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I think the context is important there - as far as I'm aware he's speaking as a college coach, were you only ever have players for a few years, there is a constant stream of players coming through, and you have relatively minimal investment in what happens to the majority of those players once...

Super Rugby launch today, the captains of all 12 teams gathered in Auckland's most picturesque car park for photos:

Josh Kemeny has signed with Northampton for 2 years from 2025: https://www.theroar.com.au/2024/02/14/wallaby-signs-with-english-giants-in-new-setback-for-reeling-rebels/

Pretty sure they've moved on from waterboarding. The modern method is forcing detainees to listen to Phil Kearns commentary recordings on loop for 18 hours a day.

Not confirmed yet, apparently went for scans on Monday on his wrist but there hasn't been any news either way.

In your scenario the defending team would have to retreat to the kicker, or have the nearest player retreat to the kicker (or sight of the kick) and then put them onside. It would make it difficult for them but that's not necessarily a bad thing. As far as the timing goes, they did canvas the...

Yeah, the offside players won't be able to join the play until they've been put onside by a player on their team or have retreated to an onside position. It shouldn't change their requirement to retire though. Definitely looks like it will open up a lot more counter attacking opportunity and...

I had a brief moment of hope that we might get a sneaky Reds unveiling when I saw his parents were in town at New Farm coles yesterday, but it was not to be. Still, better Italy than England

Yeah, the only way I could see it being the case is if it was specifically related to match payments and any other payments specifically related to selection, not top ups and standard contracts. But that would still depend on how those payments were paid and I find it seems very unlikely the tax...

Good to see them come out with the official release quickly, this is closer to what I want, though I still wish they actually stated the clauses like you have. There must be a more official and specific variation as submitted to world rugby and approved to be applied to the laws, I don't see any...

A few more specifics around the Rebels claims against RA around tax bills and under funding in the Australian (based on claims in the Rebels ASIC fillings)...

Thanks, that does seem like it locks those cases down, though I'm not sure trapping it qualifies as a kick, it would still be an attempt to bring the ball under control. It does go back to my original point with these variations, I wish they published these with the exact language/change to the...

In terms of percentages the top 50 AFL players is the top 7.5% of the league (assuming a 37 player average squad size). For Australian super rugby I think it's a 35 player squad (excluding EPS/WTS players), so across 5 teams that's 13 players. We wouldn't have that many on over million locally...

Charge downs are part of it, and probably the reason it hasn't been removed as part of this, but the wording as it stand also covers the situations I've described. It didn't matter too much with clauses I and II to put players onside, but with those two clauses removed it creates a bit of a...

This is section 10.7 in the laws that the change applies to: So it looks like the variation is simply removing clauses I and II. I wasn't aware of IV, but it seems to suggest that any contact with the ball that doesn't immediately result in taking possession will put all players onside. Most...

2 year extension for Cron: I had though he would be an outside chance for the wallabies as an assistant forwards coach, but this is probably the best result for all concerned. I haven't agreed with all his choices but he does look to have a long term plan and this preseason suggests some...

There's been a bit of that lately amongst the new members, really disappointing to see what the internet is coming to.

Looks like there is going to be a minor law variation with regards to offside and chasing kicks: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350175727/super-rugby-closes-kick-tennis-loophole-reward-attack This sounds like a pretty good (if minor) change to me. It was only something that was starting to be...

A bit more detail on it from a more respectable source: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/bledisloe-in-the-sun-ra-eyes-afternoon-slot-for-wallabies-all-blacks-in-sydney-20240211-p5f40t.html While there's an obvious benefit to the NZ broadcast this is probably the driving reason behind...