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There really isn't a massive difference between the Aus franchises. Except for the Force, none played to expectations this year, even our best team had a losing season. Putting aside the horror injury run the Rebels have had for the last season and a half (which would have screwed any team in...

The thing is Wessels had a few things going for him last year: low expectations and a unique set of circumstances that bonded the group pretty tight. Now he has to deal with integrating himself and a bunch of Force players smoothly, and people are going to be expecting a big improvement on 2017.

That's one possible scenario. Another could be that they had discussions with DW and he said thanks but I'll go to the Rebels. Munster then call back Van Graan and say congratulations. Edit: beaten by James P.

Miller did have that one cracking game but Jordy is a far better player. I wouldn't mind if we picked up Sinclair though. Even if we end up with both RH-P and Hardwick, which now seems a pretty good chance, there may still be room for another back rower. Potentially: LT, Colby, Mafi, Reid...

I wonder what the rest of the coaching structure is going to look like? Wessels will probably want to pick his own assistants. Turinui is contracted till the end of next season, not sure about Hilton or McGrath.

A story came out a few months back that Koribete "might" return to the NRL "if" the Rebels were cut. #fakenews

So, Koroibete gets a start against the Saffas. Uelese dropped for Moore though.

That's good to hear. As someone completely ignorant regarding the SS his name didn't really mean anything.

Coleman has an ARU contract but it's only valid if he also has a Super Rugby contract. He's effectively a free agent.

Actually, Pulver spelled this out quite clearly in the senate enquiry. There were two ways they could have gotten rid of the Rebels: if they could have negotiated a settlement with Cox, or if the Rebels became insolvent they could have folded them. I actually read the 46 pages (well skimmed...

I thought Tupai put in a pretty good shift on Sunday, without dominating. He earned a couple of good pilfers and defended well. We have so many good young guys in the system it's really important that we get a HC that can bring that talent through to the next level. T.T. put together a really...

MRRU seem to be tighter than a fish's bum when it comes to leaks :)

I'm also not 100% on DW. Would love to know who the other three candidates are? Any clues RL?

The first two you mentioned are definitely worth a squad spot. Meafou could potentially develop into a better version of Skelton, he seems pretty athletic for a largish young fellow. Paisami has been pretty good but I don't think he'd be up to Supe standard for a while at least. Tupou has been...

Realistically, we have 16 games of rugby to look forward to for each of the next two years. Beyond that, who knows? Once the new broadcasting agreement negotiation start pretty much all options are possible. The MRRU have this time to find a way forward that ensures the long term survival of the...

Those glasses have obviously not been engineered to the correct specifications. Like Australian Rugby, they are not performing to capacity.

Coleman's market value is no doubt way above whatever he is going to be offered here. He might be able to squeeze out a better deal from the ARU but probably not enough to match. It will come down to whether he prefers the extra $$$ (and maybe the chance to send an "up your's" to the ARU) or to...

Then there's this bit of news... https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2017/09/25/coleman-in-johannesburg Reading between the lines a bit here but could be indicating DW is going north.

Does Preston have any head coaching experience though? A quick look at his profile says he was skills coach at Wellington before becoming skills coach at the Highlanders in 2013. Obviously his next challenge would be either a HC role or assistant's gig with an international team.

I am going to ignore those very good points you made and take a leaf from our national coach's book - I'll still pick Pyle to start over Skelton or Dennis in this hypothetical team. 'Cause I like him better is why :p