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I suspect I am not the only person who is confused, I think you mean Groucho. I made a similar comment regarding this in the Rebs 2013 thread. That is potentially the best 4-8, if you are putting the best players on the park but the balance of the backrow may not be as good. However, Hill has...

That leaves us in an interesting position. It has to be asked if they intend to play a Higgers/Jones/Delve backrow (as that seems to be putting the best players on the park) or if they are going to go for a fetcher for more balance.

Something of a misnomer, the above implies that he is currently signed (which he is not).

If they need one for next season.

That would make sense with our emerging lock talents. Keeping Delve would be a masterstroke of player (and ARU) management.

That already happened last week. How many weeks do you want him to have to miss?

Alternatively, that could be the group leaving the Rebels next year. Which would be unfortunate if so, because Saffy was there too.

There's certainly some photos of him doing so on the internet. From the little info I have found, it seems he played for Sydney Uni before heading over to France. I suspect our more learned Uni supporters may be able to illuminate us further. I don't believe he is currently capped, so it...

That's a massive reassurance, but we still need to recruit another hooker. I do not believe we will have him around forever.

same old same old here. Fans defending 'their' players, non fans condemning them.

I am sure Reds fans will be happy to hear that QC (Quade Cooper) has re-signed. Edit: oops, that was in the Aussie version of the article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/cooper-beale-in-police-probe/story-e6frg7mf-1226389512984

Noticed in Growden's rumours of the week this week that he's suggesting that the Rebels are buddying up (no pun intended) with the Hawthorn football club. Possibly deriving from KB (Kurtley Beale)'s (and by extension JOC (James O'Connor)'s) friendship with Buddy Franklin or possibly just because they've actually decided to...

While there is a lot of anti-Huxley sentiment on this board (and elsewhere), his contributions to the club have been important in their first two years. That being said, I think this is probably the best outcome for all involved. Huxley has provided good injury cover/depth this year but it has...

Rebels need a good Hooker more than anything else. Especially if Ged is going. Another quality Prop would not go astray either. I'm not sure Jenkins would offer the type of 7 which would develop the team. If we want a busy, hard tackling 7, we could just use Saffy.

Sam Lane coming to Melbourne was mooted pre-season. He would probably still be a good get for the Rebels. I suspect (and suggested earlier this year) that next year's 10 will be KB (Kurtley Beale) but it would be good to have a backup in development. Taking nothing away from Jimmy Hilgendorf, he is not going to...

Agreed. Given that he is in form at the moment, I think it becomes a case of playing with the players we have. Even if that means that we go to a more south african style flanker arrangement. There's not really any out and out 'fetchers' at the Rebels at the moment anyway.

At 19 perhaps that is possible. The mind is open and pliable then. At 23+, less so.

Yes, it is clearly obvious that the Melbourne team has not invested any time in any promising players. They have not developed any players such as Hugh Pyle or Caderyn Neville. They instead should be happy to have any discards the 'traditional' rugby states deem unworthy of their time anymore.

Weary Dunlop disagrees with you.

I sincerely doubt that any league player would be a viable option in the scrum, without a few years of intensive training.