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We did that two years ago, it did not go well!

Maybe I was the only one in the world who did, but I loved the all-Waratahs floral emblem shirt and hat. I still have the hat (never could afford the shirt) and wear it quite often, though the bogans down here in Adelaide don't have a clue what its all about. That shirt has one massive...

A couple of questions and comments based on the last five pages or so: Why is everyone saying (arguing) about whether it has to be eight or ten teams? A nine team comp is perfectly valid with one bye week for each team. It just uses the ten team schedule. Nine teams fits the Sydney (4)...

From that video I would say he is more like a young Louw or Vermeulen - he seems to have the attacking style of an Australian 6 rather than an openside, though he looks to be 7 material based on his defending style. I know these were only demo highlights from under 19 games but the guy has a...

New Zealand have great depth, but I don't think SA have as much depth as they think, particularly their back three and halfback. Our depth is not as good as NZ, but I reckon the only place we are really weak on depth is Tight Head Prop. Our locks are not too strong either, but their potential...

That's awful! So much potentially can be done with the Tah jersey elements and this is the best the design team could do?

Tell 'em he's dreaming!

Teasing like this for people who can't get to training is tantamount to torture. "Big" as in great intensity, "big" as in drinking session, "big" as in lots of injuries? Were you a Guantanimo interrogator in a previous life? :)

To answer your question, I am not convinced AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) at 13 will allow the wingers to get away properly because AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)'s skills do not include passing to the winger in space on a regular basis. All the names I agree with. I just want Beale at 13 to feed AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) and Crawford with Folau at 15 for his aerial...

I think Cheika is looking for some of that SA forward physicality in the tight five. IMO the difference between making the finals and not last year was a lack of physicality, consistently across the season. A lot of those games where we lost by a point or two, usually put down to poor goal...

Well, that was an interesting page of comments that can now be consigned to the dustbin of history.

Sorry, my mistake, he was on $40K in 2012.

Fardy was on a $40K EPS contract in 2013, he is going to expect a substantial upgrade. Given his value to the club, another zero in the number probably won't be enough. That's going to put serious pressure on the other contracts to stay within the salary cap. I think it is wholly unjustified...

Given that, the Rebels would be the better destination considering they must have space under their salary cap and they desperately need a 10.

He was hands-down the best scrummager, though this season and last he was handicapped by foot injuries that required surgery. Around the park he was average but if he had been fit and had started the third Lions test it wouldn't have been the debacle it became.

Ditto for me. But timing is everything in sport. If Foley has a blinder week after week for the Tahs there will be huge pressure to push him up the pecking order. Of course he could get injured and let Kurtley have a shot, or he could get second year syndrome. Timing is everything. And if...

People have such short memories. Three years ago he and Dagg were regarded as the best two full backs in the world and most people had Kurtley in front of Dagg. To suggest that Mogg has better skills overall than Beale (I assume because he has a longer punt kick) is fanciful. Mogg has...

I am not sure how to respond. Do I rejoice that we have a real linebreaker coming through or is it just that our forward physicality (a major reason we didn't make the six last year) is still totally piss-poor. Ecstatic that Cliffy is running fast this early, he should be on track to start the...

I was about to reply to your previous post when I read this one. I have been following the start-up announcements closely and I have not seen anywhere that the ARU will allocate out the Super players. If they do it that way they will have a riot on their hands and will resurrect the major cost...

Adelaide is not a starter for the comp first up because: There is no significant amateur rugby base in Adelaide. There is a small comp that basically came from UK/Irish immigrant stock. Total population is around 1M people Rugby is totally dwarfed by AFL. There are two national teams based...