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Surely Hodge would be 23 over Paisami

Yeah I worked out what you were getting at after I posted. And I agree.

Is that an actual law? I’m not disputing nor criticising it, just curious. So Vunivalu couldn’t be picked because he’s only played rugby in Fiji, but, say, if Angus Crichton had just been contracted he could be because he played rugby at school in Australia?

Despite all our woes at #10 last year, from memory anyone who made the slightest hint at JOC (James O'Connor) being played there got fairly well shut down. I don't think Michael Cheika has anything to answer for in that regard, in took Thorn to give him a run there this year for people to acknowledge it was a...

Happy for you to delete all the posts TBH. The fact that it is debated confirms that it is divisive.

No. The national women's cricket team aren't paid to be political activists, they are paid to play cricket, and to entertain us with that. Leave the political activism to unemployed political activists.

Sounds like JOC (James O'Connor) is still at 10. So the mystery is who is at 12.

You could say that about the entire back half of the squad. But presumably some of those blokes were going to get a run v the Argies, so is he injured or did he get dropped?

Yeah that he’s only a 0.5 jumper in the lineout equation

I didn’t read the in depth reports admittedly, however my take on it was that the gastro was just cover for the real issue, which was his foot and that he was on a drip in hospital. Then he got hooked early despite being one of our best players. I just don’t think Naisarani is being recalled...

With Naisarani joining the squad and the extent of Wilson's ailments being revealed, I reckon he will be spelled for this game with Isi jumping straight in. He can't jump though so Ned will probably stay at 6. If Isi pulls out a big game then Wilson could shove Ned out for Bled 4.

Naisarani and McInerney join the squad. McInerney is in for Horton, what happened to him?

Exactly, I was going to say something similar. It's also interesting to note that AFL is the main winter sport at the elite schools in all states except NSW and Qld. If league was never 'invented' then rugby would be in a similar situation to AFL, with respect to being a game for everyone.

If it goes to Ch 9 I'm going to assume that a degree of common-sense would apply. For example the programmers would know that NSW v Qld is an opportunity to get some casuals to tune in, and they should put that one on the main channel, and promote the fuck out of it. Force v Rebels (using this...

Like most of the posters here, the majority of players are in the cities, there actually aren't very many aboriginal players in cities. As far as the regions go, I have been involved with several country clubs, either playing for or against them, where there are aboriginal players and I have...

I don’t have any issues with his environmental beliefs, but he should distance himself from the Greens if he actually wants to see some progress. Communism won’t correct the environment.

Not selecting black players because they were black would be the divisive part. However they were barred from international sports participation while they had that policy, and allowed back in when they removed it, so I don’t think it went unnoticed.

Correct. Taking a knee is divisive, wearing the jersey is simply supportive.

Gordon I think? Or perhaps both.

Swings and roundabouts. Of the 933 Wallabies 14 of them have been of indigenous descent. That’s about 120 years of data. That means that statistically for every 67 players, one will be indigenous. Although Kurtley would struggle to make the Wallabies this year, he would probably still make a...