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Tupou will be in the test squad. End of.

When DM was appointed I posted a bit of negativity, basically saying he had the benefit of half the Wallabies while he was at the Brumbies and didn't really win anything except for lots of rolling mauls, and followed that record up in his brief NH stint. The disciples on here turned me around...

Re the rests - we had a bye in round 2 and they have played 4 games since. Let's not forget these blokes are paid to play rugby.

I haven't done a deep dive into the situation but from the snippets I've captured it may not be totally about money, but more about how to best use his body in his twilight years. The options I've heard range from full retirement ($0) to the $1m a year from the Roosters - playing a lot less...

He would be a 10 though right? Anyway, he’s not a target per se but it seemed the most relevant place for this wild discussion. I was more thinking that a lucrative offer at a 3rd division jap club or something might be an appealing semi retirement consideration for him.

That could well be true, but he could also be fielding offers in that vicinity, or north of it, from cashed up Jap clubs and broke Euro ones. I vaguely recall him considering making the switch maybe 5 or so years ago, or at least media speculation about it.

I'm wondering if the secretiveness/indecision from Daly Cherry-Evans about life beyound the Sea Eagles might indicate he's considering having a crack at proper rugby? I'm not suggesting here and it's hard to see where he'd fit into a set up, thinking more Japan or Europe.

Looks a good team! Considering it's our tour happy to stack it with Aussies and fill in the gaps with token Kiwis

Sounds like the quintessential Wallabies frontrunner

Not only that, I think it's an opportune time to annoint the Tahs as the likely SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) champions for 2025. Conversely, the Brumbies bubble has officially burst, it's all going south for them from here. I agree largely with the gist of your message as well, I don't think Adamson is eligible but...

Got it Got it - how is the 'grocery shoppers' demo defined?

I was curious and did some research, is this just a different ratings service? Because SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) features in the top 30 here, not far below AFL and not surprisingly driven by Gen X. https://www.tvcentral.com.au/ratings/saturday-22-march-2025-tv-ratings-australia/

Lachie, you are right, it's going to be hard to crack the charts when the broadcast is relying on casual sports viewers for numbers and there is both an NRL and AFL game on at the same time. The rusted on fans were watching on Stan, we don't know how many, just like we don't know how many were...

We are in a bit of a weird situation in that it's mid cycle and we are heading into a home world cup without a coach. I'd say that RA figured that Schmidt was easily the best available option at the time and took a punt that if he could turn the side around and win the Lions series (or at least...

Cracker game

I didn't want to comment at the time but this chest pump had classic 'put the mock on 'em' written all over it. Not crowing yet but I'm certainly joining in the chants and the flowers running down the sideline.

In any case it sounds like he is going to return via the bench this weekend. As an aside is Qwertyrick the old Qwerty or a new one?

No, it was intended in agreement with you, but I can see why it didn't come across that way.

The game that half the team were literally shitting through the eye of a needle the night before that they considered forfeiting because they weren't sure if they could field a team?

Then after the game ended this morning they sent me this. They will be getting one don’t worry, once I cool off.