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Well apparently Dillyn Leyds (Fly-half/Fullback) was going back to RSA for the Currie Cup. But he is listed in the Spirit squad. Seems odd. Would be great if we held on to him. There has been no word about Dylan Sage (Centre/Winger). It looks on Twitter like he has gone back to play with UCT...

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I'd have thought you would want Joubert. It always seems like the team who gets the same ref two weeks in a row always get a rough time of the calls in the second game. I guess all teams infringe (read push the boundaries) and infringe with purpose. A referee that has spent a game watching what...

Unless he is David Nucifora.

Yeah but the past couple of games have been cake-walks for the Waratahs. Brumbies destroyed, Highlanders destroyed, Reds destroyed. As a high work rate forward, Hoiles would have looked golden. McCalman has been in the side that has been dominated twice. In a parallel universe where Hoiles...

Do you want to take a stab at a prospective starting XV for the vikings?

Think about Hoiles is that he is playing for a dominant team and you always look better than you actually are when playing for a dominant team. Hoiles and McCalman are two guys that are great at Super Rugby level but probably aren't big and physical enough to be long term options at 8 at test...

I'm not worried about it :) Just trying to bring some sanity to the discussion. Longer term, I think you are better off with Browning. If Benny was going to go, I'd wager on the Brumbies. Reckon he'd take a bit of a hair cut though.

Haha. I wonder what the odds of the Highlanders beating the Sharks and Waratahs and the Brumbies beating the Chiefs and Crusaders? 1000/1?

I reckon Benny Mac wouldn't go near a Richard Graham coached team with a 40ft barge pole. Pretty sure he was with Matt Hodgson in the playing group voting to stand RG down mid season after he'd signed with the Reds.

Teams always get a bit complacent after a big win (Sharks) and teams always have a lot to prove after a big loss (Highlanders). I reckon the Sharks will win but I reckon it will be a close one. Since it is finals time I think both teams will play with a conservatism that will suit the...

What is Lachie Turner's contract status? Surely Hunt, O'Connor and CFS would push him to the bench. I'm pretty sure the Force would be interested in him and he'd almost certainly be a starter over here.

It wasn't as much meant to sound like having a dig as it was a simple point: There is risk in not supporting/proceeding with the NRC. Lets not piss about with resistance or over cautiousness. We are roughly in the same place we were 7 years ago when the ARC was canned. In the current economic...

Jim should be positive about the opportunity to develop players. Another season like this one and the QRU will be losing almost as much in memberships and gate takings.

Or that Nathan Charles is leaving.

Rumour is Quirk is heading west. I don't know why though. Maybe he doesn't like Graham. He will be in good company over here.

Waratahs and no. :)

I wonder if the relative success of those local players isn't a sign that we should have been putting more faith in local players sooner. Maybe that is a lesson that the Rebels can learn from us. Not giving Jake Ball a proper run (in fact bringing in Ollie Atkins instead) was a big mistake...

McMeniman has spent more games on the sideline in the last two years than on the field. His form has been patchy as a result. I don't actually think we are losing too much in McMeniman. Cummins, Hayward and Longbottom will be much bigger losses. It would certainly be interesting to open a...

And who is to say any of those guys really wanted to come to Perth? Horne maybe. But he has been starting fairly regularly with a side that will likely take out the competition. It's hard to recruit a guy who is getting game time in a winning side. Harris wouldn't have been a good fit for the...