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Perese has generally been the least organised or connected defender in that backline and Walton was flattened by Paisami for his try. Tuipuloto isn't bad but he also only has a handful of caps. I'm not saying the defence was at all good on the weekend, but I think you're kidding yourself if you...

You reckon Walton-Perese or Tuipuloto-Perese is going to be much tighter and better organised in the centres?

RA are apparently considering an afternoon kick off for the Bledisloe in Sydney:

No one seems quite sure (Liam Wright included), but if there is one it'll likely be closed doors internal. They do have some Reds A/Reds Academy games booked against the clubs, but the first one of those listed is on the 24th.

Yeah, that's the tricky part with exposure levels though. You need that broader community fame to really take advantage of those personalities. For what it's worth the Reds have really upped there social media game so far this year with a lot more player and coach interviews and general...

To be fair there's nowhere near as much of that going on as their are tahs fan's swapping their January championship for the February wooden spoon. Reds fans are mostly optimistic but cautious that we didn't get a proper test here.

Can't speak to the rest of Aus, but with Ballymore reopened and hosting games it definitely feels like the Reds are keen to work on those club-community links and reengage the fans in that way. It's not going to happen overnight, but there was a pretty healthy crowd at the trial vs the force and...

Lalakai Foketi may have picked up an injury on Saturday night, he's going for scans on his wrist on Monday. From: https://amp.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/why-the-waratahs-are-happy-to-be-written-off-after-two-heavy-trial-losses-20240211-p5f404.html

Brisbane times has an interview with Vest about his injury and recovery: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/rugby-union/your-perception-of-life-changes-reds-player-tells-of-arduous-road-to-recovery-20240209-p5f3q9.html I thought Vest was finally finding his feet towards the end of last...

There's a single round (everyone plays each other once) under 20's rugby championship scheduled for April on the Gold Coast.

Yeah running it out is fine, intentional knock ons are not.

Yeah he looks like a good solid toiler, I'm keen to see how he goes in Super. I was pretty surprised when we picked him up and certainly the history with Kiss must have helped, but hearing the wraps Hoiles has on him the tahs might have missed a trick there.

Intentionally throwing the ball into touch is a penalty.

Could it be a trial scheduled against one of the clubs? I think they're getting around to a few of the clubs this year and there is one on the books for the Reds A side to play Easts on the 24th, anyone heard about one for next weekend?

I don't see that happening. AFL teams in Victoria have been getting out of pokies, they likely see the writing on the wall at a state government level. While they've still got some time to run it costs money to get into them which is something the Rebels just don't have. As far as sports...

Perese might be the biggest difference maker in the back for the tahs, getting in a guy that carries hard, threatens defensive lines and draws defenders to him should help with forward direction in attack. He won't solve their defensive issues though. Defensive organisation has never been his...

The Rebels in fact do take a moral objection to sports betting (or at least it's advertising) as partners to the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation: This is what people are generally talking about when "bans" on sports betting are discussed - restrictions on the advertising...

Are getting, they haven't necessarily received any of it yet. The money is paid in quarterly instalments, starting this year but with the first payment not due until the end of March. While I agree the bulk of that money should flow through to the super sides it has nothing to do with the Rebels...

Just about my team too, but I'd probably start Hodgman over Ravai to bolster the scrum from the start, maybe even with Ravai on the tight head side. I expect the tahs will go hard at us there as it was their only advantage last night so of we can lock that down early it'll set us up to take the...

Pretty big difference between a stronger showing and "...breeze through to a contestable win."