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Was at a rugby dinner a couple of years ago before an international game in Brisbane that Nigel Owens and Wayne Barnes amongst others spoke at . Nigel opened up about his difficulties coming out as a gay man in conservative Wales and how rugby saved him from a downward spiral. Wayne then got...

Maybe Zane will be able to explain it .......

Just shoot the messenger , works for most autocratic governance.

Mason Gordon is back for BBC is he not? Would have got more time last year except for injury?

It is the same shoulder for Kibble. Has had surgery on it and is a chance of being back for the back end of the season. Although you would hope he takes the extra time and gets it right for next year seeing it’s two years in a row for the same injury. Out for the Junior RWC which is bad news ...

Kibble is out, busted shoulder again

Got to remember it’s a professional era and quite a few of these lads are trying to eventually make some coin out of rugby .They also have a few more voices ( read managers ) in their ears . It’s no longer the good old days where a pat on the back and a few beers with your mates are the reward...

Also have Pat Morey from UQ down there , played NRC for Melbourne and stuck around to trial for the top squad . Would imagine he could also be back in QPR if not required at the Rebels.

Matt Gicquel is back in Brisbane training with Jeeps.

Reg is a GT old boy, he might have been happy to run the sand for BBC when they were playing NC , but he would never send his boys there. ;)

Interesting only had a +10 penalty count during the same time while on the road . It’s the one stat on the spreadsheet that is vastly different to NZ and Aus teams . Playing away the SA teams end up with a very even penalty count for and against . Playing at home they are up by plenty more...

Yep , left with a smile on my face and a spring in my step. Makes you realise it’s been a while . I’ll be back this Saturday, hopefully with a stack more cheering them on .

True , but a bit tough to slow him down when he was getting mentioned as a Wallaby at 18 years of age and got picked for the RWC last year despite being injured and played well once he got on the paddock . I’m with you though on getting his body right. The amount of injuries and niggles he has...

Tom Kibble sitting sideline at the curtain raiser with his right arm in sling. What’s the injury ?

Thanks for the effort Zane , stats can be interpreted differently I guess. With two SA teams playing in SA , you still have an "away" team, similar in NZ and Aus. Think the concern is non-SA playing SA at home with a hometown ref, compared to what happens everywhere else.

Growing the game outside SEQ is easier said than done, as mentioned it’s primarily a population thing. I grew up in a regional city where league was king . Our rugby comp involved a handful of games against a couple of other schools and a couple of club teams . It was played on a Sunday so we...

Sort of already happens , except it’s the schools identifying the the rural talent and putting them in boarding dorms as part rugby scholarships . Kids like Jack Howarth and Xavier Savage often get picked up from junior rugby league carnivals rather than their form playing rugby in a local...

Or they have them and are even more damming than rebels3’s numbers . They only said the numbers didn’t match up , not that the sentiment was wrong .

The best back five for the Reds to win a game currently in my small mind would be Rodda & LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) as locks with a back row of ASY (Angus Scott-Young), Wright and Wilson , with Fraser off the bench. Long term probably Wright to 6 with Fraser at 7 , just don’t quite get LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) at 6 and Blythe a starting lock . Probably...

Correct and was only in year 10.