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1. Hoopert 2. Porecki 3. Tupou 4. Blyth 5. Frost 6. Valetini 7. McReight 8. Wilson 9. Tate 10. JOC (James O'Connor) 11. Daugunu 12. Foketi 13. Paisami 14. Pietsch 15. Petaia

Thanks! I have read the first two, and will get on to the last at some point.

It's about how you arrange the TT component. Home and away through to domestic finals. Then on to TT "Champion's League". I'd follow that in parallel with the internationals, with a revised NRC/Currie Cup style comp interfacing somehow with the club scene. It should in total provide plenty of...

As I understand it, the Bajada was initially about a front row spear point created by binding with the hooker in front of both props and using this pressure point to shear apart the opposing scrum. That was made illegal ages ago and "Bajada" continued to be used as a name for effective...

I love Nick’s writing. In this case though, as a fan who loves the scrum, this makes me proud to be a Red fan. https://www.theroar.com.au/2022/04/06/should-the-brumbies-be-alert-or-alarmed-after-a-reds-redemption/ There are a shed load of guys to congratulate here, but I’m just going to start...

+1 Brumby Jack for water boy.

The guy I really want to see again is Suli. A pumped up Vunivalu looking to make a declaration on his future get's me salivating. :p

I trust McKellar selects exactly who he wants. Seems natural to see a skew to those he knows. That's life. But I want the coaching team to select exactly who they think will be best whatever the comments from non-Brumby fans. I'm hoping that plenty of Reds make the cut but either way it must be...

Coaches definitely key here. I'd think some ref interpretations also though. TBF, if I was rationalising things the number of cards would have halved, but not for the Reds. :confused:

For goodness sake. McKellar made a determinedly big noise about the "stop-start" nature and not enough rugby being played. [I happen to agree with him.] Thorne, having been previously criticised for commenting on the effect of refs, did his very best to simply not comment. If someone was making...

Anmd they were the only thing going for growth of the broadcast. The answer is simple, and discussed to death here before they stuffed it up. Let a domestic trophy be the primary goal. Then, and only then, TT. When at least the Aus finalist team fans have an interest, and probably all other Aus...

Without preamble, you dived in to take issue with no statement from Derp about this on this thread. If you don't want to go there - don't go there. IF you do then its not reasonable to expect a nil response. It came back as a bit of banter between DP and D. If you don't know by now where a...

I actually have seen a bit of advertising in Bris - but I'm not travelling as much on public transport so probably miss a lot of it.

Wam, this is not the circumstance we are actually discussing. But if there is an knock on that is cynical play in defence of a very likely try - professional foul, RC and penalty try. It's not the only situation where the card comes out for this issue, not at all. It's not black and white, and...

I'm less worried about props - there are 4 in a game team and they mostly are known right now. Hooker remains a weakness. There are plenty of assumptions around the Brumby locks and I'm not so sure. No I'm not sure about the Red locks either - I see a lack of overall skill cover across the...

White might have his banter dampened, might not be as easy as normal to talk. Or breath. ;) I'm liking the response here from Thorn. He's driving toward the Kiwis and "wants to go deep". I don't think it's so much that he was disappointed in last night's performance. It's more that he expects...

In the game preamble last night I think Campbell mentioned 3 weeks. Which seems wildly optimistic, he only had the hand operated on a few days ago.

Hoopert has been somewhat unsung - thought he went well. Vunivalu back for next game?

Interesting stats: https://www.espn.com/rugby/matchstats?gameId=595134&league=242041 Missed tackles: Reds: 73/88; Brumbies: 94/116. Translate that to the WBs and we are in trouble. line outs: Reds 6/7; Brumbies 12/14 - which is far closer to parity that I felt watching the game. Reds first half...

My gripe with cards is a generic impact to the game of rugby. To be fair in this particular game, if we had myself reviewing and discounting "rugby incidents", I don't think it would have helped the Reds. Those cards were just given. Angus rolling his eyes and saying "what else can I do with...