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Victoria doesn't have a team in the Oz Under 20 nationals to be held in Canberra in March. NSW and Qld each have a team and there will be a third team from the rest of Australia—Foketi will play for this team. The fourth team will be an invited team from Tonga. Details of how the players...

They are not exactly apples for apples are they Braveheart, but I think this will be close to the mark. Very close. PS - Jacques Potgieter was training full blast today and said he would be playing 20 or 30 minutes in the trial on Friday night. It will be worth the trip to watch him. .

They are different players. David, who also started in First Grade in the Shute Shield last year (for Randwick, when he was 18) is a good stepping kind of flyhalf. Being more dangerous on the run he fixes defenders more than Jack does. He is not as long a kicker from hand as Jack is and not...

Watch out for Jack D. He may not make a big splash in 2014 because he is only 20 years old and is just in the EPS anyway, where he should be. But he can play, and I wouldn't be surprised if he nails down a contract and the starting spot next year. I'm saying that not because he's another...

That is bad news for Michael but at least outside centre it is an area of depth—or at least width—with the Tahs. Very often these season-ending injuries present big problems for a Super Rugby squad but when it happens in an area of strength, it can sometimes serve to add a replacement player...

The Highlanders have lost a lot of good players since last year including: Ma'a Nonu, Tamati Ellison, Colin Slade, Hosea Gear, Tony Woodcock and Andrew Hore—but they haven't made any gains that I would call notable. I think they will struggle more this year than last; yet they won only three...

No, that was Ryan Dalziel: Metcher did not play. As I have mentioned before: Dalziel was at Northern Suburbs back in the day, went to subbies league, and is now back. Latu covered TPN for a few minutes but Dalziel played a substantial part of the second half. You'd think that contracted...

An absolute cracker. There are some photos of the try on page 2 of my blog. http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/waratahs-beat-blues-and-benji/ As usual if you have any comments on the blog, please make them there and not here. .

The latest news about the NRC has some interesting points especially about who will play where. Some people are for what has been reported to date and some have been against—but one thing we can agree about is that what the Commission has mentioned so far, and will finalise soon, will not be...

He weighed in at 97kgs for the Under 20s last year. You'd think at that weight and being a centre that he would be a crash-baller, but he isn't: he's a smooth gliding runner. Like Placid up north: it remains to be seen if he can take his junior ability into senior rugby and then professional...

The Waratahs are playing more of their 'heavyweights' than the Blues are. The Blues are missing Woodcock, Mealamu, Faumuina, Weepu, Halai, Nonu, Luatua, plus Kaino, who is returning from Japan, and Cullum Retallick who is out for the season. And Piatau and F. Saili are on the bench, as is...

Don't expect Turner to have the same pace as when he won that footballers' race a few years back now, before his injuries started. He didn't look particularly quick in the Shute Shield last year before he broke his leg early in the season; nor did he play that well. But let's see—I hope that...

These comments from Wide World of Sports: Toua earns first shot at Reds 15 jersey Jim Morton 15:04 AEST Thu Feb 6 2014 Waratahs recruit Lachie Turner will make his Queensland debut on the wing in a full-strength Reds outfit but he also has one eye on a Super Rugby fullback berth. First...

OK - they amended it 1. Benn Robinson (Eastwood) 2. Tatafu Polota Nau (Parramatta) 3. Paddy Ryan (Sydney University) 4. Kane Douglas (Southern Districts) 5. Will Skelton (Sydney University) 6. Dave Dennis (captain, Sydney University ) 7. Pat McCutcheon (Sydney University) 8. Wycliff Palu...

From the Tahs media unit—attached to the team list Bernard Foley will start opposite rugby convert Benji Marshall when the former rugby league legend makes his Australian rugby debut tomorrow night at Allianz Stadium, kick off 7.40pm. NSW newcomers Kurtley Beale (fullback), Nick Phipps...

It's a pity that the weather and ground conditions are likely to be poor but because otherwise it would be a mouth-watering prospect. I thought that Ireland played better that Wales did in Round 1 and they have the home advantage, but that extra day of preparation for Wales will cancel any...

From the Tahs media unit NSW Waratahs announce Ray White partnership The NSW Waratahs’ preparations have today been boosted by the signing of NSW’s largest real estate agent as back of jersey sponsor for the 2014 season. With the start of the new Super Rugby season just 18 days away, the...

Yeah—he's still very raw and I have no clue how he goes in the custodial duties a fullback has. As you indicate: it's a good idea to start young fullbacks on the wing when they get to Grade early, maybe too early, and help the 15 out to learn their trade. Since school I've seen Jonah only in...

Yeah that's him—and he also played for Oz U/20 last year and will repeat in 2014. A classy type of outside centre who is, however, fast enough to play on the wing. Watch this kid. ,

Including Allan Border and Greg Inglis?