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Surprised Tom Hill didn't get a starting spot at 12 or 13 after last week. Eagles in a close one.

With that forward pack, I expect the Spirit to chalk up another win. If they are feeling dudded by the loss of the Force and the relocation of Wessels, it could be a massacre.

IIRC there was very little information in the public domain about the establishment of World Series Cricket until most of the influential players (not just cricketers) were signed sealed and delivered. Maybe Forrest is taking a similar approach?

Well, they had no compunction about canning the Force so it's not a big step upwards to can a competitor competition in the West if they think it's in their personal best interests.

Yeah, too many relocated Force players and the team will become known as the Eastern Force.

I'm sure he will follow Wessels and be an important part of the Eastern Force, but I'm equally sure he would be well compensated if he went overseas. Can't see how the guaranteed coin here would be crucial in his considerations.

Does Thorn have the same attitude to S&C as Mick Byrne has been talking about lately? Maybe he's also a hard work and fitness man rather than putting much store in the scientific side of things.

KO, would that mean that each franchise is set to get a 25% increase in salary cap and handout from the ARU being the distribution of the amount that would have been allocated to the Force had five teams survived? That will go some way to covering the extra top money players expected to move...

I guess the saving grace for Thorn if he doesn't get the required number of wins next year is that none of the Reds Board members would be game enough to confront him. Looks like he just might have a long tenure, at least as long as he wants.

The backrow will again be pivotal. Imo Dempsey offers more than Hanigan in open play and he also seems to be more than adequate in the lineout. So, I expect a better performance there than in previous tests. But I still lament the lack of size and hard hitting in that trio. I'm with Hammertime...

Vikings look to be giving quite a few locals a start in recent games. The way the Drua have been playing, that could be a risky strategy if a win is the objective. If young player development is the end game, then it's a different matter. Should be a good game in any case with a lot of exciting...

So does that mean he could play for the Wallabies without having to front up to a Super Rugby side? Shades of Rob Simmons?

What? The competition to avoid the wooden spoon?

Happens now doesn't it? Or have you not been watching certain Puma/Jaguares players in action? My point about the severity of an injury is that the attending medical staff need to assess and inform the referee. If the referee is so informed that it is a serious injury, he should have no...

A few of us have been wondering what is going on with the reallocation of players from the WF to other franchises. There has been a deathly silence from the ARU about how this will all be achieved, and about the financial arrangements that will apply. It seems to me that there must be a lift in...

Slim, I believe there might have been some sort of letter of intent between the Rebels and certain players/coaches, but as we've seen so often, such pre-agreements are non-binding and would be very unlikely to be enforceable in the event any of the parties wished to withdraw. Even so, I'm sure...

So the viewpoint of some is that play should only stop if the injured player is close to the play? Why then would the laws allow, even demand, the situation that the referee must stop play in case of a serious injury regardless of where the play is in relation to the injured player. Or do some...

CEO in 2003 - 2005. Oversaw the replacement of David Nucifora as coach in 2014 but probably had little role in that matter which was reportedly primarily driven by the players.

That's true but doesn't necessarily detract from the main points being made by Warpath.

I would like to have confidence in the ability of our refs to diagnose the injury situation in a split second just on the sound of the player's squeal, and be able to decide that it is a head or spinal injury or just a broken bone or torn hammy etc.