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He has a spot with the Rebels,so the Tah's would have to cut someone to accommodate him.Who should they have cut? It's not easy settling on your final squad, there are always plenty that you would like to keep that you have to let go. As an aside Manly are not short on flankers are they...

That is typical Foley.He would prefer the experienced moderate player over developing a young gun every time. I do not envy his replacement,he will be left with little to work with.

Yeah, we should be OK @ 10,12 with all things being equal. But it won't take much for it to be an issue. Let's say that Foley is very disappointing in his first 2 games @ 10,and Carter pulls a hamstring. We are immediately down to a rookie @ 10 or an outside back @12. The 10,12 depth was...

Is that the same as "depth other sides would kill for"?

At 10 you nominate Barnes and Foley as well as 2 rookies who are unknown quantities at this stage. At 12 you again nominate Barnes with Carter,along with 2 outside backs who might be adequate fill ins in an emergency. That is not example of depth other sides would kill for.

It would be interesting to see how many students in some of the higher profile teams will not be getting an ATAR. As IS infers,schoolboy rep jumpers do not put food on the table 10 years down the track.

Yeah he definitely was out of position with McCabe and got there late IIRC, but it was a really poor miss on Carter,Quade esque almost.

The 10 12 channel would be more congested than the Pacific Hwy on Boxing day. McCabe and Carter supporters would suggest that, as they both ran over the top of young James last year, they should be considered before him. Scoring 4 tries a game would be great, but it's no good if you are letting...

There is no expectation that he will play/train for a SS club until AFTER the Super season. If the Tahs think he will learn a lot in the 2 or 3 weeks at the end of the year with a particular club, then they should have appointed the coaching staff from that club and not Cheika. If they thought...

An off season programme is one thing, pre season training as a squad during January holidays for a comp that starts in June is another thing altogether. My understanding is that ISA & CAS comps start a month earlier than GPS comp, making their early start even more pronounced.

If correct, that is ludicrous. That would be a longer pre season than any professional side. The only team in the world in any sport that has a pre season that lasts twice as long as their season.

My apologies,it's not silly but I do disagree with you,as you infer that it would be a regular occurrence(otherwise it is not an issue). Of the Super players I know of that came back to the SS last year,they never trained with both squads on the same day. If they released you to play SS, you...

That's silly, you infer that he will have to leave his place of business 3 times a week to go to Penrith training. That's not the case. In any event distance is not the only measure for commuting times in Sydney.Drive from Redfern to Bondi at the wrong time, and it will take longer than...

Nope, can't be. They said "still heavily involved in the game". Must be someone else.

It would make a difference to a low profile club.The point for me is that a high profile player comes along and the only 2 clubs in contention are Uni,who have to roster players on and off because they have too many stars.And the coach's old club. It wouldn't matter if there were sound reasons...

I thought he retired?

Whoops, on reading it again I see that he was.My bad. It's a tough gig for former coaches. There is Mooney, Phil Blake, Tim Lane and now Nuci looking for F/T coaching positions. Are there any/many former coaches looking for work?

Quade was already a Wallaby before link turned up. He might have gone out on a limb to stop QC (Quade Cooper) from being disciplined for off field behaviour, but QC (Quade Cooper) had already been annointed "the next big thing" before Link's appearance.

I thought we were discussing players who have finished playing 20's?

They don't put nearly the same hours as the NRL players.There are quite a few schoolkids who play NYC,and they fit their training around School(and School training in some cases)