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About general athletics, not rugby. But if you're the type that frequents this thread you're going to love it.

Trust me, we're all thinking about it. It's just that in times like these the mental image of silky interplay between Hunt and JOC (James O'Connor) with the wind whipping through Beiber's hair as he steps the 5th defender on his way to a score in the corner is much easier to cope with than that of which...

I know this is a dream come true but do try to contain yourself :D 11. CFS/Kuridrani/Kerevi (or some other big bopper) 15. Special K and 14. JOC (James O'Connor) would be a nice back three to have.

He's been our best center this season and without him we've got one specialist 12...who isn't getting played at 12. In a team that's dis functioning pretty badly Harris has quietly been having one of his best seasons. His play at 12 this year has been better than anything we've had there since...

"Nick Cummins confirmed as a non-kicker of the football" Think it may have been Marto, can't quite recall because I was laughing way too hard.

LIAM GILL EAT YOUR HEART OUT

Jantjies has not had a good run in Super Rugby these past two years, geeze.

Hmmm, to be honest he's one of the fringe guys I would have fought to keep on.

Is there any way to get .gifs working as avatars on here? I will personally make a gif of that Michalak pass. On loop.

Larkham was brave as anyone but not the biggest guy and did get run over his fair share of times.

Don't you dare even think about bringing us back there.

Implying it ever comes off.

If 18-24, or even 12 months ago someone had said there'd be a good chance that Simmons might be starting in a Wallaby pack (on merit) that Horwill may not be in..how crazy would that have sounded? Things move so fast in professional sport.

I'd say the rugby marketplace, both domestic and globally, has changed dramatically since then. Domestically, clubs are coming 'round the corner to what is beginning to resemble the professional recruiting/retainment strategies seen in the MLB, NFL, NBA, etc.. Globally it's the same, just at...

Around the end of October this year.

Arm length was brought up and then described in an NFL/Gridiron context. Lay off the bundy, it's only Wednesday :p

Yup, you can see it in the phenotype for some of these guys as well when it comes to certain attributes. I'd actually forgotten that arm length was an attractive attribute for linemen as well (same with wide receiver and safety/corner, pretty much a sought after attribute at every position...

It should be, as would their hearing. Saw someone on Reddit comparing EOD getting off to Burger getting 8 weeks for a similar offense and just had to close my browser at the sheer cognitive dissonance of it all.

There's a pretty huge skew (v. the general population) for long arms in the NFL for defensive ends (and linebackers to a lesser degree). I wouldn't be surprised to find the same thing in rugby union when looking at locks.

Hook is hugely overrated in some circles, imo.