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Brian- your points sound reasonable to me. Still I wouldn't be surprised what young ambitious players will do to get ahead. They will see this as a stepping stone. I also heard that the Country team is not the CRU - it is actually a group of 7 or so rugby enthusiasts who stumped up circa $50k...

Just read an article in the Western Daily newspaper that quotes James Grant talking about the Country NRC team. It says that "upwards of 10 Country players" should be in the team. If the squad comprises 33 players, 16 of of which are allocated from Super 15 Franchises, plus 10 dinkum country...

what is his normal or preferred position?

I reliable goalkicker plus a reliable scrum, thought all our christmases had come at once.....

The have a few to come back from injury that might bolster things here

Or at least an indigenous animal - I heard the Wallabies & Kangaroos are taken?? That must leave plenty of other Critters to pick from - what about Goannas? Austen Tayhus would love it.

ag Agree. LaLa never looked that fit last year - thought he looked good in his cameo for Gen Blue.

I wonder whether the players based in the Bush would be up to NRC standard. Is the Country management actually going to want many Easts & Randwick players? It will be great to learn their thoughts. The other squads are advanced , e.g Sydney Stars, Canberra Vikings etc however I can see this...

Check out the article in Rugby News - it has all the player movements and where they are from - good luck to the 2 Blues Saturday!

Randwick: 1. Toa Asa, 2. Alex Walker, 3. Tristain Goodbody, 4. Dan Falefa, 5. Alfred Pinomi, 6. Tom Bennett, 7. Mark Baldwin, 8. Sam Figg (c), 9. Tim Donlan, 10. David Horwitz, 11. Ethan Ford, 12. Pieter Englebrecht, 13. Kuki Ma'afu, 14. Tim Wright, 15. Liam Windon. This weeks side. New...

Does anyone know whether Rugby News is being published this year? Pretty sure I read that it was on line only. If that is the case, wonder how spectators can find out who is playing...

There is a lot of speculation about Randwick which I know to be simply wrong. I know for a fact that they were interested in playing at Redfern. Despite that comment, it will be fascinating to see how the the JV unfolds. With an educated guess , the Moore Park location suggests that the Waratah...

The beauty of a Country bid IMO is that you will be able to take games to regional areas thus lifting the code in such areas. You wont be stuck with one region only - I hope games are played in Wagga/Riverina , Orange/Central West & Newcastle thus widening the catchment. I also hope the Country...

I would like to applaud all involved including the ARU. Getting to this point would have been no small effort. I like the wide mix of interests that have been brought together and really pleased with the involvement of Qld & NSW Country teams. The Mungos have slaughtered their game in NSW...

Unless I missed something -Wicks won - 2 trys each - Wicks kicked 2 conversions

most of the Grades lost. First won 14-10 , 2 tries each. First Colts were good winning 48-25

I don't think anyone (other than the ARU) really knows what is going on in the formation of NRC teams which is why I have stuck up for Randwick a bit. I heard (from an Easts man) Easts were prepared to put in $5k - would you give them 50% of a JV for $5 grand? Back to topic - I think Manly will...

Ha Ha got me there - hope they are a shoe in. Firstly I had been defending not promoting. Its my guess that the Wicks will be part of an NRC bid that isn't called Randwick and that entity will have much more personnel at its disposal than Randwick's SS team. I think the Wicks will struggle to...

Fellow Posters With the season nearly upon us (thank god) perhaps it is time to have a crack at forecasting/guessing the top 6. I will have a stab- Uni Manly Souths Eastwood West Harbour Parramatta Can't see the top 4 changing unfortunately. Think Gordon may surprise.

I agree. Just passing on what I have heard and trying to join a few dots.