SMH today he wrote that out of the 15 un-contracted players for 2013, 14 have re-signed with the Reds, obviously the exception being Higginbotham.

Sorry Reg was still typing when you posted that!

South-African born prop Ruan Smith who had a 3 game contract with the Force to finish 2012 and plays in the Brisbane Premier Rugby competition just announced via Twitter that he has signed a 3 year deal with the Brumbies. No official story to link yet sorry. Will be interesting to see if the...

I was at the GPS v Uni game and Uni will be kicking themselves for losing that one, this isn't really a match report just a quick writeup of how I saw the game. This was a case of Uni being ill-disciplined and lazy than GPS outplaying them. The outside backs for Uni were lightning fast and...

With the loss of Higgers how does this affect Shatzies off season training and preparation? As mentioned he is still very young and has quite a large frame. Do you think he'll be doing some intense bulking and power work during the offseason to try and replicate Higgers for next season? I've had...

There is a darkhorse who has recently emerged for an EPS spot next year. Louis Frisby who has been the halfback for Bronco's U20 side the last couple of years was recently released. Link already met with him last year a couple of times about coming to the Reds and has again met with him since...