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Re: the team for next year, I'd be happy with: 1. Robertson 2. Latu 3. Kepu 4. Simmons 5. ? 6. Dempsey 7. Hooper 8. Holloway 9. Phipps 10. Foley 11. ? 12. Beale 13. Simone 14. ? 15. Folau 16. Ryan 17. (not convinced Roach is up to it) 18. Lolohea 19. Staniforth 20. Hanigan / Wells 21. Gordon...

3. Hooper 2. Foley 1. Sio

Jones has said he wants to pick the bulk of his Barbs squad from the discarded Force players. I imagine the Spirit (given their propensity to rest players anyway) will be more than happy to let Hardwick, Phillips, Arnold etc. all rip in against the Wallabies. What a game that'd be.

Got it. No wonder he won the unfair dismissal battle. God we're far off track, I'll try to bring it back: Biggest mistake in Australian Rugby history is the fucking ARU settling out of court with everyone on everything and just gifting away $ following their own ineptitude.

Well someone direct message me the full story because I'd love to hear it.

He had a girl back to his hotel which broke team protocol. That's the official version. I hate that we throw the baby out with the bathwater in Aus Rugby. Tuqiri gets jiggy with it on tour? JOC (James O'Connor) and Kurtley get a late night feed? Sack them!!! A Smith gets jiggy with it in an airport...

Is this North's not experiencing what Uni and Randwick have experienced for so many years? What blows my mind is that many Shute Shield folk champion a 3rd tier where the NSW representation isn't the Rays / Country / Rams but instead the 4 top placing SS sides, yet have a problem with this...

Highest Wallaby tryscorers: David Campese - 64 Chris Latham - 40 Adam Ashley-Cooper - 37 Drew Mitchell - 34 Lote Tuqiri - 30 Joe Roff - 30 Matt Giteau - 30 Tim Horan - 30 Israel Folau - 30 Matt Burke - 29 Stirling Mortlock - 29 Lote's equal 5th in terms of highest Wallaby tryscorers with 30...

Even with NZ, I don't understand how a Trans-Tasman comp is financially viable unless Australia has a massive surge in rugby interest. Australia + New Zealand's population = 24.2 mil + 4.7mil = 26.9 mil. For comparison: Population of the UK = 65.7 mil. Population of France = 66.9 mil...

Sitting in a bar in Ios with two mates with one of those "I feel so unwell and I am so sleep deprived that everything is hilarious and I'm borderline euphoric" hangovers watching the Tahs sneak past the Crusaders in 2014 with a couple of mid-morning beers and a full English breakfst...

Memory's funny, innit? Your memory certainly isn't mine. As a young fella in that generation Matt Rodgers, Lote and Wendell were three of the players that excited me the most. Massive marketing drawcards and I think their onfield performances were fine to great. To say they are the biggest...

They wonder why we get shit attendances for Super Rugby. 2 home games in the first 7 weeks. It's a miracle people in Sydney even know who the Tahs are.

Together with the actual footy being played by the Drua, this is what makes Fiji's involvement in the NRC so special. Really enjoyed the video and you can see the community is really getting behind the team!

I think you'd be hard pressed to find any 17 year olds playing representative rugby, anywhere, not participating in a weights training program. I'd say at my school about 50% of the (large) year group was training by 16. That probably jumped to 70% by 18. We're obviously dealing with...

Copy and pasted from the NRC coverage thread, as I think this concept is equally applicable at for all Super Rugby franchises following the end of the season: "What I want to see at the NRC GF, as pre-game and half-time entertainment is: + A 100m sprint race, with each team electing their fastest...

What I want to see at the NRC GF, as pre-game and half-time entertainment is: + A 100m sprint race, with each team electing their fastest player to represent them. You could have 1 timer per player on the 40, 60, 80 and 100m lines to see who's the fastest over what intervals; and + A...

Whilst I don't like discussing nabbing the Force players, both Richie Arnold and Phillip had awesome games on the weekend. We need some more locks, and we definitely need an eight. Those two + Naisarani could be great gets.

Was simply continuing the janitor metaphor haha. I just want the old GAGR back!

But doesn't the janitor know who employs him? I don't even know who the head honcho is. I just walk the halls.

Do we need to crowdfund some maintenance or something? Any word from the mods? I spend half my life here so would chip in if it ever comes to something like that.