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Royals are sounding handy, although I wonder what effect Craig Leseberg's step back will have on the Royals? Will Russell Ingram be able to continue on with Lesey's work?

Don Cameron, former Albury Steamers Coach has been writing some articles on the Steamers particularly, and Rugby in general, check it out at: http://blindsidecounter.weebly.com/index.html The Steamers will be stoked to have Nathan Bright back in the fold for 2013.

I think the majority of those variations will be adopted for Super Rugby. I think you'll find that these changes will also be adopted at the Community Rugby level in Australia as well. The ARU are in the process of ratifying which laws will be adopted.

Make sure you keep an eye on the SIRU zone website during the season. There's a good early season news article posted here.

Ex-Griffith Junior Robbie Abel is pushing his case at the Brumbies for 2013. Good article from Ex-Wagga Junior Chris Dutton at the Canberra Times.

Cootamundra have announced their 2013 Coach as ex NSW Country Rep Andrew Glover following the resignation of long-term coach Kristian Bodycott. Wagga Girl Rebeka Lally has been making some headlines also, hopefully this publicity bodes well for the 2013 Women's 7 a side competition within...

And that attitude is what makes our game awesome!

Any excuse will do!

2013 Season Thoughts. Hi folks, apologies for being a bit slack over the off-season, although I'm sure that those of you who are local or in the know have been keeping an eye on Pam Whaley's great work over at the DA, see links to her stories on Griffith, Wagga City, and SIRU. From my point...

I know one of the blokes in that photo, it was taken at Fortress Murrayfield in Albury. It's a reasonably well known photo in this neck of the woods. The Albury Steamers player taking on the two Tumut Bulls players. From memory, Tumut won the comp that year.

PaarlBok Thanks for posting this. It's good to see some new blood there in the refereeing ranks for 2013. I hope Pollock makes a full recovery, he was the form ref of the 2012 S15 season for me.

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KevinO How would the Vic Country comp look without Deni or BARC? I notice you haven't included Deni in that split comp model, are they definitely out of the VRU 2013 in all shapes and forms?

Hugh Jarse There are products available to coaches that allow them to enter their own stats into. The ARU were pushing this to Level II coaches early this year. Not sure what the take up rate was on that, but i think its a good tool for club coaches

Announcement made at the SIRU AGM that Richard Turnbull will be the 2013 SIRU Head Coach supported by Mick Small and Luke Eldridge. Great news for the zone and having a Level III Coach for SIRU should flush out some interest in the rep team that will play in the Brumbies Provincial Tournament...

Granted that Brett Sheehan has probably played his last game for his country and should probably be looking to settle down into a cushy office job or lucrative overseas contract. My concern is that Sheehan has been head and shoulders over players like Phipps for a fair while now and it's...

Brett Sheehan - You poor bastard. Deserves to be there and had 30mins of run on time before being injured. Absolutely gut wrenching.

jb23 I'm looking forward to the announcement, this guy's got some calibre!

Lindommer - Surely of all the GAGR members you are aware that it is a long way from Deni or Hay to most places in Southern NSW! Bus trips are the order of the day when visiting these towns and they are very liquid trips home! Hay - Deni = 120kms Wagga - Deni = 275kms Wagga - Hay = 270kms...

Post your SIRU 2013 thoughts, gossip and ideas in here, check back weekly for updates as the season gets underway. Any mail on 2013 Coach and Player movements? Reddies lose a few, Tahs and Griffith have new coaches (Hugh Palmer and Lee Kimball respectively), what's happening down on the...