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Lance hurt his ribs in the warm-up on Friday night and did not play; this could have been a factor. It thought that Beale would start somewhere in the back-line but I hope that he doesn't try too hard as he did against the Clan and pass miracle balls in the tackle. However he combined well...

It was a great win by the Lions with a lot of nose-pickers in the team and many playing their first Super game—plus some decent unfashionable forwards like Franco vd Merwe and Derick Minnie (and if he is 111 kgs as the caption said, I will eat my hat). They had a decent scrum at times too, and...

We're not talking about the Waratahs' squad Richo, but the NSW Colts (Under 20) squad. But his ability to kick long with both feet (and not at the same time smart-arse Bruce) plus his ability to slot long kicks at goal (right foot only) would have him penciled in for the future as a promising...

Was at school last year and played for Oz Schools. He's a good player as most Oz Schoolboys outside backs are, but his big point of difference is that he can kick the ball a mile with both feet. .

I've seen him training for the NSW Colts hopefuls—they're the team that will represent NSW at the National Under 20s Championships next month in Canberra and the national team will be picked from that. But that was a few weeks ago now. For people who don't know the details see the blog I did...

Talk about posh. This members brasco at the SFS has a TV in it.

He hasn't played a game. .

Nice banter guys. But on a more serious note even though we Reds and Tahs fans may have been miffed that our teams lost to the Rebels in the trials this year, and may have discounted their efforts, we have some very sneaky hopes for them in Super Rugby this year (but not against our team thank...

suckerforred has written a blog on the game here: http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/reds-v-rebels-trial-ballymore/ Thank you SFR. .

There are a lot of blokes with white tape on their heads these days aren't there? They should get different coloured tape for us punters to recognise them. Which event are folks talking about? Somebody mentioned Hoiles. It couldn't have been him because he was wearing white headgear. He was...

Keep the rants coming—it was good stuff. I tried to get to the trial game today at The Loop but started out too late (from Collaroy) and had to turn around before the SHB because the Saturday morning traffic was bumper-to-bumper. In my defence I got back late from the Waratahs' trial in...

On Hooper: That was a remarkable lineout take wasn't it, because it looked like the Clan were going to nab TPN's throw. He's an athlete isn't he? I don't think that Crawford will start in any event because he hasn't had the opposed training that the others have had. You never know though: it...

I'm starting to get on the Rebels wagon. It looks like the major problem last year, a leaky defence, (not just the tackling element) has been fixed and the physicality has ramped up. I am looking forward to watching Lahiff play. I remember seeing him in his first season at the Exiles in the...

Indeed it is on You Tube now (at about 0.23): .

We may hear "Gosh" and "Darn" a few times. Will Skelton got a bad knock but he came on for an extra quarter; so it can't be too bad. Jono Lance damaged his ribs in the warm-up and did not play. I have done a blog on the trial here...

The Tahs played some bad rugby. They had more good moves than Bobby Fischer had but they kept dropping the ball or having the play break down for many goofy reasons. The Clan took as many penalty kicks as goal as they could, which did not endear then to the crowd. Hooper was outstanding: a...

I was there and before I bought my ticket I made sure that my seat was under cover. The problem was that the rain was going sideways so I had to retreat up the stand. The only good thing about the night was that the wind changed before the game and the folks on the other side copped all the...

Cool, humid and overcast at the ground—smells like rain.

Highlanders Ben Smith (captain); Patrick Osborne, Malakai Fekitoa, Shaun Treeby, Kurt Baker; Lima Sopoaga, Aaron Smith, Shane Christie, John Hardie, Gareth Evans; Josh Bekhuis, Jarrad Hoeata; Chris King, Ged Robinson, Kane Hames. Replacements: Brayden Mitchell, Matias Diaz, Craig Millar...

I was chuffed about the mention of due diligence, but I wonder who on the NRC Commission will do it; hopefully a firm with rugger partners will do so, gratis. I also liked the mention of corporate interest, modest as it is. People may think that 12 (expected) tenders out of 41 expressions of...