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Yeah, the french would have said Tighthead and reserve tighthead.

Sefa is still out with his broken leg from South Africa tour. Think the forecast was 12-16 weeks so wrapping him in cotton wool is fine with me. Otherwise with little red, I'd imagine there's some injury that we've not yet been privy to.

With the exception of McMahon, we shouldn't lose anybody to international duties, so we won't be overly impacted by that aspect. Pack is boss. Even without McMahon, if everybody is fit, we only need an amateur front row to polish it off. Backline is a bit less polished overall than last year...

Luke Douglas is Kane's brother. He's the bonus out of the deal, the intent was to be close to her family. Think Luke has played for Scotland in mungoball too. Would you look at that.

Flicked through the article again. He was mentioned in the body of the article as one of 5 full internationals (Jones, Shipperley, McMahon, Marsters and Lloyd), but not in the squads at the bottom, which created the confusion.

Is Cubelli, apparently. http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/super-rugby-brumbies-set-to-sign-argentine-halfback-tomas-cubelli/story-e6frf4pu-1227467910133

I reckon pick Colby and Scott as co-captains, with Pat, Jonesy and Pom rounding out the leadership group.

Here's the Official announcement: http://melbournerebels.com.au/news/article/2015-melbourne-rising-squad-announced Contains where they see the players as well, which is useful for theoretical sides. Again, fudging of the numbers to say that all the clubs have reps. 2015 Melbourne Rising...

Of the 29 confirmed Rebels for 2016 (Hawkins not yet confirmed by the club) 16 were named in the Rising squad today. Thompson and Ellison are in Japan, Retallick is playing for Bay of Plenty, Hagan is playing for Leinster, Siliva is playing for one of the Sydney sides, Sefa is likely to miss...

Chubb is the Sydney Southern Districts I think, Tyler is Power House? Anyway, if that's correct, then Quins have continued to dominate selection with 7 of the 17 players. Uni with 4 and Souths with 2. Solitary reps from Melbourne, Hills and House, Chubb being this years fly in and no reps from...

Waratahs ain't done nothin. Douglas's fiancé/wife is from Queensland and his brother plays for the Titans. They want to be close to the family for the birth of their first child. If she was from Perth he'd be at the force, if she was from Melbourne he'd be at the Rebels, it's the way the chips...

Don't have time to do the breakdown beyond Rebels v Club. But this is the Rising team as named in the Hun Rebels: forwards; Cruze Ah-Nau, Steve Cummins, Colby Fainga’a, Scott Fuglistaller, Sam Jeffries, Luke Jones, Pat Leafa, Sean McMahon, Tim Metcher, Jordy Reid, Lopeti Timani Backs: Jack...

I think its entirely reasonable for the ARU to wait to be asked. For mine it's a bit of a face saving initiative. Rather than a condescending "poor Reds babies, can't organise themselves, here, have a marquee precious." Rather than that, an opportunity to present it as innovative and a tactical...

Weird comment. In the 2 games he was actually fit for he played well. And it's not as if it's a personal or scouting failure, the injury was a broken leg, not something you could predict or prevent..

*Cough* Angus Ta-avao *Cough*

Pretty sure he signed a 2 year extension for the Rebs earlier this season, so unless it's an "I want to play world cup now", or a "Chieka has said I'm not in his 2-3 year plans" it'd be fairly surprising IMO.

Christ. Drivel. It's like he's just been picked up by a time traveler in 1990 and was dropped in a pundits chair 25 years later, without having watched any rugby since.

Released by Edinburgh at the end of the last season. He'd fallen back from 2nd string to 4th string, after a young lad and a converted backrower both took opportunities over the 2 international windows.

Stuart Hogg regularly uses the Torp. Sometimes it goes wrong, and it's too long, or in touch on the full. Otherwise it's beautiful.

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