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Joeys got a draw along the way so as long as Kings win this weekend (assuming no draws) the final match will be for outright honours.

In principle I agree with you, but it’s going to take more than someone just saying it. There are a lot of things that need to be actioned and they all involve money, lots of it.

Agreed - something realistic would be half our games against teams ranked above us, the other half against those below us and aiming for a 60% win rate. I know it would be hard to schedule that exactly but set the goal based on where we are ranked against who we are slated to play against...

I don't have an issue with Neville coming it, but for Arnold, not Skelton

Yes that's it for him. I guess just a case of having 4 blokes for 3 spots and they made a call early in the season and stuck with it.

Alistair Yaffa. Has been in the 2nds for 2 years and scored 25 tries, I know of players from other schools that are glad he isn't in the 1sts. Its a bit mysterious that one.

There was just a group of them in the south east corner who were yelling out shit whenever the play was there and some goose was letting out some screechy bird noise whenever the kings 10 was about to plant his kick. I wasn't close enough to hear what they were shouting out but it just seemed...

It's not a biased opinion.

That could be a solid variation of the same players - Rob hasn't done a lot at the back of the scrum, his strengths are elsewhere.

It was certainly a game where a lot of tackles were made, but so was Saturday's. I only browsed a few games but there were others he made in the low teens as well. I wasn't being critical of Hooper, only that if Eddie wants to get a look at other players this weekend then Gleeson at 7 is an...

Agree, and I said somewhere above that rather than throw said nobodies into the melting pot, a better long term solution for this year may have just been to get all the super head coaches + Grey + Gilmore + the Lord, construct a coaching team out of that and use it as a building exercise for our...

v the Drua this season, just as an example.

Absolutely, and you need to wonder how much of a contributing factor it is in our poor performances against the Kiwi teams, particularly as we are often within reach at half time and then get run over in the second half. From memory in Cheika's case in 2019 he had stipulated to the Super...

I think you are going to encounter that dynamic regardless of who comes in.

This right here is the big hope I think i.e. that what we saw in that 30 minutes is what they are aspiring to do for 80 minutes. It went pear shaped when we lost Alan and then Tupou and then fatigue set in and we lost a lot of our structure and intent. Which, for mine, is why Eddie saw it more...

I think Gleeson has to get the run at 7 this week - he makes all those tackles Hooper makes and provides an attacking threat as well. Unless they are seeing something at training they don't like about him.

I think Eddie will want to see what some other players can offer this week. Not expecting a massive shake up but he said that’s why he threw Tom Hooper in and I don’t see why he wouldn’t apply that to some other players. Eg Gleeson for Hooper, Leota for Holloway, Philip for Arnold. Probably...

I think it’s fair to say the jury is out, but I’m happy to wait till after the World Cup before making that statement. The team is no doubt still adapting to a different plan, which is quite clear when Tom Hooper is the #7, and he is also still unsure about who the best options are in some...

That’s actually not true. Eddies last wins were against Wales and Italy earlier this year. Rennies last wins were against Wales and Scotland late last year.

3. Bell 2. Skelton 1. Valetini