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We have had lots of players in this basket over the last 20 years. We all acknowledge it's an issue and there have been thousands of pages on this forum proposing various remedies that encapsulate every tier from U6's right through to the test team. As much as I'd like to hear it, this isn't...

There will still be a bledisloe I assume? Unless the NZRU decide to make it biannual…..

Yeah I figured the economics of a tour to Argentina wouldn’t add up. So we incorporate them into some sort of PI arrangement out this way. Or we just do a 2 match hit and run there like we just did.

He played for the Wallabies last year. They were his first and only appearances.

Wouldn't the obvious thing to do in 2026 & 2028 be to invite Argentina for a similar tour one year, and a return tour the other year? They are on similar ranking to us currently. Alternatively, what about entering NSW and Qld Origin teams in the Pacific Nations Cup (NSW +ACT +Vic; Qld + the...

It probably won’t. Schmidt opted for the 66 cap Wallaby ahead of the bloke who got dropped from his super side as his 3rd halfback. Everyone agrees Nic is near his use by date but it’s hardly worth getting in a lather about given our dearth of alternatives. You blokes are hardly flush in that...

He probably isn't making things up. On the other hand, the Waratahs were under no obligation to release him, and it would be a bad optic to release a player ad lib just to satisfy the desires of a contracted player. It's entirely possible that the Waratahs were sympathetic to the move, but...

He was a center/fullback in the younger age groups. He played on the wing in the 1sts when he was picked there in year 9, and mostly there again in year 10 where he was also picked in Aus schools. The following year was Covid so he didn’t play, and he wasn’t alllowed to play in year 12 due to...

What is someone in the know’s best guess for the Lions 1-15? (Or 15-9, 1-8 or whatever the fuck they do!)

Yes, that's what got me wound up as well. Muppets.

I'm not sure Josh did enough in his short cameo to over-ride his 3 missed tackles, although it wasn't a game I watched for a second time like I usually do so I may have missed something. I thought Gleeson was pretty good off the bench the week prior when he came on for Tizzano and I wondered if...

Other way around I reckon i.e. 12. Sua'ali'i 13. Ikitau.

sledging poms is a national pastime though, have at it.

Obviously he was making a point about prejudging the quality of the opposition before actually playing them. The Lions have elected to tour Australia in 2025 so that’s what’s happening. If they don’t enjoy the tour they have the best part of the following 8 years to work out what they are...

These calls from the north to boycott us and go to South Africa are hilarious. Firstly, do they understand the logistics that go into organising the tour? A lot of that has already happened. Secondly, although it's obviously the intent to play against a nation who will be competitive, it's...

Yeah I agree, once you go to the effort to understand how it works it's not that complicated and it's good that more boys are being given an opportunity to play some rep footy. Incidentally Louis Fenwicke is one in this squad that was in the ASRU side, I'm not sure of the circumstances but I...

Where did that graphic go? I came back to comment about Jeff Bezos needing to focus on business rather than flying spaceships around, but it's gone now. @Wilson the graphic showed that Stan is one of the few streaming platforms exhibiting positive growth over the last year, along with Kayo...

That's Angus Bell I reckon. But he and Valetini probably share the next line.

and despite our woes at #10, JOC (James O'Connor) is not one of those things.

Ironically because they already had JOC (James O'Connor), Lynagh and HMP on the books