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I see the Force chairman has come out and said we should look to Asia on top of what we are already doing

To reinforce this point. 27yr old Jack Dempsey is about to play only his 50th cap this weekend for the Tahs. I know he’s had a few injury issues but he’s played less professional matches than Tom Curry who is 5 years younger. Akira Ioane has played twice as many matches (that’s including his M10...

Rebels games have been okay this year for attendance

My vague understanding of what's happening in the background is that there is becoming greater focus on supplying more games for the franchises to work with. There is common belief now that Aus players (minus wallabies) aren't been exposed to enough professional rugby

This keeps getting forgotten and shows how little people have actually looked into the detail of what's available. No matter the format we will play Aus teams x 2 and kiwis x 1. So its either in 1 comp or 2. 2 means we can have an Aus champ, 1 means we wont have one

What’s often misinterpreted tho is that he never says to choose cohesion now. He just states it’s a deciding factor on performance. We are at a phase in the WC cycle where we can still pick on talent but have got to stick it out with them then. For instance if you pick two guys that are 7/10...

Rebels could do worse than use their close links to La Trobe university and see if they can offer Fukuoka a study and play deal to replace Marika

For those interested in shares I believe RA need to look at this like a portfolio. The problem with a full TT comp is its a poor diversification strategy as is high potential for none of your investments can get a return and lose value, but equally all your investments can get a large return if...

McLennan now saying he wouldn’t mind the same structure next year. I personally think SRAU is now more likely to stay than go

Paul Cully’s latest article in SMH is worth a read, highlights a lot of topics that are argued on here - SRAU vs TT going forward - when will there be an Aus win - SS advocates must grasp hard truth - Wallabies coaches learning about players - Aus and NZ refs not on same page

Wages are already a massive issue for retaining talent or attracting young talent. Contrary to belief the average wage of a super rugby player isn’t that huge. I’m also already a believer that one of the issues we have is the lack of games the average rugby player plays in Australia is a direct...

This is good

Aus teams need around 7-8 home games a year to at a minimum break even, so will need around 16 games to make money in the modern environment. I like the idea of other comps and different tiers

Average league skills is higher than a lot of our players but I think the main reason for that is the basics can have more time been practiced because there is less facets of the game to worry about. For instance there is no line outs or scrums to allocate time to complete.

I’m about as hardcore a rugby supporter as they come. Contemplating switching it off and watching the NRL. I don’t blame anyone they are just too good and it’s just a glutton for punishment to keep watching. There is little engagement to see smashing after smashing

Looks like Theo Strang made a switch to the Force mid season. Not a big loss.

It’s Saturday morning and we need to push this to 2000 pages, so I’ll add to that. Here is my format I have thought of with extra detail SRAU = Super Rugby Australia (5 existing teams) TransTasman = 5 x Aussie, 5 x NZ, 1 x Pacifica, 1 x Fiji Australasian Championship = 5 x Aus, 4 x Jap, 1 x...

Nope I’m already missing the investment in each game so far because my team has a realistic chance of making some playoffs. Would hate to get to the stage where all Aussie teams with no chance of making a top 4 after 6/7 rounds of a 16 week comp because they have lost the majority of their...

Off a very low base, it wasn’t good enough but an improvement none the less. Gordon will play out the season.

Even on the last two years it’s not pretty for some teams