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So dispiriting for a simple bloke like me when one's protests are proven in vain. The Wounded Pride Rule has has apparently now become 'legislation'! The QLD parliament rumour has it is meeting in session to vote on it on the very eve of Round 9. Can you believe it, it's escalated to this...

Have to say it: every time I see G Holmes in these RWC 2015 photos I think: What a great lesson as to how persistence, good character, intense focus on improvement, and sheer hard work pays off despite the seeming odds against.

Hmmmm TWAS. I wonder if you applied this sober and considered rule when your girlfriend declaimed 'Shit TWAS, Big Kev's not in the RWC squad, what do you think of that?'. I rather recall a wide range of protesting posts from you on this important subject, and, as you indirectly advised me, I...

I did.

Well, re this so-called GPS rule, whatever, it's the silliest thing since a pavlova without passionfruit. Obviously GPS directors of rugby have far too much time on their hands these days and are too often seen to be studying that infamous Victorian tome of 1894: 'The Essential Requirement to...

You post so regularly you must appreciate fan passion TWAS, in all its guises! :) I get your point, BUT: - this was sent to every 2015 Reds Member effectively asking them to sign on for yet another season's experiment with the RG-coached Reds (btw the way to non-auto-renew is in fine print...

I have been overtaken by the sentiments expressed within the Reds Positivity thread and the quoted examples there of your very own @waratahjesus.

The Reds' PR machine is really quite something. Today I rec'd the following email (my emphasis): The whole squad! The squad, that's just the players in rugby parlance. The whole burden of the last appalling season has fallen it seems on their shoulders, for them to do the public...

IMO, sorry, surely the evidence of recent Reds vintage shows that A Finger's best years are behind him. If we want to progress to being a serious candidate for S18 Finals in 2017/8, he is not the player to build upon at 13, or anywhere much. His defence is not what it was and his attacking...

Some terrific plays and highlights in there - enjoyed it!

1. You can't be serious surely? On the day I saw at least some NC and ACGS players having a handshake and an embrace just before the Churchie boys ran on. 2. "A recipe for disaster" - are you CEO for NC's insurance company? What kind of disaster could befall these boys on a flat, dry surface...

FWIW Scoey, I am still hearing from close sources that it's by no means assured that JO'C will still be here in 2016, and that Toulon still believe he's formally or otherwise committed to them for most of 2016.

WTF? Having a Greene for Reds 2016 is a major positive! What on earth is wrong with then just discussing a bit wrt his talents and areas he may need to improve (which is far from 'being not positive')?

The reality for 2016 is that we possess a young, comparatively untested and untried 'development' squad. Like that or not, it now is what it is. IMO, and (artificially) putting aside all coaching issues, the crucial priority for 2016 is giving plenty of game time to the most promising and...

THIS IS AN UNASHAMEDLY AGGRESSIVE COMPLAINTS POST, BEWARE THOSE OF FAINT HEART Can I ask: WTF is going on with this seeming new GPS rule that boys in the support of their rugby 1sts are not allowed to run onto the field after the game???!!! I was speechless to be told by Churchie boys that...

I have seen him at Wests and Brothers, and I think he's a 6-7/10 in that department. Better than a pass, though you're right to raise it. Brothers would certainly not call him a shy tackler, but he's got work to do there for sure. What is good is his tackling technique is IIRC overall fine and...

Good point TWAS. Re Greene. My compatriots here from 2012 on will recall that I have been singing this guy's praises since that year when he nearly single-handedly won BGS the QLD GPS Rugby Premiership (an uncommon status for BGS, to say the least). He's got the lot (particularly, and...

Jesus, seeing these babes in action, do I feel for you if Sonny Bill Williams is left out.

Though tortuous for you DP, if any further proof was needed this side of the dutch, your wives' unfortunate stress-related violence today is a mere testament to the incredible psychological importance this squad announcement has for the people of NZ.

Thanks FR..........back in the mists of time!