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Not squad related so I'll put it here. After reading this article: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/i-heard-my-daughter-crying-i-was-powerless-xxdj6705l?t=ie I am utterly convinced that Australia should pursue Lancaster for the Wallabies job post Cheika. No other Australian candidate...

If the whole world smells like shit, check your shoes.

Slipper tested positive for cocaine twice. Sat down for two months and fined 20-something thou. No Wallabies duty for him. Thorn is going to rip him a new one. Might be playing Club Rugby when he's back.

Just a thought - if Timu is injured etc. would Wells be a chance to play 6 for the Wallabies come June with a Hooper / Wells / Pocock backrow? Until this year I thought the bloke was absolutely shite but he's been tackling the house down, making some pretty superb runs with the ball and...

I agree that things are looking positive for the Wallabies - even if our teams aren’t going too flash, most of our potential 23 in Gold are hitting form. A team as below isn’t shabby at all. Main question is around the back row, and another minor annoyance about who’ll play at 11 and 23. 1...

Also losing TQN is absolutely devastating - throw the cheque book at him. What a season.

Rumours the Rebels are chasing Luke Jones and the Brumbies are chasing Samu - I don't think we'll be able to compete for those signatures. It does mean, however, that they'll have to part with one of: Rebels: Ross Haylett Petty, Sam Jeffries, Matt Phillip, Adam Coleman. Brumbies: Valetini...

Well, fuck, wasn't that pretty to watch? Only caught the second half because I slept in (#Berlin) but it seems the skills are coming along nicely, and our lightweight pack is somehow getting the job done. Some astute decision making (nice kicks from Beale, Foley and Folau) and it seems that...

I'm picking BPA and one of Uelese / Latu, but neither of the latter pair have had much game time this season.

Could you enlighten us as to why you think that its not? It seems to be a genuine third tier for me, albeit not a perfect one. It seems that the only people complaining about the NRC are from within the Sydney Shute Shield camp. Sure, it's not 100% aligned with the interests of that area, but...

Well shit, you heard him folks, IS has spoken - pack it all up and get the gazebo back before they charge us another day for it. Personally, I think it has as much point as any other arbitrarily defined competition, and given that the NZRU has publicly stated that it will go bankrupt by 2023...

Do we now borrow from the Kiwis and make Joe Moody public enemy number one? Boo him at every available opportunity? It'd be nice to have some noise at Tahs / Wallabies games and hey, maybe the crowd could bond around it. #justAnIdea

It’s the stupidest law in the game. Hate it to no end.

Very excited to see the dual playmakers in action for the Reds - both Stewart and Lance offer a good running threat and can distribute solidly, with 11-14 to be the strike runners. It also really sures up your backline defensively, with no real weak link in sight now. Excited to see ASY (Angus Scott-Young) get a...

I read an article that said Quade has been approached by both the Rebels and the Brumbies, but that he turned them down. He seems pretty determined to be a Red, but it’s just not going to happen.

South Africa moving North will be the kiss of death for rugby in NZ / Aus as we know it, and I welcome the change. It'd mean our golden goose would head to the Northern Hemisphere to lay eggs for the dark side that will then be used to entice more and more of our players to follow. We'd be...

With a revenue sharing model similar to what Half proposed (and is apparently utilised by the NFL? NBA?) a Fiji team and a joint Tonga / Samoa team could be viable purely from the ticket sales generated by PI expats alone. If you’ve ever attended the Gold Coast 7s (now Sydney 7s) or any sort...

When I joined this forum, and up until this year, I was proudly one of the most optimistic posters going about. This season, the Rebels loss tonight, and the fact that WSR appears to be potentially viable has absolutely convinced me that Super Rugby has nothing to offer Australia apart from...

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Agreed. They don't look like they've trained together at all. Attack is totally flacid, ball retention is non existant, discipline is poor. They play so, so slow and deep. Without Genia there is no spark. I'm annoyed that I can't find a stream for the Force game from here (I live in Berlin...