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I agree that there are examples of it 100%. My point is that it isnt easy and I believe they are still affected by this issue. Probably because they lack leaders who have achieved much success. Highers being the only one who comes to mind. Master strokes by both Chieka and Link in those short...

Not a clue, I am not a coach. My post was a reply so someone drawing in the character of the players saying that if they cared about the Jersey they would be doing extras. It's pretty common knowledge amongst clubs the extras thorn has been bringing in since the day he joined the reds...

Completely disagree and IMO very different situation from the Reds. The rebels have brought in a group of experienced and very talented players which the reds couldn't afford to do. That is as much, if not more, the reason for the change in rebels fortunes.

How do you know they aren't doing extras at training? In fact if you had a clue about the culture thorn is trying to instill in this group you would know that this is exactly what he is big on. Over the last couple of years the players have volunteered for extras, including contact work. You...

Pretty disappointing game. I think the reds just had a really off night however they still managed to score 3 tries and be in it. How quickly we forget their first 2 performances, particularly the first one. I think a big thing people overlook is that unfortunately the Reds are coming from...

In agreeance... from your post I thought you were saying he wouldn't get there physically. For the record I think he would be fine to start if we didn't have 2 wallaby 2nd rowers already in the squad but he just wouldn't have a big physical presence with ball in hand. Will be better for his...

Shame if CFS has lost his urgency. Last year I thought we saw a totally different guy to the one we had seen since he was 18. He would chase everything. Maybe he needs a few games to get his head right. I'd love for him to get back to the sort of form he was showing pre injury last year. I...

Mate he is 20 years old playing in the tight 5 ffs. Give him some time to grow into his body, blokes like Horwill, Jones and plenty others didnt grow into their body and have the impact you're requiring of him till they were 22/23/24. He is extremely skillful, surprisingly agile, quick for his...

I shudder whenever I see this argie ref. Every game I've seen him ref he has been very incompetent. Canes are playing better, very different brumbies from last week. This bloke in the middle isn't helping though

Bobby I've seen this Noah fellas name mentioned a couple of times in the brumbies thread. I know nothing of him... can you fill us in?

Gibson then mate. I think the gist of it is pretty obvious. Apologies ot Cron and Gibson for the offense I caused.

Thought I’d fix this up for Cron... 9. Jake Gordon 10. Bernard Foley 13. Curtis Rona 15. Kurtley Beale 12. Karmichael Hunt 14. Alex Newsome 11. Israel Falou Think he got his numbers mixed up... I’m sure he didn’t mean to play 3 of his players not in their best positions! Agree with the...

Good team, disappointed Duncan isnt starting but that would have been the backline I would have finished the game with if Duncan had started. Looks like they'll do it then other way around. Happy with all except no Higgers. I saw 1 trial v a poor NZ team and he was the only one getting over the...

1. Smith 2. BPA 3. TT 4. Rodda 5. Loto 6. Timu 7. Wright 8. Highers 9. Tate 10. Stewart 11. CFS 12. Duncan 13. Kerevi 14. Petaia 15. Hegarty 16. Mafi 17. Fotu 18. Smith 19. Hockings 20. ASY (Angus Scott-Young) 21. Moses 22. Daungunu 23. Sefa IMO our best backline. CFS was the best ball running/carrying back in...

I've wanted to jump on this thread for a while and say how good a purchase I think Hunt is for you guys. Have watched him at super, nrc and club level and cannot remember him making many, if any, poor decisions in attack/defense. His decisions in simple 2v1 or 3v2 and shifting the ball to space...

Ah I see. You're one of these posters. You've gone completely off the reservation if you are actually replying to my comments. At absolutely no stage have I said nor implied that we need to do either. You clearly haven't read or cannot comprehend my comments. Not sure who you are arguing with...

There are a heap more players (players of quality and potential, which was my point I was referring to) plying their trade overseas. I wrote "a heap more" because I'm not going to list every australian player not playing in oz. It is no secret that Te'o strongly preferred to play for the...

Maybe most wouldn't make the 23 but it's the competition it creates for those positions. There are a heap of talented players overseas who probably could have performed than majority of our squad this year. Frady, McMahon, Gill, Skelton, Timani, Holmes, Hanson, Horwill, Dennis, Mowen, Tomane...

Things I took away from that game... - Ref didn’t lose it for us. Average calls went both ways. One team will always have a couple more against them. - individual poor skills from about 5 or 6 players did. Missed one on one tackles, poor passes and bad decisions from those few killed us. -...

Agree just don’t know what to do with Duncan. I think he deserves a start. No reason you couldn’t use both really throughout games/the season. Only thing I’ll add with Higgers/Timu is that I don’t trust Timu at 6 on defensive scrums. He doesn’t read it very well and isn’t v quick off the mark...