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So it would seem.

Agree - but Kuridrani sure put an end to that. Still life in the old dog yet.

Look - I rate him as a player, but it is one of the more clear cut player analysis. He wasn’t fit enough, he isn’t a lineout target and he’s one dimensional in attack. Given his inclusion in the Wallaby squad this year I’m assuming Rennie believed he was working on his short comings. Or, at...

Like Rennie you mean?

I wouldn’t think so

I understand if people don’t feel the need to justify their selections but I am intrigued by the number of selections of Paisami at 12 for the side given 1. He played 13 2. He was taken off injured (in the first half as far as I recall) 3. He did do a number of good plays but, as far as I can...

1. Bell 2. Kaitu’u 3. Tupou 4. Thrush 5. LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) 6. Wells 7. McReight 8. Wilson 9. Cubelli 10. Miotti 11. Olowofela 12. Godwin 13. Perese 14. Daugunu 15. Maddocks

Scott-Young has been in great form and he had also been running the lineout, Between he and Wright they made 27 tackles at 100% success rate and they both do a lot of break down work, so they bring a lot to the table. On the down side, between them they had 9 runs for 1 metre. The lineout...

I think Wilson has reigned it in a bit - which is not a bad thing as he was turning too much ball over before that, but he still has a good offload/short pass. He produced a good offload Friday night and a nice little tip pass v the Brumbies which allowed a break to be continued. Salakai-Loto...

Wow - game on

Great try

Unfortunately it wouldn’t have mattered anyway

Gee - that’s very ugly

The discussion wasn’t about money. It was about the respective pros/cons of imports. Personally I find it an interesting topic and the context was around the performance of Jordan Olowofela. Seemed entirely appropriate to the thread from my perspective.

Ultimately it wasn’t enough to get the job done, but the Reds back 5 forwards made a combined 70 tackles with only 2 misses (both by Salakai-Loto) last night. https://www.espn.com.au/rugby/playerstats?gameId=593090&league=289272

Force are just starting to fire. It’ll be interesting whether they can kick on through the finals and the TT comp. Great challenge for Wessels too. It seems he is a dead man walking with the Rebels missing out on finals in Super Rugby AU, but with guys coming back from injury he (and the...

I agree with your sentiment- I was simply meaning I don’t think that is what the rules say. Under the rules I believe the ref made the right call. I might be wrong.

Sure. But that’s not going to change. So we need to do more with less. And whilst I don’t think when Darwin’s cohesiveness argument is necessarily the be all and end all for Australian rugby, having a smaller, tighter group of players is not an altogether bad thing. But it needs to be a quality...

I don’t think there is any doubt we’ve struggled with our development pathways. Certainly it would be great if our need for quality imports declines over the next 3-4 years. But we can’t wind the clock back. I agree with the essence of your last point - at the very least RA should assist in...

I understand your point. Like a lot of these issues I just don’t think it’s black and white. I don’t want a situation to arise like we had a couple of years ago where we have 2-3 starting fly half’s in the comp to be all imports, so at test level we have a dearth of choices. Nor do I want lots...