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Is it more realistic for athletes in contact sports to find their level by age 25 or to still have reserves of untapped potential? It's not disrespectful to a player to be honest about that answer.

I think QUT had an association with Norths at one point, but that partnership dissolved and I heard QUT more or less binned all its athletics. UQ and Bond already have their namesake rugby clubs. That leaves Griffith but that university is bizarrely decentralized so it's uncertain how willing...

If they do expand it should be bottom up, rather than top down. Nothing will kill recruitment for a new QPR club faster than getting thrown into the deep end and flogged 35-3 every weekend. Especially if you're coming from further away like Caboolture would be. If fielding a competitive team...

I don't think Prem grade level players grow on trees. The number that have the athletic ability and skill is not big to begin with. Take away the people that don't have the time to dedicate to the level of training and fitness. Take away the people that need money, they're playing league or are...

Unsure re: work arrangements, but playing for the Hong Kong rep team in 15s or 7s is great way to play international rugby if you don't have other options. Far less of a culture shock than Japan given the prevalence of English.

Do Shute Shield clubs have the ability to throw enough cash at Colts/Ressies players to make the move worth the higher rent and disruption to whatever Uni Degree/apprenticeship/career progress kids have in Brisbane? USyd scholarship excluded of course. That's a tough incentive to argue with.

The thing that got me was the consistent theme of "this is going to be a disaster", "the Wallabies are hopeless", "things will get worse", "the result should have actually been worse", "this player is crap", "this player is finished and doesn't deserve a starting spot", & "rugby in Australia is...

That and the incessant and frequently undeserved negativity. Was like listening to one of those sad old guys that hangs out at the pokies all day drinking.

I was under the impression most of Logan transferred over to Sunnybank to play 5th grade and colts, but then their 5th grade disappeared. No idea what happened there.

QPR clubs run 5 grades + women's + 4 grades of colts usually. Bond only has 3 grades, and Norths and Sunnybank only have 4 grades. All of the above play on Saturdays. Subbies comp has three tiers. The top tier is generally the bigger subbies clubs (Wynnum, Caboolture etc.) that would be...

I think the difference in star power due to money, audience, and media ecosystem is also tempting. The biggest stars in the Australian sporting landscape are driving Ford Rangers and BT-50s from dealerships that sponsor them. There's a pressure to always say "yeah full credit to the boys" in...

Realistically, not much. There are plenty of athletes up to par in Australia, it's the lack of years learning specialised skills that hurts potential IPP players. The kick return is being de-emphasized in importance with rule changes, so most GMs will prefer to have a good DB or WR (World Rugby) that can do...

100% polyester is perfect in the brisbane sun if you're a boxer cutting weight but less ideal otherwise.

It seems like Hunter down in Shute Shield struggles a bit, and they have the entirety of Newcastle to pull players from as opposed to just Caboolture. A Brisbane or Sydney based player probably wouldn't consider playing for a club an hour or more outside the city, so the clubs are reliant on...

I don't recall him being penalized. But being 196 cm and tending to fly into contact is probably going to lead to scrutiny other players won't receive.

Exceeded expectations for me. The issues he had with tackle height and line discipline in defense are to be expected coming straight from league and are rectifiable with coaching. His aerial ability is something special as well.

Anyone who would rather watch the Mets (one of the most hilariously inept franchises in the entire American sporting landscape) over rugby is a lost cause anyhow.

I don't see a snub so much as an unfortunate confluence of external factors with the main one being RA's financial constraints. Laying blame at the feet of Joe Schmidt and Joseph Sua'ali'i is silly considering they are two of the best investments Australian rugby has made in recent years.

Yeah I misspoke and should have said sporting product. It's not an easy position to be in when you have the NFL, NCAA football, local/european soccer, NBA, college basketball, and MLB as competition for attention. Rugby doesn't occupy space in the cultural landscape in America like it does in...

For all the doom and gloom about Super Rugby, at least it's fighting from the position of being the 3rd most prominent code in the cities it plays in rather than the 8th or 9th in the case of the MLR.