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I'm not too sure what you Southerners do, but if the Reds don't make the finals, the players (excluding the Wallabies) are sent back to their Clubs. Once Club rugby is done, NRC kicks off. I don't expect players to be playing more than 30 weekends a year to be honest. Any more than that and...

Does Reg still park his car at Balleymore?

I wonder if they'll apply the same expectations/standards to the back of the house. If Thorn doesn't work out, what respectable coach would want to touch the QRU with a 50 foot pole as they're an absolute mess.

Geeezzz, they're certainly trying to stretch the definition of 'classic' for some of those players. Should have just called the team the Aussie Baa Baa's instead.

You could have said the exact same thing when Dick Graham was sacked and Stiles was appointed. Stiles had the some pedigree as Thorn and possibly a more 'accomplished' resume than Thorn does. Thorn may very well be the next Sir Clive Woodward, but at this stage it's a huge risk to appoint him...

I can see Coleman and Force players essentially walking away from rugby in Aus for a short period to clear their heads and just get some distance from a pretty horrible experience. Similar to a bad break up, you need some time and space to heal wounds and a year in Europe may be what he's...

CFS and Nabuli as our wingers is an absolute recipe for disaster. Both have been somewhat found out defensively and more importantly, neither of them can kick. You can get away with 1 of your back three not being able to kick, but if both wingers can only run it back, you're opening yourself to...

2018 Draw got released today, looks like we miss out on playing the Crusaders and Sharks. Interestingly, we have a Saturday arvo kick off on 28th April. Full list is here...

Only problem I see with DP at 12 and KHunt at 15 is the backline being defensively sound with Kerevi at 13. If you want a more defensive unit, Hunt goes to 12 and DP to 15. If you want more of an attack mindset, reverse them. Honestly, I don't care whats best for the Wallabies. We've seen...

Uh Tomikin, I think you're forgetting why KPMG was brought in to review the Brumbies books and the findings handed over the AFP..... I wouldn't say anything the Brumbies have done in the last decade has been good business from a Grassroots perspective. Good business for Andrew Fagan and Co...

Other than a prop, I wouldn't think we'd need too much from the Force. I'd rather any spare cash is spent on Wessel's and relocating his family to BNE. Hell, I know some solid South African butchers around SEQ, I'm more than happy to chip in and drive him around to get settled! BUT, the QRU...

Stiles won back to back NRC championships with BNE City, sooooo not to sure if that's the indicator you want to compare Thorn and Stiles with.

I'd probably start Moore in the beginning of the season to let him help Thor and Slipper at scrum time as Thor will need a bit of guidance and James is fresh from a season off.

Applying the same criteria to Hanigan, what about his performances warrants his continued selection there? Is it just his 'defensive workrate', if so, is that contributing in a positive manner or is he just wrapping a blokes legs up after he's made 5 metres past the game line>?

I thought the last game we saw Higgers start (Fiji) there was a general consensus he played quite well? He may not have taken the opportunity with both hands, but you can't say any Australian forward has/did this year.

Cheika is verging on Deansesque selections these days.

I can't remember the timing, but did we offer CFS a contract over giving one to Banks? If so, that really rubs salt into the wound.

My mistake, I misread Reg and thought it was referencing the National U20's, not Qld.

Great players don't necessarily translate into great coaches. Just because Thorn won everything in both League and Union doesn't mean he knows how to pass that knowledge onto guys who are old enough to be his kids. So far we haven't seen anything from him that suggests he knows how to coach...

Rather than giving me a cap, a game day program and whatever else, just gimme drink vouchers for the bar so my mind doesn't remember the beatings we're going to get next season!