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Wow.... you really are trying hard to misinterpret what I'm saying.... if you actually understood it at all. I'll make it simpler for you for you to understand my point. I did not rate their actions as either better or worse, as Hunt/Perese are actual crimes whilst in Rodda's case it is...

All I know is that WF force have a roster full of internationals both foreign and Oz based whilst the Tahs have nil experienced test players and a squad of ex U20 reps plus a couple of NZ plodders. But if you say so...

I personally wouldn't have signed either of them to be honest, but then you raised the question of character with Hunt/Perese and Rodda I inferred I would be more inclined to give them a second chance. Plenty of people have made that kind of mistake, learned from it and come back better than...

I know it sounds a bit harsh... but to me Hunt and Perese made dumbass errors and I'm more inclined to give them a second chance than someone who has calculatingly jumped out of the foxhole and took off when the heat was on everyone. The former were stupid, the latter was a calculated decision...

Let's be serious please, WF can't keep pulling out that old chestnut... They are the only game in town when it comes to writing big cheques... Kearney, Cubelli, Miotti, Kuridrani, Godwin, Lezana, Medrano, Robertson, Stander, Pulu... and now Rodda!! Assuming they're all playing for fun, not...

Didn't ever highly rate Hockings anyway to be honest. Never saw anything from him to say he was a top class lock. Yes he's big and young with potential, but we have quite a few here in that category already.

I think with this particular bloke, he's made it clear "Show me the money'' is the main motivation in selecting his club of choice... Uncle Twiggy has a very fat cheque book..... If I was just chasing the cash, the Force is where I'd be heading as well.

correct... and Lucas as well.

Hardly let him get away... Tahs apparently offered pretty much the same $$ as the Force, but he decided that's where he wanted to be ... (after Twiggy whispered sweet nothings in his ear no doubt! ;) ) I personally think the Tahs may have dodged a bullet with this bloke. The whole reds...

As much as we definitely needed him from a player perspective as I noted earlier, I'm actually feeling pretty good with him going to the Force. The whole departure debacle from the reds left me feeling pretty disappointed in the bloke on a personal level (without being privy to the inner working...

This was my shopping list from a few weeks ago, pretty much fills all the holes, also knowing there may be even more space available if they don't resign Moroa and Maddocks bails out... Some serious, big dollar recruiting needs to start for next season. This would be my shopping list. All...

You can never really fix it because you never really know how good they are going to be until they are tested at Super Rugby level... I remember in the late 90s and early 2000's the Tahs made a couple of picks which could have gone either way.. Waugh over G Smith, both guns players but the tahs went for...

apologies, was actually directed reply to the very next comment by Forcefan

You would also throw in LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto), BPA, JP with Wilson, McD and Paisami likely soon. So way more than 3 But that's the way it should work, you produce the players who become wallabies and they get their well deserved top ups.

There's a fair bit of anti tah rhetoric coming through with commentary more based in existing antipathy then fact. Maddocks contract was nailed down during his Rebels period, so the inference that it was Tah centric is garbage... As far as being bathed in preferential treatment, that is just...

Originally it was Master tradesman - Journeyman - Apprentice, I think the missing ingredient with the Tahs is pretty clear...

Individually most/all of the tahs squad are super rugby standard players, and can hold their own. However as a collective group they are all way too green, with all of the relatively older players still incredibly inexperienced at the top level. It's like having a team of 3rd and 4th year...

I'm certainly no Penney fan, but this disaster pre-dates him and has been a couple of years in the making... Gibson and Hore take a bow...:(

I'm prepared to give Penney the benefit of the doubt at this stage... If the 2022 squad is still ordinary then it's definitely on him. There are still plenty of holes to fill with plenty of cap room as I think a fair few of the new recruits are on 1yr terms.. If they don't fire, I'm sure he...

I doubt they would be in any better or worse financial state than the other Super Rugby franchises.... They've all been through a COVID year and their respective attendances, especially the Brumbies and Rebels have always been poor. I think it's just been shit recruitment from the rats that bailed out...