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Interesting how Drua have tightened their defence and Reds put it wide early. Risky but effective so far.

Go for it.

Flook's pace in D astonishing

I am reading that right - Tupou has the c? Edit - scratch that. Brain fart.

Yeah, I saw that. Hi praise indeed and I expected big things on the back of it. Not happening though is it? I'll judge Throne by his actions ahead of his talk. I like the talk. Not the action. PS So no, the Reds system has indeed not rewarded Jocks performance. PPS amusing that autocorrect...

OK, I think Jock deserves more support. I don't think it is "a kick in the guts" but I do think he is being accommodated (only), due to superior performance across the Australian franchises, into a role that is less likely to allow him to shine. For a less proven player who is supported by the...

So fast track to about the last 5 mins here: https://www.theroar.com.au/game-of-codes-podcast-australias-biggest-sporting-debate/ Reg, I have said previously that you and Brett are important commentators on rugby for the serious rugby fan. Filling a similar sort of role on different fora. I'm...

Reg, at some point you are going to have to explain your thoughts on this forum. Is it a forum for Reg endorsed views or is it a rugby forum? A lot of your input is utter quality, and then you drop back into Reds official mode. It has me confused. I love Petaia and think he'd make a great FB...

No people are not carrying on like Jock has been dropped from the starting 15. What they are doing, is carrying on, like the form 15 in Australia has been removed from the role for a golden haired boy. Adam, we often have different POV on these things but rarely have differences in the opinions...

Doubt he's that crap. Petaia has been gifted 15. Jock's performance has bee too good to ignore. Daugunu needed to pick up his performace. It's an odd scenario and for me, not our best starting 15. Daugunu needs to do better, but he's a better winger than Jock. Jock is I think easily the form 15...

Jock has been shunted out of his best place for contributing to the Reds, to a slot where his specific strength are backed off. This after probably the greatest performance at 15 over three rounds across Australia. For an erratic Petaia with no clear claim on the 15 role at the Reds. Adam, I...

Because Petaia. Let's see what he does with it. Seems asinine to me, but let's see.

I hear you Adam. I still feel he is fighting for a slot in the starting 15. From me he does not get a nod : Over Jock at 15 (clearly Thorne disagrees) Over Paisami at 13. And wing he only gets there as we aren’t necessarily strong with Daugunu and Vunivalu. three more years is good, subject to...

Is he on average 21yo wages? bloke needs to step up closer to his expectations, or back off and take a bit more time. Either works for me.

Agree. But seriously he needs to make his mark here. In Q. Now. I have confidence he will. But it is time.

We are with you Alex. All the way.

Agreed. I have used “Sydney” meaning SRU, and note that not all SS clubs necessarily support the approach. still, we all pay

It’s only NSW that had an issue with getting into the NRC teams as a development platform. More than that, actively and adversarially looked to take down the NRC. If Sydney rugby can’t grow up, rugby has a tough time ahead across all of Australia. We all pay for Sydney pretensions.

That would be 12 of us BR. And then there's you.

I agree with your assessment on his general ability. And this started with my saying the combination through first receiver with JOC (James O'Connor) is going brilliantly. Sounds like adversarial agreement.