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Brothers looking to pull away from Wests here, their returning pros have been great today, really slotted back in seamlessly. I'd say it shows the benefit of their long association with the club, but the Wests players aren't exactly blow ins either.

Yeah, with the Ikitau injury he could rocket into contention depending on how Petaia and Perese go over the next couple of weeks.

Reckon the balance has well and truly flipped now, Seru Uru, Angelo Smith and Paisami added to the West's side originally named on rugby Xplorer, alongside brothers losses. Should be an absolute cracker.

Since Wednesday? Probably focused on the match thread. https://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/community/threads/bledisloe-1-29-july-mcg.19485/

West's aren't exactly light on either, should be a hell of a game. Basically two NRC level sides

Should be the Reds current backline :(

That was my guess, it is a lot of extra pressure to lump on a guy that doesn't kick for his super rugby side though. That said there's not really any other option with the side as rumoured. It's probably a bit of pain we can wear for the moment with an eye to the future, as long as Carter...

Who kicks for goal?

Phil Mooney has signed on at West's as director of rugby

Interesting quote from O'Connor about the Reds in this article on the Wallabies discipline: The improvement in discipline through the season one of the real positives to come out of an otherwise ordinary year. Reading that quote it looks like Phill Blake had a big hand in turning it around. I...

Good sign if Thorn is going to take up an under 20s/academy role.

I'm pretty sure he spoke on the last socks up episode about going in for some off season shoulder surgery, I imagine we won't see him again this year. Maybe for the Saitama game.

That sounds ideal, I'm all for my super rugby membership getting me extra ballot entries for home rwc tickets.

RA have signed a long term deal with Japan: https://www.rugby.com.au/news/rugby-australia-announce-partnership-with-japan-rugby-2023721 Covers Wallabies, Wallaroos, Aus A, Age grade and post season super rugby fixtures. Looks like a really good move.

It's been rumoured for a while, but it looks like an O'Connor re-signing will be the first announcement for the Les Kiss era: https://www.rugby.com.au/news/oconnor-deal-imminent-after-kiss-announcement-2023720 He finished the season really well at 12 and I'll be glad to see him hang around for...

Good to see, that's a great chance for him to get a bit more professional game time in. For all the potential he has, Pollard has probably been a bit short of a run the last few years.

Did Wales just get a deal on left over Wasps kit and decide that'd be good enough for an away jersey?

Was pretty impressed with Les, certainly a better first impression at the press conference than Thorn's early ones, he really took his time to warm to the media side of the role. Pretty impressed with the appointment process from how it was described too, particularly the player involvement...

I'd prefer it took priority, but that might be a few years away given the current composition of our squads

Official announcement: https://reds.rugby/news/les-kiss-appointed-new-queensland-reds-head-coach-2023720 3 year deal