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Yeah sadly you'd think he's number 22.

There are limited circumstances where children can be contracted, such as employment. Not sure if it covers these kinds of arrangements. I think contracting with the parents on the condition their child do certain things is less likely to be enforceable (particularly any clawback) and seems...

Angst about reserves aside we can still put out a pretty decent side. I always thought Petaia's best position was 13 and Perese will go alright in a pinch. We now pray to the gods of rugby there is no injury to Carter Gordon.

Even if you don't take Quade how do you conclude it's Donaldson who's next cab off the rank. Certainly not via any visible metric like form, talent, potential, athleticism or nepotism. I reckon EJ (Eddie Jones) is trolling.

I mean, I was a child when he stopped playing so I guess so?

I agree. Just trying to illustrate that participation numbers are higher than Qwerty is suggesting. Guess we'll have to wait and see who's right in the long run. Think you are underestimating human appetite for self destruction.

Surely not. I couldn't find MMA specific numbers in a quick google search but the estimaed martial arts participants according to google is 248,351. According to google another 300,000 participate in 'some form of boxing' (I'd guess a lot of this would not be contact). Dunno if there is...

Well they may not find that. And I already gave the example of combat sports.

Nah you're crazy man. Going in circles now. It'll be smaller, probably. But there will still be amateurs and probably professionals in some form playing contact rugby.

Ah yeah, didn't recognize him cause he got old and stuff.

Who's the bloke on the far right?

I think we are now arguing about different things. You said contact sport would stop existing entirely. I think that is very unlikely. Will the way it looks change pretty drastically? Yeah, probably.

Plenty of amateurs do already. Not sure what the professional landscape will look like though. Regardless, I doubt they'll be coming in completely cold. Kids will play non-contact forms of footy.

Only adults play it? Not saying the sport will go ahead unchanged. Doubt they'll go away entirely though.

Cease for children? maybe. But definitely not for adults. Its been pretty clear for decades that all combat sports are pretty life shortening but plenty of people are willing to participate. Don't see why rugby would be any different.

Foley isn't the next best available 10. Hooper is the next best available behind McReight. Could conceivably just carry the one open side I suppose.

Hooper is more or less the most successful Wallaby still playing, outside maybe Skelton? Or am I missing something. Quade also won Super Rugby but didn't take a significant part in the 2015 finals run or shortened RC win. Not sure not winning the Bledisloe means much. Anyway, he doesn't deserve to be...

It has to be France right? At least for this world cup. Lock up foreign talent in their shitty league and, along with Japan, destabilize the player market to the detriment of most other rugby playing nations in doing so Proceed to waltz around stating outright that their players are the best...

Well this seems a bit aggressive.