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No - they just all wish they were. Maybe they just choose to identify as Queenslanders? Who are we to deny them? (Unless of course you try and actually cross the border, in which case FRO)

Unfortunately Dempseys biggest issue is consistently give quality for the full 80. Great player when on song. Not on song often enough. Hopefully it’s mainly to do with his problems with injury and he can put it behind him and play consistent football.

Good post. Where you talk ‘core skills’ for a number 8 part of that is the innate ability to read the game from off the back of the scrum and run smart lines in attack and cover defence to be in the right spot in 5 or 30 seconds. It’s not rocket science, but it is acquired intelligence built up...

Sure. Don’t get me wrong - I might be a bit forceful (and long winded) in my opinions, but always happy to chat rugby/hear someone else’s. A big part of Fa’amausili’s development so far will have been around developing his scrummaging. Personally I thought he looked like that was coming along...

I’m really looking forward to seeing how some of our lessor known tight 5 players go this year. Thorn & Lillicrap seem to have been pretty good at taking rough diamonds and turning them into, maybe not spectacular, but at least solid Super Rugby options. I’ve been doing some revision. You have...

Well, I’m not going to try and list 10 but moving Kepu to LH, where he struggled; picking Quade Cooper at 10 & playing a game plan which was more suited to Berrick Barnes & not having a back up 7 for the 2011 WC stick out. Plus all of his press conferences.

Unfortunately I don’t think it was. I’m not even sure it made the top 10.

All true. There have also been plenty of guys who have changed positions (multiple times) in the backline and moved between lock & backrow. I guess I was more asking if there was anyone at high level which have made a position change which requires significantly different core skills as is...

Are you mad???? It’s pre-season. We should be anointing these guys the next John Eales and then crucifying them when they fall short. :) In all seriousness though I don’t see the problem shining the light on a few of these young guys. If nothing else it gives us something different to talk...

Cusack is an interesting one. I think he’s been superb for the Brumbies but it often seems to me he isn’t that highly rated. When it comes to the Wallabies though do also wonder if his boat has sailed. Similar for Prior. There is a fair bit of competition in both their spots and if they haven’t...

When is the last time we’ve seen a super rugby level player completely change positions. Even Nasser moving from Prop to hooker is pretty unprecedented at this level. I think a few years ago Nigel Ah Wong played a bit of both wing & flanker. The game keeps evolving and there will always be...

From what I’d seen I thought Fa’amausili’s scrummaging looked pretty good for a guy starting out. I just thought he had a whole lot of work to do on work rate and involvement. His skill base seemed pretty good. I rate Ready in a similiar manner. Skill set he is better than any of the others...

Yep. Agree - only missed selection in my team under the rational that he has a cap & Fa’amausili doesn’t.

Because I’m bored and I’d like to try and start some discussion, I thought I’d put together a ‘rookie’ 15 for discussion. I used the following rational - 1. They had to be someone who had I felt had a genuine chance of featuring in a Gold jersey this year 2. They had to either have no or...

This is a good sign when guys like McGregor & Lance are having to fight to make the 23. It means that when injuries come, and they will, you still have Super Rugby level players coming into your squad. It also means a guy like McGregor - who I thought showed plenty of promise last year - has the...

I don’t really get the argument to start a better player from the bench and give them less minutes for the sake of impact at the best of times but there is a clear gap in class between Prior & McIntyre and Cubelli & Miotti. And given they are the halves you want them out there for 60 minutes...

In that side you’d think Prior will be. Except I doubt Prior will start in front of Cubelli.

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