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Can’t remember which game it was but Marshall admitted at some stage he didn’t have any knowledge of a few of the players despite there wasn’t any players really making debuts this week of note. Horan is equally shocking. Absolutely convinced he doesn’t watch any games outside of QLD.

Holds the record for most tries in an u20s World Cup (any nation) 8 tries in debut international season was leading Super Rugby scorer in 2020 before season closed down. either very lucky or very good. Either way I want someone very lucky or very good

There is obviously a lot of miss understanding here from people. I spent sometime in both Dewar and QPrem albeit a decade ago, but still have a good understanding of what’s still happening. For starters the Rebels cannot tell a player where they have to play, any contracted player that falls...

Reality is we need to figure out a way to play more games because some of the guys I have been involved with in the past are worried about their careers passing without actually playing much high level rugby and the most concerning thing is we need to find a way to pay more. Outside the top 30...

Tizzano was on the Italian unions radar previously, it wouldn’t surprise me to see him end up in that system after his Ealing stint.

Rebels might not have the best starting prop pair, but they arguably have the best depth with bench options, when everyone is fit

Unlikely. Suspect 30mins off the bench.

Fa’amasuili back this week apparently. Been almost 12 months since he played a game

Hard to find anything concrete but google TEG and Left field live and every announcement is a joint announcement. My limited understanding is that LFL is the marketing element and TEG is the operational element (logistics/ticketing etc.). happy to be corrected if not.

https://thespinoff.co.nz/sports/23-08-2021/everybody-hates-nz-rugby This article from last year clarifies the relationship and suspicions inside RA about the relationships from NZRU and Bart Campbell as a board member. Again to clarify I don’t think they are to overly blame. Infact the event...

Bart Campbell They are partners in all but the ‘i’ dotted and ‘t’ crossed.

TEG aren’t a kiwi company but they are owned by Silver Lake and the most senior guy in the company is on the NZRU board. There is a lot of arrows pointing one way but on saying that I don’t think they are to blame. Been at the event on the weekend it’s evident hardly anyone from the rugby...

And what was Aus excuse for the 1.5 seasons we went 40-0 against kiwi sides in the regular playing them format? Reality is Aus sides as terrible last night playing kiwi sides as they have been since 2014. Plus last year there was the equal most Aus v Kiwi games ever in a season so they can’t...

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Unfortunately the RWC isn’t a RA decision, it’s a World Rugby decision. Sentimentality and internal progression won’t be overly looked at. It’ll be a decision to make the most money so they can reinvest into growing the game in other areas.

Unfortunately broke his foot the week before the season started. Might get a few games in at the end of the season but also a chance of missing the entire season.

Oh course they will bid. RWC brings guaranteed subscribers, that’s all that matters. They couldn’t care less about how they previously treated the game. Stan will bid as well. The biggest winner is the RWC organizers who would have two parties competing against each other for the rights.

Again strange comment. He played only a handful of games last year after rejoining the team when he finished his contract in Japan. Kinda like Hanigan is this year. Was sensational against the Crusaders which caught Rennies eye.

He missed the first 4/5 games of the season, so strange comment

It’s almost like people think it’s charity to Melbourne. Reality is the Victorian Government have spent more than the other areas to host this. Even if crowds are poor their investment is to be seen on tv (particularly in NZ) for 3 days straight to boost tourism in the future. The fluffy tourism...