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Hope Nic is OK.

You'd reckon probably 12-15 Banana benders with 6-8 or so starters (chief among them Mason, Tuttle, Tui, Magnay and Mafi) then an assortment of other players from the other States for a combination of depth and better individuals. For mine, from the Rebels players, an assortment of Uelese, Fox...

Transfer fees only work when players are contracted. Don't see many players leaving when they are. Can't see players at Club or NRC level signing any sort of long term agreement if it prevents any sort of professional move. ITM and Currie Cup probably, but not in Australia. Anything beyond...

League doing well is probably 2nd best to not being number 1. As much as we like to bemoan it, the skillsets qre similar, and players can make a transition. The Storm moved their U20s up to Queensland this year, the Reds (in Mack Mason) and Rebels U20s (with about half a dozen greater squad...

1. Mahe Vailanu (Harlequin) 2. JP Sauni (Endeavour Hills) 3. Frank Uini (Moorabbin) 4. Will Clift (Melbourne University) 5. Sunia Finefeuiaki (Wyndham City) 6. Harley Fox (Power House) 7. Ikapote Tupai (Endeavour Hills) 8. Ta Hosea (Harlequin) 9. Angus Fowler (Harlequin) 10. Andreas...

Had a ripper against the Sunwolves, even the yellow card was as a team fall guy rather than an at fault one.

Not with Timani and Jones in the 2nd row. Need at least one genuine lineout player in the Backrow.

I have to admit, I missed last weeks game then stopped watching the replay at about half time. But for both the Sunwolves and the Reds games they did play left and right consistently.

Ah, Front Row Laws.

Because McMahon and Jordy are playing left and right rather than open and blind. Watch the Scrums on the right side of the field, Sean still stays behind Week's arse, Jordy Toby's.

Not far off the best 23, in terms of personnel. Colby in for Fugs. Harris in for Hawkins. Maybe Engo in for Crawf and I'd like to see Siliva get a run at Pat's spot, otherwise that's near enough the best makeup of the team, with only really who starts and who benches to be considered.

SUPER SEFA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://melbournerebels.com/2016/04/01/stirzaker-returns-to-lead-rebels/ 1. Toby Smith 2. James Hanson 3. Laurie Weeks 4. Luke Jones 5. Lopeti Timani 6. Jordy Reid 7. Sean McMahon 8. Adam Thomson 9. Nic Stirzaker (Captain) 10. Jack Debreczeni 11. Cam...

It's supposedly sold out already.

Not sure if there's relevant threads, but Poite, Joubert and Owens have been appointed as the big cheeses for Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney respectively.

Having sarcastically suggested him, I must say that Ruaridh would be a good Hagan-like signing. A bit more expensive, but nonetheless, would work as a Harris replacement if all the pieces fell into place.

Yeah. Can I also assume you didn't know who Ruaridh Jackson was and assumed he was some Australian Youngster rather than 28 year old 30ish capped Scottish Fly Half and Fullback, currently out of contract with Wasps and unlikely to be re-signed due to the signing of Danny Cipriani?

Jack v Jacks theoretical replacement is tired. More importantly I think is that with Ellison and probably Harris moving on, restructuring the 11-15 probably becomes appropriate, and would likely help solve that issue. For mine, Hodge in 12, only starting one of Dom and Engo (we need variety in...

Lambie and Goosen were injured. Morne Steyn had to come back to France as it wasn't an International weekend, and that was when Frans Steyn was having the pay spat with SARU. All those opened up an opportunity for Pollard to get his first Springboks start. He'd made Western Province teams since...

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I lost track after he left Edinburgh then went back as World Cup cover, was Hilterbrand not signed to the Kings and playing for the States in the Americas 6 Nations? And if not, I wonder why wouldn't go for the paycheck and integration into the USA system that the ARC would provide.