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Good for the Sydney Stars at least.

Assuming there's an extra place for a 5th prop, I think that you'll be taking 4 players into the squad who primarily play 6 and/or 8 at Test level, taking into consideration 6 backrowers and two opensides. Fardy and Palu are the incumbent starting pair, while McCalman is the logical 3rd. I...

Good to listen to. Quality ref, even better AR IMO. Lost faith in the TMO in the last 9 or 10 months which had impacted a number of his performances.

Not managed to see the current crop in action, haven't found enough footage/streaming, but from all reports its the best U20 crop in recent memory. Fewer and fewer of the boys are part of the club game, most are in Academies, English, French or Scottish, a handful have started a few games for...

7 points left on the field in kicks alone. Another who knows how many in botched opportunities. Nice to see them play a good style, but a bitterly disapointing result. Need to fix up a few things, Mikey was good at 10, but think Debs should come back if fit. Engo needs to be benched or dropped...

Not enough points on the board, turnover becomes a try underneath the sticks for the Lions. 13-10, 44 gone, need to get back into the swing and quickly.

Scrums and inability to finish off great attacking opportunities are very frustrating. Otherwise I can't complain at all about that half. Great, positive, attacking Rugby played. 4 missed points by Harris may bite us on the bum, but otherwise he's been magnificent.

I'll put my hand up, sorry about that.

£500k for a project player. Classic Gunners, that's a big chunk of their BT sport money. At least Visser was already a somewhat proven performer at that level, when they signed him. They tried to get that Kiwi League Fullback too.

Would like to see everyone who doesn't get at least 15-20 mins against the Lions to play for their club. Good for the comp, plus it lets guys on the edge of the squad get some minutes. Whether it happens or not, who knows.

I probably would as well TBH, but wearing a selection hat, playing 2 opensides and a 6.5 is much easier to justify with McMahon, Colby and Fugs, than it is with Reid.

Injury report normally comes on Tuesday. Hoping nothing is serious. Despite an excellent start to the season, we could get away with an injury to Fugs, would actually be an opportunity to perhaps introduce Samo into the team. Debreczeni wouldn't be too bad, Hegs in, Crawford, or Jonah to the...

Lucky not to be 3 tries down after about 20 minutes, but then perhaps should have had a second in that last 7 or 8 minutes. Still a lot of issues especially on Defence. Scrums are only holding up through the wily play of Euan Murray. But it'll be another performance where the effort far...

I get the back issues, but he played another 6 games after that, none of which really resembled the performances he'd had at the Not-Nots, Hawkes Bay, and even that Cheetahs game. And TT does have to take blame for that, no question. Non-forced Squad Rotation comes when success and/or...

Twas the Beef I think. Weeks kept his spot. Poor Beef. Looked good off the Bench against the Cheetahs, but then never picked up again after that demolicking. On a positive note, it really helped the development of Cruze.

Think he's got 2 more seasons with Stade after this one. Would love to have him back this year, but will probably not eventuate. Finishing his contract in full would see him coming back at 28 (roughly Fardy age), with a wealth of experience and knowledge, with 2 (and maybe that little bit when...

Barring an injury crisis, it's hard to see uncapped players in the squad, unless they demonstrate ridiculous form.

Think it may be simpler to raise the cap on players (say, to 20ish), then make it part of the Super Players contracts to sign and appear for the NRC side, taking into account long term injury and Wallabies duty of course. Have it done earlier in the Year, say by May 1st of each year, Super...

THE National Rugby Championship is set to be played for at least six more years, with the competition’s future all-but secured in the ARU’s new broadcasting deal. The inaugural season of the NRC yielded mixed results last year, with the third-tier competition producing good rugby and eleven...