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I'll highlight the general breakdown of the respective 'zones' within the greater Western Sydney region that I would look to development. - Canterbury/Bansktown - Parramatta - Penrith - Hawkesbury/Blue Mountains - Liverpool - Blacktown - Macarthur and - Bradfield (in the future) This would...

I'd settle for a concerted effort to expand the games reach in terms of participation and clubs at present. But it is an interesting question if something akin to what I suggest occur. Then may be. Looking at the developments either approved or planned we have Gilead and Appin to the south of...

Winning would help in terms of presenting people with an attractive proposition but the returns will be far below that of extensive development. Kids see their heroes playing on TV and want to emulate them. They can do that easily with League as there are clubs everywhere. In the suburb I grew...

Yeah. The idea that winning as the fix all some would like to believe is just not realistic. It will help bring back some of the traditional base. Which should be a goal but it won't address the real fundamental issues of neglect and disinterest in a large and growing segment of Sydney's...

Easts vs Gordon (Aus. Club Championship) is on Stan at 3pm tomorrow.

Yep. And that's something many miss on the few guys that could be considered 'poaches' from afar. Rugby never actually pursued them for the specific reason of qualifying. At least in the cases of Koribete and Naivalu. Koribete came after being signed by League and Naivalu from memory came to...

It's also part of why I think RA missed a trick with not getting a team in Western Sydney. The clubs behind the SRU are overwhelmingly based in the Eastern/Northern half of the city. Alongside the vast bulk of the Rugby playing and supporting population. That's how things have evolved over time...

Hugely missed opportunity. One we'll likely not see again. But probably the most pathetic element to it was after they'd seen the threat off Andrew Hire made a statement that they were going to develop a strategy and plans for the region which I took with a grain of bullshit. Which I was right...

Pretty much. With the exception of Koribete. All of those players were either born here or moved to Australia as young children/adolescents.

The bubble seems a go for mid-April https://www.9news.com.au/national/trans-tasman-travel-bubble-expected-by-april-nz-minister-says/e61039e0-6cb3-4763-b170-b9992101cd52

I actually have little issue with the likes of the Vunipolas playing for England. As they moved there when they were young children and have played most if not all of their Rugby in the English system. It's a very similar situation as to both NZ and Aus. Most of the foreign born guys moved here...

As mentioned before, rankings mean very little when they haven't won a test series against us for donkeys.

Yep. Doesn't matter whether they are ranked above us in Cricket. Results matter and when we played them last we beat them soundly.

I've known a number of Australian born and raised 'Kiwis' in my time. Hell, half of them had never even visited NZ but still declared themselves so. Which I never got my head around. Hell, thanks to a quirk of Irish law being that I have at least one parent born in Ireland and having lived there...

They've played games out of both Leichardt and Brookvale in the recent past. There's little reason as to why they couldn't again. Sure, they're not great grounds but both the Tigers and Sea Eagles play out of them and I'd bet the Tahs would draw better crowds to both (especially Brookvale) than...

Ok, this is where I'll kind of lean more toward Ignoto's position here. While a free market for talent is fine it's the over reliance on just two nurseries that is an issue. Which is where some of the friction emerges.

Winning helps. No one is doubting that. But if the Storm collapsed tomorrow League in Victoria will be pretty where it was before they arrived. Which does support the concept that you can buy a Premiership. Several actually. The NRL has pumped a lot of money into the Storm which has allowed them...

You didn't say anything about recruiting players mid contract. And in regards to Rodda the Force haven't. He broke his and left for another. So he is off contract. You implied that the Rebels would feel different when they started to produce talent. Which they actually already are. Paisami is an...

And for all their success it has done very little in the way of local talent development and participation. Say what you will about the record of the Rebels but at least when you look at the squad you can point out the local boys to kids that play the game and say 'that could be you one day'.

Mate, what assets do you think the Tahs have in Western Sydney let alone actual connections with the Rugby playing/supporting community out this way? Honestly. Truthfully, such a team would barely eat into the current bulk of the Tahs fanbase. And I would argue even with the collapse of GRR...