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These two giant locks playing under 16s or whatever it is, sound promising. Etsebeth and Retallick both represented their country at 19. Just saying (or hoping).

No doubt. And he was a devoted Christian, I believe.

I'm thinking like an accountant......

You're not an accountant though, are you?

On the downside, it will increase costs.

He needs to change his surname, though.

Obviously injuries can play a big part. If Ireland loses Sexton, or France loses Dainty, for example. But I would expect France to play Ireland in the big one, and the Froggies will enjoy home ground advantage, which makes them my pick.

Schmidt's not that stupid.

Singapore has a wonderful stadium.

I would be a bit reluctant to play both Gleeson and Gamble in a starting XV. Of course it all depends on the composition of the rest of the back five forwards.

There is an article in the Terrorgraph today talking about a redevelopment of Manly Oval, which would probably mean the death of the iconic grandstand.

League was always professional. That is actually the key difference. There were no poker machines in Queensland until very recently, but league was far more popular. Actually league was very popular in NSW even before poker machines became widespread. Our neighbour was a well known city...

That's what squillions of poker machines will do for you.

The drawcard of playing in a home World Cup should not be underestimated. That experience is something that money cannot replace.

How about picking 23?

3 Bell 2 McReight 1 McDermott

He runs the state, didn't you know?

STAN gives us the club rugby. All the club rugby.

Payne Haas showed what a force he would have been if we had been able to win him to our game. Valetini X 5.

A couple of decades ago our game was a serious rival for league. Now we are a laughing stock. The best we can hope for is to survive as a professional sport. That will only happen if the Northern Hemisphere powerbrokers get their heads out of their bums and simplify the Laws of the Game. A...