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^^ Ed Craig could be missing in action for a fair chunk of the year on State and/or National Under 20's duties. Tannous Ferrous is a more than adequate replacement for Roach if he is on Waratah Duties.

How many 4WD's, Akubra Hats and RM Williams Belts and Boots are there in Randwick and Easts?

Who's coaching at The Corporation? Chris Malone and Cameron Blades have moved up to Waratahs. Whispers of a late coaching change at another club, but awaiting corroboration before posting that speculating here. Woodies are going to be tough as teak - again, by the looks of things.

^^^ Rejoice that we have anything. The 2/3rd empty glass is simultaneously 1/3 full.

We need to get into the mentality where most, if not all, clubs post a "modest" profit. Spending more than income is seldom a good recipe for long term sustainability.

^^^Is there much kudos (and $) associated with being signed with an ITM Cup team? The crowds I see on the Foxtel ITM cup games suggests that if they had to rely in gate money to fund the ITM cup, they would be playing in rags.

Is Jack Maddocks still tossing up whether to follow Rugby or Cricket? IIRC he is very talented in both sports with the potential to go to the top in both. Unfortunately the way sports are nowdays, the opportunity to represent your country in both Cricket and Rugby has gone the way of the...

Are the Kiwis doing a similar Super Rugby Curtain Raiser Cup approach? Think I read somewhere where they had already announced the EPS (55 or so players) for the 2016 NZL team. Will there still be an Oceania Tournament involving NZL, JAP, SAM, AUS (and others as appropriate)? That seemed to...

A good news story. http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/dual-international-ellyse-perry-and-matt-To'omua-get-married-20151222-gltfj5.html

From @Sydney7's Twitter CAPTION THIS using #HSBCHOTSEAT for a chance to win VIP seats for you and 3 friends to the HSBC #Sydney7s! (The comp may have finished by now)

^^^Good on him. I was only "ticking off" which players from 2015 National Schoolboys tournament had ended up (Qld 1, Qld 2, and Combined States) had ended up in the ACT U20 squad. I'm not across the detail of individual School 1st XV squads in QLD. Like NSW, the Team Lists of most School 1st...

People whinge about the amount of time it takes to set a scrum (with a collapse of two). How much time is "lost" in cricket while the fielding team fart around getting the ball back to the bowler, who then walks leisurely back to the top of his mark, turns and then sprints in to the crease to...

The folks from the Happy Kingdom in the Mountains have announced their squad. Sounds like God's Chosen have reduced their squad, as predicted by @Lee Grant on the blog front page. I'm not sure that there was much leeway for further cuts in the WA or Vic U20 squads. Any snouts have any...

^^^ Yes and no. My 4th one was: Tevita 'UNGA WOLSKE - Ipswich Grammar School - Gunghalin ACT I hadn't counted Zac SHEPHERD - Brisbane State High School - Gunghalin ACT. Well spotted HJ. That then makes 5 Banjolanders migrating south for the winter. Good on them.

Some shrewd recruiting from QLD by the Politicians. 4 of this years QLD Schoolboy Graduates are in the Mountain Kingdom's U20's.

Annual Reports for some clubs are starting to be published on their web sites, and it seems that not too many ended up in the Black for Season 2015. One suspects that hands will be out at the begging table as the following the announcement of the increased ARU Broadcasting deal.

A lot can happen in the first year out of school. One correction to the above is that Strang didn't play any NRC, although he was selected in the Sydney Stars Squad. As well as being required for the Schoolboy Games in Brisbane against Samoa and NZ, he also had a little issue of HSC to deal...

I like the talk from the Pulverisor of re-invigorating the grass roots with the "extra" money. I just hope that the investment in grass roots is a little more prudently made than what was seen with the RWC03 surplus that JO'N apparently earmarked for the grass roots. Didn't get to see too...

Good to see that a star import is going to be aligned with a club other than the usual suspects.

There was a suggestion (back on page 8 of this thread) that NSW would run 2 teams in the Super Rugby Curtain Raising competition. @Lee Grant, has there been any suggestion/confirmation of this from your discussions with the Waratahs U20's folk.