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I was specifically speaking about the Australian Government funding there, not whether or not a Pasifika team in Melbourne makes sense. Given that government funding has overwhelmingly been directed to on island initiatives so far, and (as far as I'm aware) they don't already fund Moana...

It's a nice thought but I'm not sure the Aus Government funding would've been there for Melbourne Pasifika, the vast majority of it has been directed to teams based on island, which is the whole point of the exercise. Otherwise there would be a lot more talk about Aus government funding for...

World cup review set for release next week: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/rugby-union/wallabies-world-cup-review-set-for-release-but-without-budget-blow-out-figure-20240227-p5f84q.html Doesn't include numbers for the over budget spend (wasn't part of the terms of reference), but...

Just email the membership department and they'll send you your codes. Not a perfect solution but it gets the job done.

Marley Pearce suspended for 4 weeks: https://www.rugby.com.au/news/western-force-accepts-marley-pearce-suspension-2024227 Down from 6 weeks with an early guilty plea.

Pearce definitely out for this one, has accepted a 4 week suspension https://www.rugby.com.au/news/western-force-accepts-marley-pearce-suspension-2024227

4 week suspension for Marley Pearce (down from 6): https://www.rugby.com.au/news/western-force-accepts-marley-pearce-suspension-2024227

Australian Government and Rugby Australia announce $14.2 million Pacific partnership: https://australia.rugby/news/australian-government-and-rugby-australia-announce-142-million-pacific-partnership-2024227 While not strictly Women's rugby funding, it certainly sounds like that's the focus here...

Cap presentation for Hodgman: He's had a really solid start on the field and I reckon he's going to be sticking around for some time. Great to see.

Looks like arrival was one and half weeks before that article was written and he arrived on the first day of preseason: So probably arrived on Monday the 18th or Tuesday the 19th of November, likely only eligible for the 4th and final week of the Autumn Internationals (and potential bonus test...

2025 as far as I'm aware, arrived in Melbourne from the bulls for the start of 2020 pre-season. Might technically be a late 2019 arrival for 2024 eligibility but that would be after the test season has finished. That may help keep him around for another year if he doesn't see South African...

Ball in play time is not the be all and end all of entertainment, but it's worth noting it is increasing and has been increasing since rugby went professional: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/has-ball-in-play-time-reached-its-optimal-level/

Feels like the Force are really going to struggle with the strength of the Rebels scrum after there problems with the Canes. If the Rebels can just settle their play down otherwise they should have strong base to build some pressure off of and take the game away from a very injury depleted...

Has the game become boring or has the quality of the teams you're watching declined? I can't speak for your experience as a tahs fan but I've been going to watch the Reds for decades and while there are laws I'd tweak and changes I think we should make I don't see the game itself as being...

Mckellar is apparently going after a few Australian (or Australian based) players for Leicester: https://www.rugbypass.com/news/fissler-confidential-burns-to-munster-deal-agreed-as-leicester-go-shopping/?fbclid=IwAR3EDebr4NQJtzqtEtrCZkCQ535YMJdNGGrcEu97X_DC8uU_BXTBV8LH1VE Izaia Perese, Cabous...

Not settled yet is it? A lot of understandable interest from English clubs though:

The problem Australian teams have found with that approach in the past is they go for the try straight off, get no pay and find themselves behind on the scoreboard pretty quickly and playing catch up. Taking the early points and laying that solid base is key I think, we don't want to get stuck...

I think his idea of the game as a whole taking a more proactive approach in deciding what the product looks like and how it moves forward is a good one, though the committee he describes sounds like an absolute shitshow. I think his assessment of where the game currently stands is pretty wide...

Definitely taking some more 3s - can't expect maul defence to be as bad as the tahs. Might also look to play out the back of the maul a bit sooner as the canes should be preparing for us to maul it after last weekend's success there. More broadly I'd expect there might be some changes around...

That dominant scrum still has control of the situation though, otherwise they wouldn't be dominant. It's all about the scrum needing to win as a unit to be rewarded with penalties, not just in a one v one battle between two props.