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I too thought he was funny, although more in a special way!

The Tahs did the same for a couple of years, handing out pre-season hidings to weak teams like a very, very under strength Samoa, and had similar issues - hard to tell where they stood. At least one hit out against tough opposition seems to be the preferred way now.

Piautau was on the bench and played, maybe you are thinking of Luatua. The Blues were missing probably over half their run on team, so it's hard to tell. Reports say that the guy at 10 for them wasn't helping, either.

I thought that Wilkinson was retiring? Or is next season his last then? Gits is no spring chicken either these days, he'd be about 32 this year or so. I'll chuckle if they sign JOC (James O'Connor) to play at 10, he needs heaps of time to develop there and I doubt Toulon would be patient for the money...

Interesting that Browning, Quirk and Schatz appear to all be of a similar height and weight.

Lucas is missing as well, anyone know the word on Lucas?

Is Fardy's switch to blindside likely to be for longer than the trials? Fardy will no doubt revert to lock at some stage in the game, as there's four flankers on the bench and no locks.

Notable players missing from the squad due to injury(?) / virus(?): Hanson, Beau, Lucas, Ant. Interesting selections: Taps at 13, Turner at 11, Toua at 15, Davies and CFS on the bench. Daley gets the nod ahead of Holmes at LHP. Is Daley finally injury free again?

St.George Queensland Reds v Chiefs (Toowoomba) 1. Ben Daley 2. Saia Fainga’a 3. James Slipper 4. Rob Simmons 5. James Horwill (C) 6. Eddie Quirk 7. Liam Gill 8. Jake Schatz 9. Will Genia (VC) 10. Quade Cooper 11. Lachie Turner 12. Mike Harris 13. Ben Tapuai 14. Dom Shipperley 15. Aidan Toua...

Blue swimmer, red lobster, pineapple.

Didn't he have quite a few kids?

Saia or Hanson or both?

There was a rumour that the Reds considered JOC (James O'Connor), but the player leadership group decided that he would be detrimental to team harmony.

Always thought the Ellison was a 13, not really a 12.

Highlanders weren't full strength second half apparently, Ben Smith and Aaron Smith for starters didn't play according to the NZ match reports. Slim is right when he says not much can be read into these pre-season trials.

I recall the last time the Waratahs (NSWRU?) were bailed out by the ARU. The ARU took over running of the Waratahs, eventually turning it around and running a profit with the ARU instilled and controlled board. When the agreed period of ARU control ended, the first act of the Waratahs board...

From memory, wasn't Flatley the first rugby player in Australia to have a full professional contract straight out of school?

Hodgson played just a few games off the bench for the Tahs before heading west. Didn't look great in his cameos until giving a starting opportunity, then he played like a demon for a few seasons until seeming permamently hampered by injuries.

Can't Crawford kick a bit as well?

Quirk and Schatz both played every game last year from memory, and they started them all as well? They dropped off a bit towards the back end of the season, think having another player like Browning who they can rotate with will be really useful. I wouldn't be putting too much pressure on...