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I like to watch I've just had a look at some of my photos and I noticed that most of the Argie test players came back on the field after oranges including Tomas Cubelli, who has played over 20 test matches. But by the end of the game most of the test forwards had gone off. Agree—the bench...

Actually there were seven Argentina test players playing against the NSW Colts Under 20s in the first half today; one of them debuted in 2005. Here's the list I borrowed from the manager but I hadn't much time to write the names down and I can't read my writing in some cases. NSW Colts 1st...

Sorry about that lily. Just back from the trial game. During the first 40 minute half it looked like the best of the NSW Colts were playing the best of the Argentina PRC team. The Argies had some very mature players including some test players, including scrummie Tomas Cubelli, who started...

I guess I thought the original question had some agenda, and I got on my high horse about it not mattering. I'm off the horse now. There's not a lot of chat from north of the Tweed apart from what TOCC mentioned. Anyone killing them in training or internal trials—or opposed training? .

Who cares where they come from? The relevant thing is: who should have been invited to trial and wasn't? Or maybe even: who was invited but should not have been? No, I don't have a copy of the list and I don't think there is one except an internal one for the Tahs who are doing the coaching...

The Bye is over-rated: when is the last time it won a game? It's fans wank on about how good it is but every year it ends up mid-table. Bye fans should wake up to themselves: their team should not even be in the comp. If you ask me it should be: "Bye-bye Bye". .

The hopefuls for the NSW Colts Under 20 team have already played some trial games and the selection of the squad can't be too far away. What are the Queensland lads doing? Playing internal trials only—or playing against other teams? They were going to be playing against a Japan PRC team but...

The Australia Schools Rugby Union used to ban players who had declared for rugby league by signing a contract (or their parents had, I suppose). And if they found about it after they had played one game for Oz Schools, and before the next one, they'd drop the kid from the side But the...

I suggest that we stop this thread anyway. The NRC is more of a national thing than a club thing and there is a thread in the Rugby Discussion forum for it now. Please stop using this thread and use this one...

I suggest that we stop this thread anyway. The NRC is more of a national thing than a club thing and there is a thread in the Rugby Discussion forum for it now. Please stop using this thread and use this one...

I think I remember saying in 2012 that Ollie Hoskins was too tall to be a prop, and later wrote that I meant that he was too tall for him to be a prop. I knew as well as anybody that there were good props as tall as he was. Ollie had an unhappy time in the 2012 IRB JWC scrums. I didn't say...

Just to summarise: The senior game is on Sunday. The NSW team (called "Gen Blue") is playing the Brumby Runners in a curtain-raiser to the Tahs v Force Super Rugby game. There are no Under 20 players in this side except for David Horwitz (starting) and Johnny Vaux (reserves). Apparently...

Carraro will be on the bench on Sunday, not Crawford. Likewise Hoiles will be on the bench, not McCutcheon. Cutch will captain the "Gen Blue" team against the Brumby Runners as the curtain raiser to the Tahs Super Rugby game at about 1pm—and Crawford will start in it also to get a full...

As mentioned in the Tahs v Force match thread there will be a curtain-raiser match between the reserve sides of the Tahs and Brumbies. The Tahs outfit are calling themselves the "Gen Blue" team which is supposed to stand for "[Next] Generation [Waratah] Blue". The team is: 1. Mike...

You'd think the Tahs would spell McKibbin's name correctly. .

Alofa is a glider and stepper who is not going to burst through the tackles that Digby could, but, in mitigation, he is lighter on his feet and can change direction without losing much speed, better than Diggers. In club rugby he does a decent job of being the stand-in fullback when the 15...

Foley kicked in the trials. Beale had only one kick in the last two trials when he was the only kicker on the field. McKibbin is the best kicker and kicked with Foley in Newcastle, but he is not starting. As I have mentioned before, as have others, this could be an area of concern this year...

Nice banter guys but back to the game. We all remember that last year Foley kept his best available side fresh and played some scrubbers against the B&I Lions mid-week—then, the Tahs, with many of their own scrubbers, beat the best available Force team the following weekend. And it served...

What time tc?

Thanks for that tc—it brings back memories: they were all from the Oz Schools Championships last year at Riverview—I was in a few of the sequences (in the crowd, Bruce). All lads look good in highlights packages but he had a great week. By preference a fullback he played well on the wing and...