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The focus should be on the best team possible, not where someone was born. Focussing on Queensland players is a nice return to amateur days but we need to recruit to win, this should be the only consideration.

Maybe we should only sign players who are capable of being effective in the lineout rather than trying to train them once they get to Super Rugby. This could possibly be achieved by using someone like Mowen to run training sessions for club players who are trying to get a pro contract, make...

regardless of the price, a 30% premium for Sydney would cover the difference in capacity compared to Melbourne.

We have skills, but make poor choices. Petaia is a great example, all the skill in the world but still is a bit loose on ball carry and deciding when to take a tackle rather than forcing an offload to attempt to set up a miracle try. Many players are in the same boat, we have to retain...

I think that is a good assessment, against an Australian team you can make mistakes and not pay for them, against NZ teams you go down by 5 points.

It was purely to show that an increase per ticket can bring the same benefit. What would an average price be per ticket in 2027?

Every time I see a Highlanders home game I wonder why Canberra doesn't have a similar stadium, it looks awesome.

As well as ticket numbers surely cost per ticket is also a factor for revenue? 100k @ $150.00 = $15,000,000 83.5k @$150.00 = $12,525,000 83.5k @ $179.64 = $15,000,000 Maybe slightly more expensive tickets is the key part of having a sold out crowd in a Rugby city AND making money, Sydney Rugby...

In 2003 Melbourne only had 38,899 attend NZ v Canada, 40734 for NZ v SA, 33134 for France v Ireland. (all at Docklands) I don't think they should get the final, it should be played in a traditional rugby city so Sydney should get it unless QLD can upgrade to a 60000 seat stadium. If Sydney...

I expect a squad to be something like this- 1 - Fred Kaihea 2 - Folau Fainga'a 3 - Sefo Kautai 4 - Jed Holloway 5 - Tom Hooper 6 - Luke Reimer 7 - Rory Scott 8 - Ed Kennedy 9 - Lachie Albert 10 - Rodney Iona 11 - Chris Feauai-Sautia 12 - Ollie Sapsford 13 - Hudson Creighton 14 - Cam Clark 15 -...

I thought they were red for Reds points and blue for Highlanders points? I liked them, I don't like the drums and music

Maybe the missing players would not make the silly mistakes, this is why they are missed.

I think his comment about needing to score 3 to 4 tries to beat a NZ team and then saying maybe McDermott should think about this during the game (paraphrasing) was pretty poor commentary, imagine implying that a captain and halfback would not be trying to find ways to score tries!!

He seemed to have ice on his achilles as well, was there two issues? I assume given the stress at THP icing your achillies after a game is probably a standard thing for prevention of injuries.

The result was as expected, I did not have an issue with the kicking game plan, but wonder if it is suitable to a team that does not really have high quality kickers playing. \ I am glad we got the bonus point, we need to ensure we keep picking them up when we lose to try to maintain our spot...

I don't think the laws refer to being behind the other 9, it is about where the ball is until it is fed, it then appears that he can move to the other side of the 9 while the scrum is being contested.. https://www.world.rugby/the-game/laws/law/19 The numbering is wrong as the copy paste did...

Wouldn't the Force get points if MP (Moana Pasifika) forfeit?

I grew up in country NSW and then moved to Brisbane, I couldn't care less about club rugby in the capital cities and only follow Super Rugby because I have no affiliation to Sydney or Brisbane teams. I would suggest that there are many others who also do not care about club rugby apart from...

I would love nothing more than to go to an away Reds game every season and make into a holiday but I need at least 6 months notice of when I want to take leave so given how late the draw is released it is almost impossible to get time off work. I would be pretty happy to spend the next 11...

He would only "stump up for the rest of the competition" if he chooses to outspend the other teams by a significant margin. It then just becomes a cost of doing business, a high salary player may get $1m a season but it may cost the club $1.1m and they give $25k to the other teams as a penalty...