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Well you can beat me with a stick, SouthernX. Playing for the Wallabies at 35 is something I don't know how I missed.

I've gone back over recent posts and far enough B. Apologies. We can agree as well that there is plenty of work to do.

I'm a long term fan for sure, but he is 25, 26 in a couple of months. Not likely to get anything like 10 years.

I am going to repeat what I said earlier as so many stalwarts seem to reject it. Waratahs have lost the Sydney rugby heartland of the SRU largely in the east and northern suburbs, or perhaps never had them due to the attitude of some traditional clubmen. They have done little to nothing to...

You'll have to do it though, BR. probably deserve the home final at that point. But the proof is with Brumbies at the moment, whether Reds win a single bonus point. Nice, eh?

I'll take the QPR answer personally.

No Hocking is not simply big and young with potential. He is also proven at Super level. Exactly the sort of player that the Tahs might actually be able to attract and is likely to provide pay back.

I thought that there had been proposals in the recent past with claims of funds and ready to put up for a western Sydney based team. It was rejected. Didn't GRR have a proposal? If my recollection is correct, then the argument of "where is the money coming from?" is moot. It wasn't wanted even...

No. Eastern suburbs rugby heartland has turned it's back on the Waratahs who in turn have turned their back on western Sydney. Rarely does such an opportunity show itself.

Also this seems obvious. Bonus points can help. But they are irrelevant if we keep winning.

Wishful thinking and relying of NZRU largesse. Denial of where Super takes us. Much better a comp that has scope for development and that we can direct in the absence of competing and contradictory desires of NZ. The big error was falling for the trap of the temporary success that Super...

Not just SA. Games in NZ can start before East coast Aus workers get home. But that is not the issue, or just part of it. 3 teams in a comp with 10, 7 being non-Aus is nowhere near as strong as a domestic comp with 5 teams. And you would look to grow. And you can have the TT following the...

And we have a demonstrated fail too obscurity and worse with Super. Both issues are poisonous but one at least comes with opportunity. A domestic followed by TT is about the only compromise available.

We should also look GDP along with population trends. Australia's economy easily dwarfs a combined NZ + PI. It is also an economy that includes a huge spend on sport. We only need tweak that spend a few percentage points to make a massive difference the sport of rugby. To do that we need a...

Returning to 100% TT comp would be a backwards step. There is nothing wrong with a domestic comp followed by TT and there are plenty of options on how to arrange it. It also does not stop the development of more teams going forward. We don't have enough teams - this seems obvious. But recall...

Pincus is noticed every weekend. All the time. And I'm expecting big things from him. Him not being picked, this weekend, by me anyway, had nothing to do with being a "noname". Pincus went extremely well. Very close to TOTW. I doubt I'm then only one watching. The guy has talent.

Some very interesting context there Ignoto, I appreciate. But I actually think I'm being supportive of the bloke. Ah, now. There's a thing. Absolutely TSR. Cross fingers for the bloke in 2021. Adam, I wasn't really thinking you were making excuses, though it was your post that I was...

Wrong thread, but Campbell is far from average. On topic I don't mind the idea of Carter 10 with White inside and To'omua outside of him. That sounds like a tasty opportunity.

I was looking at the 2011 Reds team. I don't think these guys can use "young" as an excuse, which they are not. But I don't think it unreasonable for the fans to expect more than "youth" caveats either. It is time for Petaia to perform. He has everything he needs. Training. Secure squad...

I'm liking the coverage on the ABC news service. Maybe it was always there and I didn't notice, but it sure is in 2021.