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I wouldn't be surprised to see some sort of merger in competition between TwiggyRugby, SuperRugby and the NRC. Interest in SuperRugby has fallen off a cliff over the past 5-10 years. May depend on what South Africa want to do. Of course the South Africa Pro14 option isn't exactly doing...

Or "Do whatever you want". One of my (very naive) friend though that meant that he could go out with his friends and abandon his gf when on holiday. And then wondered why he got the cold shoulder for a few days.

I would have thought the backrow was pretty good on depth - Mafi, Timani, RHP, Fainga'a and Leota with Jordy Reid if we need another. Lock is a problem. Cummins, Jeffries and Toolis are all very much untested. I would have thought centre is probably ok. Assuming Lance comes on, then Hodge and...

And currently our latest ...

I think the Brumbies may have been getting more player payments over the past 7 years than either the Force or Rebels. Heck, Pocock has probably had more in total top ups himself at the Brumbies than the whole of the Rebels or Force teams.

I seriously don’t know how the Rebels would have any more problems with their salary cap than the Tahs who have probably 4 of the first 7 that Cheika would pick (Hooper, Foley, Folau, Beale with the others being Pocock, Genia and Coleman)

But the ARU doesn’t control player distribution - which has been exactly what we have been told when Rebels and Force fans complained about the massive disparity in top ups between teams.

Yeah, I thought about Snowden but really, he has only played 5 games for the Rebels (I know he was injured) and he is 29 so it was only a matter of time before some young kid with more potential replaced him. Noting of course that he played 5 more games of rugby for the Rebels than I will ever...

Well I think it was going to be an improved team with Genia and Parling anyway. Koroibete has also continued to improve as he has returned to rugby. In terms of Rebels players missing out due to signings from the Force - I'm not sure who they would be. Maybe Lomax but I think he will be happier...

If we count the ARC Melbourne Rebels then you can add Luke Burgess and James Hanson. Yeah, I know the teams have no real connection but ah ...

Either that or there is no Sunwolves in 2019 or 2020

What often happens in these cases is that there are real issues and fake over the top issues. The fake over the top issues are pushed and end up meaning that those trying to raise the real issues are overshadowed. Then the fake over the top issues are ignored or proven to be wrong and then the...

My theory is that we will see a lot of ex-Rebels players do a lot better in the future under different coaches.

Hmmm ... Silly me, I thought that given the Barbarians are playing NZ a week after Australia that it would be in NZ not Twickenham. Maybe he is doing the 2 games and visiting family. Would love to see him back in Australia and get a decent chance at the Wallabies

Bizarre. Part of the starting team, just resigned and will probably miss 2-3 games for the club. Maybe it was part of the resigning deal - that he got to go on this.

Compare his opportunities to what Skelton was given. There are players who continue to get picked and fail again and again and there are players who get bugger all chance. You seem to either be in with Cheika (Phipps, Skelton, Hanigan, Mumm) or you are not. Jones was clearly one of the nots.

John Oliver did something about this on the US situation. They spend so much there it isn't funny

a) Sa'aga, Weeks, Hanson, Uelese, Cummins, Jeffries, Toolis, Fainga'a, Leota, Mafi, Timani, Stirzaker, Goddard, McGregor, Hodge, Tuipulotu, English, Koroibete, Naivalu, Maddocks - currently 20 with some uncertain. Not unusual really - the Rebels have lost 11-13 players each year of whom a couple...

How about just having a game plan ... The real gaps for the Rebels are lock, fly half and full back. So obviously Coleman and HP would be the key recruits that would assist the Rebels. I don't know about Lance.

Or Wessels gave them a no yesterday and they picked their second choice ... Who knows. At least we will get to see whether Wessels is a good/great coach or just had a lucky once off year