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The way forward is simple. Change the points system. Having club that has more Super 15 contracted players than any of the Super franchises cannot be good for the competition. Spread 20 or so Super players from Uni into the wider SS and it can only improve the standard. It's not just about...

I blame Axel Foley. No reason, just because.

I would assume that a teacher nominates the School early in the year. When it gets close they work out there isn't the interest they had assumed,and decide it's easier to forfeit than to have 25 odd kids away from school for a day to be flogged.

In my experience, it's not actually the School tie, it's more the fact that your best mates dad is in a position to give you a leg up.Rather than someone you have never met, giving you a preference based on the School you attended.

yep it's easy to make the right noises when it's all going your way. Quade don't tell me. Show me.

Actually, it's fucking over rated. They don't get near the animal until it's been incapacitated.

That is a totally different issue to a School attending the state champs purely to identify and recruit mercenaries to play in their first xv for the next few years.

I think Barnes has turned out to be a bit of a myth. The number of times he kicked down someone throat,with no chasers was just too regular,for someone with a rep for being a good kicker/game manager. Nice guy though.

The bit I just don't understand, is how is this behaviour tolerated by paying parents. I chose to send my kids to a School that shared my values. There are obviously many more property developers,used car salesmen and lawyers with enough coin to pay the fees than I thought.

Yep but you have to take into account the hysteria around re signing QC (Quade Cooper).He is worth whatever he is paid in straight commercial terms. Whether that is value in terms of his onfield contribution(and his share of the salary cap) well that's a different issue, which could see them compromised when...

you are getting JOC (James O'Connor) aren't you? None of the guys you quote are a brand in their own right. Call it evens?

isn't that exactly what the Wallabies were doing against the Lions,and the Reds supporters were complaining that Genia was playing 10 as well?

Why do you think Link will be held to a higher standard than his predecessor? My view of the ARU is that on most occasions, no decision is their standard response. That should just about get Link to his retirement, at a time of his choosing.

Gilmour was in that team as well as a young un. Pretty hot village team!

They might not be getting bigger, but they are stronger,fitter and have massively improved technique. Contact is much heavier than in years gone by. You just have to look at games pre professionalism, if those guys played with that preparation and technique,many would struggle at Club level...

I disagree, I watch between 3 & 6 matches a week. Of course there are errors in each game, refs are human and there are many many 50/50 calls each game. rarely do I feel that the ref either ruined the game or changed the result. Occasionally I think the ref had a poor game. I think they are at...

The absolute worst thing that might happen is they will say no.

The original material was moved to the correct thread.There have been multiple posts confirming this is not a topic to be discussed in this particular thread.You keep up with the game champ.

Go to the right thread to discuss this. Read the thread, if you are still a denier you are either a fool or have a vested interest. You think you are the first to promote this same argument?

As your list contains many 3rds players. Do we assume that many in the 2's are also imports?