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I suspect also that RA are minded more to some form of interstate club comp than reviving NRC. I’m not sure it will achieve the same things that NRC did.

Simplifies matters hugely!

NRC?

It is a side issue, Dan, and I have probably mis-quoted - should be Kanaloa Pasifika. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2020/11/super-rugby-kanaloa-pasifika-take-nz-rugby-to-court-over-professional-bid.html

Oh nonsense. NZR are a bull in a china shop. Time for them to become a touch more circumspect and engage with RA as a legitimate stakeholder. This unilateral action, and in the case of Kanaloa Hawaii poorly executed, is doing nothing to strengthen ties.

Magpie fans would love you for it.

The NZ vibe may well be pro Moana Pasifika. I’d say it is not that different in Aus for the Drua - though this is moderated by financial reality. Fiji does not have a sufficiently substantive local economy to be a natural supporter of a professional rugby club in an international comp. Tonga...

Has it though? My recollection is that Slipper started more on the bench than #1.

This is the point, Dan. They get a cut of NZ broadcast rights, surely. Seems a pretty dopey position for NZR to put themselves in.

Not sure where AB planning is, but fan desire to play England might not happen quickly. https://www.espn.com.au/rugby/story/_/id/30475564/england-set-world-cup-final-rematch-south-africa-autumn-2021-series In short touing tests in England 2021 are: a) tba developing rugby nation b) Australia...

Even though I held a low bar of expectation, Bell easily surpassed it. I’m pleased there is genuinely a LHP ready to challenge him, but I do hope Sio knuckles in and gets himself back to his best. Based on 2020 Sio is definitely at risk.

This kind of makes sense. Especially NZ funding it.

Definitely. We’d possibly be swapping in Hegarty so age actually not resolved fully with JOC (James O'Connor) going journeyman. It does show how important a developing 10 is all the same. I wonder about Stewart, I have said in the past he is not a 10’s nat-hole, but in the current game of rugby where D is...

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Sorry DCT, you’re saying JOC (James O'Connor) can do France and Wallabies. By ditching Reds and returning where? Or not returning? Just getting selected to Wallabies? Weird.

That's not really the issue here on this thread.

It’s the skew that is disappointing BR. I’m thinking that swapping Brumbie jersies for gold is possibly not our strongest answer and it is hardly dissing the Brumbies. I’ll let you be frustrated by my thoughts on Simmo, so be it. Probably the same for Hooper. So far Valetini is overhyped...

Comprehension issues? Does not equal:

Samu, 7A, Slipper, White? It seems your age retirement plan and annoyance at “the same old culprits” has a natural skew. To'omua and JOC (James O'Connor) are hardly “the same old culprits”, old/mature sure but not part of the recent past. Did DHP actually get much time? Simmons won’t be around long but has...

We are not in a different world, we are in this one. We are exactly as good as our results - last if I’m not mistaken. 1 win from 6. The end.