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Red one needed to be gold on all the blue bits. The red itself isn't bad, but it doesn't go with the navy, and if you're gonna use the colours of the rampant, use the bloody rampant colours. Sorry. And Purple monstrosity beats all.

My guess is that it'll be his provisional 31 plus another XV, for cover in all positions. So 4 hookers, 7 props, 6 locks, 9 backrowers (inc 3 Opensides), 4 halfbacks, 3 fly halfs, and an assortment of centers, wings, full backs and utilities totalling 13 players. Not too different from your...

You need to go for 3 full time jumpers, or 2 full timers and 2 part timers. Higgers and Simmons, and Palu and Skelton fill the latter category. If you were to play Pocock and Hooper in the same 23, you'd need to play Simmons, Higgers or McCalman and one of Carter, Horwill and Jones at 8 and lock...

Putting my Scotland cap on, I'd much prefer to play against a backrow of Fardy, Hooper and McCalman rather than Higgenbotham, Pocock and Palu. From a Canary POV though, it's difficult to remove Fardy and Hooper from the flanker spots. They're the incumbents, have been playing to a high...

My perception was that there were no issues with the Spirit, City or the Rising at all. There were minor issues with the Vikings and Country, for the naming and control, and the heavy Gold Coast link respectively. The Rams and Rays didn't appear to have any issues, at least structurally, and...

It doesn't. But Super Rugby doesn't suit the FTA broadcasters, and the fact that the ARU isn't full control doesn't help, when tge AFL, NRL, FFA and ACB can shuffle things about for their leagues. The NRC more or less can't survive outside of Fox, the funding is essential. Leaves only the local...

Yep. I wonder why that's the most feasible model for compromise. Hmmmm.....

For the Shute Shield to become the top tier of Australian Rugby, they'd probably have to cut half the teams, bring in 3 of the best from Queensland, then have rep teams from WA, VIC and ACT. That's the only way I could see that appeasing enough people to work, while still holding on to some...

If you closed the conferences, the Kiwis would fuck off and fix up the ITM Cup, make it a full regular double round robin instead. Saffas wouldn't bother sticking around either. We'd then be left with... what? 2 strong domestic leagues, and an Australia left in limbo.

Islands are a financial drain. New Zealand is virtually at Saturation point. Australia is a heavily contested battleground for airtime and sponsorship, where Rugby is behind AFL, Mungoball, Cricket and depending on who you talk to, Football. Short term money is in the established European...

I think he's signed an outright 2 year deal in Japan. No provision for returning to Super Rugby. Didn't stop Cummins of course, but given his age, and the relative accomplishments of the two, it'd be pretty hard to do so IMO.

A few is a little bit of an understatement. Burgess, Genia, McKibbon and White all gone for sure. Matt Lucas is off overseas when he could have potentially been a good option. And there's a small rumour about Mattheson being released from the Force that I don't buy, but has to be considered.

If everybody's fit, I don't see a place for Dennis. Ignoring the two Opensides, theres gonna be 8 other locks and backrowers. Simmons, Skelton, Palu, McCalman and Fardy are almost certainties. Leaves 3 spots, probably 2 locks and another backrower. Jones will claim the first lock spot on the...

There's definitely room for 2. The likelihood is that 4 locks and 6 backrowers will be selected. Even discounting his ability to play 6, Jones has been the form lock of the Aussie conference. He's behind Simmons and Skelton, yes, but with Carters injury and the poor form of Horwill, it's hard...

Makes up for the obstruction try that the bulls got earlier in the game. Good 8-9 axis. Scrum held up well, and forwards in general played well. Lineout was baaaaaad. As were the hands in general play. Stupid kick 5m out with no chasers.

Matfield gave that ball off well before they started moving forward. Why was obstruction not given?

Box Hill fall short by 6. Few intercept tries proved the difference.