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Is Ben Lucas still injured? I remember him being added to the Wallabies squad and am suprised he isn't on the bench. I believe Barnes hesitation to attack and tendancy for woeful kicks will well and truly be exposed in this game as the Welsh backs are very effective on both attack and defence...

How will the AIC teams fare against their GPS counterparts this year? In the past there have been some fairly one sided games, however, after looking at some of the scores and outcomes on this thread it seems that the AIC competition as a whole seems to be growing stronger. Does anyone with...

Early in the game I thought Barnes was playing well, holding the ball a bit more instead of throwing a pass because of the conditions. But then in the 2nd half this seemed to be his disadvantage. A couple of times you could see the Wallabies obviously had some sort of overlap happening and...

Where is this speculation coming from? No where in the article is McKenzie quoted as saying he would be interested to return to coaching NSW. The only 'evidence' they put forward is about this family living in Sydney and to my knowledge he commutes to Sydney frequently and is technically still...

A great read there, some interesting stuff. Just FYI Anthony Herbert's son - James Herbert is now the inside center for GPS Premier Grade and also being looked at by the Rebels for a contract, so he turned out to be a very good player indeed!

I think there still needs to be a balance of bringing talent through, which is obviously essential for player development and also having some older heads there to guide the way. I don't think Van will be back next year and most people are under the assumption that Radike will be gone as well...

I was thinking him on the bench. Having a player of his quality would mean we could give Simmons and Horwill longer rests and maybe even rotate through on occasions. He is obviously getting older with every year so probably wouldn't be an 80min player for much longer...

Just thought i'd put this out there as there has been chat about 2nd rower stocks recently with Horwill getting injured. I'm not sure of his plans for next season but does anyone else reckon Brad Thorn would be a good addition to the Reds? He has a connection with Brisbane and QLD from his...

I never said the rugby culture is 'gone'. I said there must be an issue with it as most players in the past (to my knowledge) decided to turned down scholarships. No doubt they have done very well to rebuild from so many players leaving, I didn't realise it was so many. My point was that if...

Brothers have been very strong this year. I'm tipping them to be there in the Grand Final this year, if they stay healthy. Seems like a team full of solid role players who get the job done. Odd though how strong their Premier Grade side is compared to other grades (Brothers reserve grade lost...

Just to clarify this. The Tongan scholarship program started in 2007 when the 1st and 2nd XV from Marist first toured Tonga. Salopa Falemaka was given the John Eales scholarship in 2007 as a yr 11 student where he played mostly in the 2nds and then obviously went to school and played rugby again...

xxxx Thats a great point xxxx. The Marist Ashgrove Community and the GPS Rugby club have lots of similar members (both parents on boards and coaches) and yes, players do tend to play their club rugby at GPS. I must note though that I have seen a trend in recent years of some Marist players...

From my knowledge the coaches have a 'rotation' policy. The same coaches have been in place from 2007-today. Before that, another group of coaches were there from 2001-2006 (I believe) and then prior to that it was the current (07-12) coaches. I may be off by a year or so with some of the...

As an Ashgrove old boy and still having relatives who attend the school i've had a close eye on the way the rugby program has developed. It seems to me that the whole rugby program needs an overhaul, simply because the players they have on-hand need more developing and skills work than those...

My money is on them bringing Samo back in. I know he's not a lock and yes his form is down (made some errors at crucial times on the weekend for GPS) but with the rest of these games being must win I think Link would rather prefer to have the old warhorse who's been there and done it rather than...

The Jonno Lance and Taps combo in the centres was actually going alright, especially defensively, can't remember who was playing which position but for a backup centre pairing I think they do the job fine. If Reds management are going to be recruiting some more backs i'd like to see them find...

For those wondering if Dane Gagai was going to end up with the Reds next year: http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/newcastle-knights-win-fight-for-dumped-bronco-dane-gagais-signature/story-e6frep5x-1226369759399 Looks like the NRL team Newcastle Knights picked him up. I didn't think the...

I only caught the 2nd half of the game so won't make too many comments here but to be honest there was one moment when I thought it was all over redrover for the Waratahs. Willie la Roux was scoring try #2 and was running around to the posts, Drew Mitchell was JOGGING across to cut him off. I...

Thats the problem, there is nothing in the media, as of yet. I'm not trying to gee anything up here, just thought it was some interesting info. I should mention that he has only informed me of the players coming into the Rebels from France. There was no mention of Cheika coming as well but i'm...

As a GPS supporter I won't be disappointed if he's signed on for another year...as it seems like he's stuck down in club rugby for now. I do seem to remember reports of him being signed through the 2013 season but you would think with his age the QRU would have been hesitant to do this...