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My read on the article is that they had to terminate their RA contract to get out of the Reds one, so there's still hope they can renegotiate a new RA contract if they sign with another franchise. Picone is booting the boot into the Reds but not RA. “Izack Rodda, Harry Hockings and Isaac Lucas...

Reading Pandas article again, despite the headline he then says that Rodda hasn’t even spoken to the Brumbies. However, what seems clear is that Rodda, and probably the other two, are pretty unhappy with the Reds set up. Rodda could just as easily end up at the Tahs or Rebels but I don’t...

Rodda off to the Brumbies allegedly. Not my preferred outcome but better than Japan. Country before province.

Fox running an article saying that The Sunwolves will be excluded from the domestic comp because they would not be able to make the July 4 start date. Which is a bit ‘no shit Sherlock’, but at least they’re finally making some noise about it.

I’m inclined to look straight past this given the author, and that the article doesn’t really give any new details, but in the interest of discussion:

Maybe simmo wants to go back

The story has changed throughout the day from going to Japan to now being an important part of Australia’s rugby future, and Johnson saying it’s hopefully going to be resolved quickly. The Australian has completely pulled its original story, presumably while they get clarification of what is...

I was thinking that too, especially when it came out they are getting legal advice. Certainly doesn’t imply they are walking, on the contrary it sounds like Picone is playing hardball (presumably his remuneration is leveraged to theirs) with their livelihoods and it’s gone pear shaped on him.

In better news the Wayne Smith piece on the situation says that Kerevi is in 14 days isolation after deciding to return to Australia. Anyone else heard that? Seems these 3 are all off to Japan. It is not the first time that Piccone-managed players have acted in apparent contradiction of...

Considering the news out of the Reds this morning I'm leaning this way too, although I'd bracket Neville withe several other options.

Allegedly Gill is heading to Japan anyway.

Folau Fainga'a. NSW. NSW

Will Miller. Scots. North’s.

Right you are re Lolesio, Naisarani would still be in the Baabaas team regardless, being a nationalized Fijian. I did originally have Ainsley and Faulkner as the props, you could link the Smith twins to Qld too, but I categorized them as nationalised Saffers. Tom Cusack is another ACT product...

Is Douglas, being Scottish, Wallaby eligible? That was the reason I left him out. And I noted that I intentionally left out NSW/Qld players, however I agree re Meakes, and English would also be a better fit for that back line. There’s a heap that aren’t in the NSW/Qld 1sts but could be on the...

I’m confused about that too. The analogy would be 15s with 15 minute halves and play every second day

OK fair play. However, from the research I did trying to link 'Origin' to junior rugby opens up a can of worms and a lot of grey areas. I'd say there has to bean easily defined line drawn, e.g. first game after 17 years+ or something like that.

Correct. Endeavour High/Souths

Whoever did the same exercise in the Aus today hasn't really done their research.

When the MDiddy proposal came out on the Roar I went off on a bit of a mission and went through every player on the 4 franchises rosters and traced their origins. I put 2 columns in, where they went to school, and where they played their first senior game. Anyway, I think it's academic now but...