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Personally, I'm excited at the potential backline that Emu posted. There's plenty of balance to it and is much more well rounded compared to 'Kerevi' ball. My only concern comes from the skill level. Bryce, Stewart and JOC (James O'Connor) (from what I can remember) all don't have 'fantastic' passing games, so...

Hard pass. I can see us being in a battle with a Northern Hemisphere team being up by 2 only for Latu to give another stupid penalty away. Winning knock games is all about reducing your mistakes and Latu is known to have a fair few in him. Compare Latu to the other 'possibles' of say Mafi...

I didn’t realise the cocaine incident was around the 2-3 year mark. Honestly felt like last year I remember reading about it. I like the terminology I’ve heard from Turinuri on assessing players and making a decision on the “body of work” they’ve demonstrated. If the Sale coaches have positive...

To be fair LB, you can make the argument that Hunt and Slipper were repeat offenders while as it stands, 'The Brand' has only been caught once. But I agree, it'd be a bit hypocritical to bring him into the organisation.

Jordan has played 11 matches for the Reds and has barely played in close to 10 months........

T'eo is close to retiring and will be considered a foreign player. Waste of a spot......

Well in theory, most super teams next year should have a bit of player turn over. So, I'm hoping by the Reds being ahead of the 'curve', we should be in the best position next year to make the finals!

I dunno Derpus, it's probably too short sighted. Imagine what even half of the $1m could do if spent at the 16 - 21 year old space. If you spend that money on developing 3 Kerevi's you won't be too phased if one decides to go to Japan/Europe. Sure, that's more pain in the short term, but in...

Cheers, slightly tweaked the figures and used the first three years of the RA contract.

$3.6m vs $2.650m (800+900+950 for the first three years) to play in Japan vs Australia with the difference being more than a years salary he'd get from RA. It's a no brainer and I guarantee you'd do the exact same thing. Rather than trying to compete with the money on offer in Japan and the...

I'd love to know what the other side of the fence is saying about the ever growing influx of foreign players. With more and more SH heading to the North, surely that's having an impact on their ability to develop players? Where are those players that were previously going to have a spot ending...

Agreed FG, I think ASY (Angus Scott-Young) and Wright have complimented Higgers perfectly this year. The flankers constant work rate allowed Higgers to be more selective in his involvement and took advantage of his tackle bust and running game. If we get a No. 8 that's in the mold of ASY (Angus Scott-Young) and Wright, then I feel...

Trying to listen to his service, I now understand why some team mates have come out and said good riddance. If you take away some of the shock and awe wording from Folau's speech, you're left with an extremely bland and boring presentor When the donation tin goes around, does Folau and Folau...

Skelton and now Kellaway..... What's with you blokes wanting us to recruit in positions we don't need to. We have Daugunu, Campbell, Speight, CFS, Hardy, Hegarty, Stewart and McGahan who all play or can play 11, 14 and 15 aka Kellaway's positions. Spend the money on Meakes and whatever else is...

I don't blame him for going at all. Close to over the four years, he's better off close to a $1million playing in Japan; Crappiest thing is, losing a player for the Wallabies in the prime of his career.

No Tate or Stewart and Sefa from the bench? I would have thought having Sefa instead of Jock would give them some extra speed and a third ball crasher.

I dunno Quick, Castle is of the opinion they had 5 meetings and sent Izzy's manager a letter. Then you couple it with the fact that Israel has said he knew what he was doing was wrong and still did it (don't forget he did a runner after the incident). So I'm of the opinion Folau knew exactly...

I'd probably give JP the nod over Hoopert for the time being as well. Harry has definitely come along way, but I'd ideally like him to cultivate some more mass before throwing him in the starting role consistently. That's also if Feao isn't back for next season.

I'd be asking Freehills why this clause wasn't included in the contract. In all honesty, if Raelene was approaching Folau about such a clause post signing, I'd daresay, someone stuffed up below her and she was brought in the clean up the mess.

I dunno Curve, remember the 06 - 09 years. Compare the efforts on the field to this year and it's atleast heartening to see the team giving it a crack.