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Better he regularly sit on the bench for Reds, than only in emergencies for the Tahs.

Gnostic,You misunderstood. I said the Easts local boy (Archie King), is significantly better. He is playing out of position to accomodate the pro player.

He is the 'star' recruit, and the better 10 can play 12.

I think MC has literally lost the plot. Mason is not considered good enough to sit on the Tahs bench. And he is given the express pass to a Gold jumper? Are our playing stocks that low?

^^^^^^Based on schoolboy form,not men's footy. He's the second best 10 at his SS club by a fair margin.

Yep, it's our least plausible pathway to making semi's, by some margin.

Why would Pius/Gregs have any influence on the program at Pats?

if I don't buy a brand of cereal cos it tastes like arse, I'm not going to continually buy it cos they change the name. Rebranding is only a success,when the shortcomings of the product offering that have been identified, are addressed in conjunction with the PR campaign.

Quotas never help anything. Much better to have NRC 19's or 20's teams. ......if $$$ wasn't an issue

Nah, rain had little effect,Coleman wants to play 9 man Rugby. He usually has 4 fresh reserve forwards, which pretty much tells you about his philosophy. He thinks a backline movement is a pig hitting it up from the 10 channel.

^^^^^hope the weather gods don't mess things up. Rain could literally cost you guys $50k

Was there a school of thought that we shouldn't include these players? You would expect them to be amongst our best wouldn't you? Incidentally, I would select Kennewell on one leg over both McNamara & Henry.

He's plays with a significant size advantage in 7's that he won't get in 15's. Keen to see him play SS/ NRC to see how he measures up.

To be outraged about only one issue would do them a great disservice, They have earned our ridicule on many occasions.

Don't think so, the venues need product or they can't sell memberships, corporates, naming rights, catering rights etc etc, A stadium that hosts no games generates zero income.

Can't it be both?

^^^buying the IP was the ARU's preferred method for bailing out the Force, which in hindsight was too clever by half.

^^^^Undoubtedly the best thing Billy has done in his tenure.

Not suggesting that the $300k should be re instated at all. Only pointing out how he's penny wise and pound foolish, about how he was pro active for a relatively small amount, and impotent about a sum many times the net worth of entire business. In an indirect fashion he's made the SS clubs...

You miss the point. He penny pinches over that money. He penny pinches by putting a levy on kids participation. All at the same time truckloads of money is being destroyed by weak management and zero forward planning. Oh and no penny pinching there!