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You don’t choose Prop. It’s destiny.

14 or 15. And Paisami apparently wants to play 12.

Which is an excellent point. Obviously Australian Teams want to win Super AU, but it’s extremely important teams prime themselves to give themselves the best shot in the TT part.

There is an important balance here, but giving the test players extra time off seems to have worked extremely well for the NZ sides both in terms of developing depth and getting the best players peaking at the right time. Not much margin for error in an 8 game season though. I did hear an...

Asiata is advertised as going to Mackay as part of the Reds to Regions tour, so maybe he has a development contract?

Hardy is listed in the departures

Hudson & Lawson are both listed.

Petaia was in excellent form in Super Rugby, but got injured in the final. He played all over TK in the last round fixture (and TK bounced back nicely in the final to be fair). He didn’t have a good international series with a combination of trying to hard and struggling with his decision...

He didn’t have his best year in 2019 either (although he did come good in the second half and was in good form by the end). I seem to recall he was inconsistent a year or two before that too - but happy to be corrected if my recollection is off. Sure - opinions are subjective, but the fact he...

TK would have to really turn it around. He’s been patchy for at least 2 yrs and I’d say Petaia & Paisami are both definitely in front of him and I reckon Walton will be too. He was good in the Super AU final, so I guess he’s shown be an still reach that level, but I think that was his first good...

I signed up for Stan a week ago and got asked about taking up the Sport option. I haven’t taken it yet, but it seemed like it was up and running.

Semantics. Most of the Australian teams lack depth. CFS was in good enough form last year that some (mostly Reds supporters I’m sure) saw him as a Wallabies squad chance. The Reds have a couple of highly rated young guys coming through but CFS would be an asset in any Super Rugby squad...

Stop it :)

Gee - he’s let himself go

That does sound like a great deal. I wonder if the Wallabies can borrow it for the weekend come time for the internationals?

I don’t think it’s quite that straight forward. You also potentially grow your membership & supporter base and increase tv viewing numbers, all of which contribute to the bottom line. On a cost centre basis lots of investments appear to run at a loss without consideration in the broader...

Unless Van Nek can clearly jump in front of Nonggorr & Fotuaika in the pecking order then the other two are going to benefit from incumbency. I could see a scenario where Fotuaika is moved on given his injury interruptions, but the Reds are evidently happy with where he is at. Good luck to...

As you should BR - they have a very good record. And they have a group of players who, for the most part, are already in their system. Don’t be mistaken - I’m very much looking forward to the Reds throwing down the challenge, and I am cautiously optimistic over their prospects. But what I...

I assume Brumbies will start deserved favourites and I’d be amazed if they didn’t compete for top spot of the table. The have a quality squad with the core well established in the Brumbies system. They’ve recruited well to top up the squad (and with an eye to the future). In theory the loss of...

For those of us for whom these guys are pretty unknown, what is your take on the them? Jake Upfield looks like he’s been good enough to play some UK pro rugby, but not at the top level. So how comparable is that to Super Rugby?