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I’ll have a lash at the NSW & QLD 23 to get the ball rolling (some to be omitted). I don't know the background of the Rebels, Force and Ponies squads well enough to throw up a strawman squad of 23 for them. NSW Props V Fifita H Johnson-Holmes J Latoaniu F Brown (if fit) Hookers E Craig D...

Most young men are under pressure from their Coaches to put on weight once they leave school!:) Interesting comment about trying Fox at Hooker. School footy is played under the Under 19 Law variations, which do not reward technical scrummaging ability in the same way "normal" rugby does...

http://www.schoolsrugby.com.au/2015/news/asru-test-team-lists-1969-2015-published/ ASRU Life Member, John Rae, has compiled from the available ARSU archives Test lists from 1969 to the present. There are some still to be found. but this is the first time these lists have been compiled, (by...

Will Miller has been announced as the 2016 Captain for the Shoremen. http://northsrugby.com.au/will-miller-to-captain-shoremen/ And in news that will please many players, the cricket pitch at North Sydney Oval is being replaced with a drop in job, and the lighting is being upgraded...

No reference to any team @Mr Doug. It's a reference to one of these jobs: They have been rather fussy at The Local Taphouse in the past. Moleskins, Akubra, Checkered Shirt, Drover's Boots. You'd be OK. You have just described one of the many uniforms worn by the many of the Eastern...

Pre-season is underway (or about to start) at most clubs. How are the numbers looking, and have there been any movements between clubs in the off season? Will the Emus have sufficient players at the required skill level to compete in Colts 1? Same with Rats. They had a couple of...

My usual snouts know nothing about a potential U18 Colts competition this year. If the basics of a 2016 U18 Colts competition haven't been resolved by now, then it is too late. I hope I am wrong, but my gut feeling is that this isn't going to happen this year. Shame really.

The main rush will probably be for the dunnies at 1/2 time in the final. May need to sprinkle a few portaloos around the stadium, particularly for the ladies, to help manage the queues. At Hong Kong, in the old days, the rush was so bad that any vertical surface near the male bathrooms was...

Anyone got a list of the 2004/5/6 NTS (National Talent Squad which I think it was called then) members, and where they are now? They will be in their mid-late 20's now and should have reached their rugby "peak". Historically less than 1/2 the Australian Schoolboys go on to pro Rugby. Does...

A few players who played for NRC teams in 2014 beyond their "usual" club affiliations ended up playing 2015 Shute Shield for a club aligned with that cross-border NRC team. Will Harry Jones remain with the Rats in 2016 or has he been "Playforded" and we will see him in Blue and Gold this year...

Simon KENNEWELL (Aust 7's Contractee) is aligned with Randwick. Another former Rats Junior heading to Coogee Oval. http://www.randwickrugby.com.au/news/news-2016/4992-randwick-trio-representing-australia-at-wellington-sevens Ryan McCAULEY (club unknown) has been signed to the Waratahs on a...

Anyone going to order a copy of this? http://www.waratahs.com.au/Waratahs/News/NewsArticle/tabid/157/ArticleID/17054/Guardians-of-the-Game-The-History-of-New-South-Wales-Rugby-Union.aspx

Doesn't it come down to revenue? What venues can The Lords of Darkness pack the greatest number of paying punters into? From Memory: Eden Park ~55k. The Tron ~28k. The Cake Tin ~38k. The Zoo ~30k. Christchurch ~20k. Levin Domain ~12k, and other NZ regional venues max out at < 20k.

^^^^ .... But yet Peter Playford and the Sydney Stars (NRC 2015 version) made the semi finals, and some would say that they came within a Ballymore Plover's attack of making the finals. Their game plan seemed based on kicking the ball to the bad guys, and aggressively contesting possession...

No 2016 draw on the NSWRU Web site. Club Previews for 2015 still up. Unpaid Interns still on hoiidays?

Apparently The Local Taphouse doesn't permit entry to people wearing Team Jumpers. Good luck getting a fine craft beer from there in your chicken suit.

I am fairly confident that the Super Rugby Curtain Raiser Cup will only be 1 round, then a possible final. While the Super Rugby Teams will play home and away, the U20's will only be playing the Curtain Raiser Cup games on the first meeting between the parent Super Rugby Teams. After the Aust...

Do you think that the delay in announcing the Super Rugby Curtain Raiser Cup competition will impact on crowd numbers for those fixtures? Most of the folks that will be going to the Curtain Raiser fixtures will be friends and relatives of the players, along with the usual array of Clipboards...

This is probably why it is a "State Secret" as far as the "authorities" are concerned. vvvvv It will not take the brains of a Rocket Surgeon to look at the Super Rugby Draw and see when there is a "local Derby". As each team will play their conference "brothers" at home and away, it would...

This disgrace seems to refuse to die. The 2015 Annual Report from NSW JRU (http://www.nswjuniors.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-Annual-report-NSWJRU.pdf) includes this statement on page 5 in the Commercial Manager's Report: The NSWJRU Committee have continued to show the loan to...