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Herein lies the quandary. NSW spends a lot of effort, dollars and energy in developing a player who turns out to be World 15 material. That development goes down the tube to another franchise who are allowed to make significant third party deals that put NSW at a disadvantage in the...

He may be on the same money as paid by the franchises, but he would be able to command huge money in third party deals. What franchise wouldn't want one of the worlds top 5 on their playing roster.

This looks reasonably strong given the injury list, but apart from McKibben, who goes to the bench? Maybe two out of Holmes, Grant and Anesi???? Boy, it didn't take many injuries to get into deep doodoo, did it. Maybe reducing the squads to save money wasn't so smart? Carter's role in the...

I never know quite what to think about the Rebels. They seem to find ways to win games that they shouldn't (eg the Kingi-Cips try) and they seem to be able to get other teams to play at their level. But I am not sure they can cover what the Highlanders bring to the table, which is a hard-nosed...

Palu is out injured so there may be less need for a 5:2 bench split. If we go with Fitzpatrick (is he back), Fuse, Timani and McCutcheon (assuming he's OK) then we could run McKibben, Hangers and John Grant to give us some back-up for Kingston in case we need it. With a young rookie and no...

Kingston may be a super talent but in the picture I saw he looked scrawny. I am worried that Ranger and Roks will eat him alive. For this reason only I would like to have seen Grant called up. He's a winger (not a converted 13), doesn't seem to have soft hands and drops the ball a lot but...

This game has the potential to be one of the games of the season. With the Crusaders going so well the Blues players will be jumping out of their skin to keep their names in front of the selectors Likewise the Tahs after the Reds good game (not season, game). All over the park there are mouth...

I know the AP is not as quick as Super, but that's about the best news possible. If he's OK for AP then a couple of weeks at the higher intensity plus a bit of time with the squad should have him almost ready for that silly knock-out comp towards the end of the year. Thanks for the news...

Of those 23, I would guess at least half were grubbers or Burgess brain-farts, which is quite different to what Quade and Genia are doing.

I should have written a more in depth explanation of what I meant: You need to choose a captain who is both a high scorer and consistent. With hindsight I would argue that about 10 players could have been captain to get a score of 80+. But of that 10 only Thompson, SBW, Mitchell and Alberts...

Didn't the Tahs win that game???

And then someone decided the Sydney-centric nature of the competition was more important than widening and strengthening the game across the state. Shute should have Illawarra, Central Coast and Newcastle; plus maybe a team from Bathurst/Orange area. Yes they'd be like Parramatta for a while...

Its not just Peter Grant. I stand by my comment that SBW or Thompson needs to be captain. Otherwise this week just past you could not get near a top score.

In the total comp, three players scored over 600 and top 50 players scored over 550. This week you had to have Adam Thompson or SBW as captain to be up near the top. SBW is a special, he seems to score well when the Saders are playing top teams whereas most other players have their top scores...

The Tahs have the Bulls and the Sharks in SA. That makes for a way-tougher program than the Lions and Stormers because by the time we get to SA those two teams will be fighting like crazy to make the semis and a loss by either to the Tahs will probably end their season.

To compare Valentine to Sheehan is an insult.....to Sheehan. Have a look at the Tahs/Force game carefully - if the Brumbies had had Sheehan driving the show they would have won by 20+. He was absolutely superb behind a beaten pack. Valentine was terrible, Phibbs could not have been worse...

I agree. Harris kicking would have meant an extra 10 points or so to my fantasy team and a chance to knock off the $1K for me after corrections kick in! Not happy Link.

I can catch him but Van der Merwe, Alberts and Harris have to have blinders and Schalk have a shocker. This could be a breakthrough week for me, but I am a long way back overall.

If you took out Poite, B. Lawrence and Kaplan and replaced them with M. Lawrence, Dickinson and Munro then the list would have some credibility. If you took Pollock and Garces off the reserves list it would be even closer to credible. I hope the semi's and final come from Barnes, Joubert and...

Pet Doctor currently leads the competition and he has adopted a new strategy, all winners to win by 5 points. Thought it was dumb at first, then I realised its very smart. What he's really saying is "I think its most likely that team X will win and its more likely that the margin will be 10...