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I’m not so shocked. It really had to come down to him, Slipper or Kerevi with Paia’aua maybe the only other likely option. Out of those, I think Higgers is a reasonable choice. The thing that is interesting to me is that, if true, it must be a sign Higgers has really knuckled down. I was...

Assuming that is correct he will be a handy addition (assuming he gets a better run with the injury gods). Our depth is paper thin.

I dunno - maybe I’m all alone here, but I reckon you can pick a pretty decent starting side from that squad with the exception of fullback where you either pick a utility or take a gamble on switching a winger. Even most of the bench is fine. Of course the problem will be when injuries strike...

Nor does being charged with an offence mean that a crime was committed.

I’m sure it wasn’t Higgers finest hour, but the charges were withdrawn. If we start taking pot shots at every person who made a dick of themselves when they’ve had a few I’d suggest there’ll be a lot of shattered glass houses.

How much beer and pizza are you consuming? I mean I sympathise with your plight - but if you won’t help yourself....

Again, I am working from my memory/interpretation so I may be wrong, but I thought Clyne counter offered (va Geoff Stooke), Forrest essentially met all the terms of the counter offer and Clyne dispatched 2 other board members to still decline the cheque. So whatever strings were attached Clyne...

Maybe I misunderstood - happy to be corrected if I did - bu I thought one of the things that came out of the court transcripts was that Twiggy offered a cheque with a hell of a lot of zeros and Clyne said 'nah mate - we're right'. I thought that was the point of what Paul was saying - Twiggy...

Chicken. :) No - that’s fair enough. For the record it wasn’t meant to be a slight on any of them - I rate all 3 and The Reds certainly should regret letting Ben go.

Isaac Lucas is the youngest brother of Ben/Matt/Tom right? And he is supposed to be the best of them - is that correct? Fair rap when the other 3 are all pretty good players. Is he contracted to the Reds? He’s first year out of school - right?

I assume the cover at 12 is Hunt - either by moving him to 12 and playing someone like Maranta at 15 or by deploying him as 2 nd playmaker from 15. I find the lack of talk to the media interesting. Hopefully, as speculated, this is a sign that both parties still want Cooper to have a future at...

Nothing wrong with throwing a few names up. I actually quite enjoy the off season optimism. However misplaced it may end up.

Caleb Timu was player of the NRC, wasn’t he?

Personally I really like them in Red.

Wow.

When did the Reds go back to training? Is there any prospect that the 3 players turned up outside fitness benchmarks and have been sent away until they are up to scratch? I am completely clutching at straws here, but there are so many things with this thatdont make sense to me.

Maybe that’s exactly how it happened Dru - but I’m not really going to engage in further speculation on that point as I have no idea what the truth is. I took at face value the comment that Thorn had an honesty converation with Cooper. Maybe it’s right, maybe it’s wrong - but my point was that...

Ok - well, I am scratching my head on this then. I realise that Thorn was not in the position to make these calls back in August/September last year but that is very tough on the players to go out and secure new contracts now.

From what it says, Thorn sat down with Cooper and had an honest chat with him about where he is in his plans. It then says Cooper is training with his club side, not the Reds. Has Thorn imposed a ban on him? I find that hard to believe. Or is this part a product of Cooper’s disappointment...

Imagine how tough he would have been then