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1. Sio 2. Fainga'a 3. AAAA 4. Arnold 5. Rodda 6. LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) 7. Hooper 8. Naisarani 9. Genia 10. Foley (sigh) 11. Koroibete 12. Kerevi 13. TK 14. DHP 15. Beale 16. Fitzpatrick 17. Slipper 18. Tupou 19. Coleman 20. Pocock 21. White 22. Cooper 23. Hodge 24. JP Smith 25. Uelese 26. Kepu 27. Philip 28...

If I was you guys I would have a crack at Izzy perese to replace Speight (and ?TK, I doubt he's actually coming to the reds though that would make little sense). Perese seems to have burnt his bridge at the Reds fairly definitively and with the regime change at the Broncos has not been given the...

Yeah that's Eadie. Played a bit of colts and 1.5 seasons of prems at uni since finishing school. Bloody fast with a nose for the try line. Struggles a bit defensively. Reports are that he is a pretty good kid, maybe a little bit of a big head and fond of a beer. Essentially the same profile...

Dave Alred signed on as kicking coach. I think he is also a bit of a expert in motor learning and skill acquisition as well as sports psychology. While I'm still pretty sure the Reds are going to be bottom half of the table for another year at least I'm encouraged by the clear change in...

I reckon knuckles was completely correct on all those points with the possible exception of the first one. Kerevi is not obviously slower than many of the good 13's going around (Crotty, Goodhue, Moroni, de la Fuente, Bastareud, Davies, Henshaw, Tuilagi and Teo etc.). The genuinely fast...

His limitations are well established, but wouldn't he even just improve the look of the Wallaby squad as a whole? For future reference; At the time of writing the Wallabies are playing a Back 3 of DHP, Folau and Maddocks against England

If we were to go away from the playmakers at 10 and 12 model (which we won't), I wouldn't mind seeing something like 9. Genia 10. To'omua 11. Naivalu or Koroibete 12. Kerevi 13. Hodge 14. Folau 15. Beale 21. Gordon 22. Foley 23. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) or a Fijian Kerevi and Hodge could easily swap between 12...

I agree, but it was Gordon's debut and I think it's uncontroversial to suggest that Gordon's ceiling is higher than Phipps. I'd be playing him in every test match he's available for until the RWC (mostly off the bench, 1-2 starts). The starting front row were decent, but were penalised on...

Sam Greene would have been worth a look if available. He's played some great games for Toyota in the Top League at 10 and 15 (has been switching around to accomodate Christian Leali'ifanos presence). Very solid off the boot and tee, good vision, good speed, short and long passing and improved...

He's a good fit I think. Has worked there before under Marsh and Ollie Richardson and has gone and cut his teeth in other professional roles. Skills in developing a great S&C program are highly transferable between sports (much more than skills in the sports themselves). Furthermore, if he has a...

Yeah those are such ridiculous signings. Great young players but they should be so firmly parked in the re-launched academy. Addit; I didn't actually see in the release specific mention of if the contracts are full squad spots or something else. Hopefully it's the latter.

None of those young boys (Wright, Kibble, McReight, Wallis being the ones I can think of) are as good as Gilly was at that age and obviously none have proved they have the ability to step up to Super Rugby or beyond. Money may be a valid reason but preferring to bank on any (or ALL) of those...

FYI this is not speculation, this is a good summary of the events that finished with Gilly signing in France. I can't remember who was doing administration and contracting back then. If it was Cordingley then (is here still doing this now?) from what I've heard that could be a fair barrier to...

Bring him home and make him captain

Yeah he's been outstanding all season for uni. He's played 8 all year but he is really a 7. To be honest though he reminds me of Michael Gunn at the same age, all speed and ball tearing workrate but you have to wonder whether he has the elite skill level or grunt to step up to Super Rugby...

Not sure if that was worded quite correctly RM, nor do I think he meant to suggest it was affirmative action Derpus. I think KB (Kurtley Beale) has definitely been afforded significant leniency and support for his off-field fuck ups throughout his career (and for what it's worth I've heard the odd story from...

The Reds definitely need at least 1 more specialist 10 (and potentially another inside back to add some depth).

Some of the backline play the two QLD teams has served up has been pretty bloody good so far.

Expressing it on Twitter was a fucking stupid thing to do. Now RA has to react to it due to the media blow up and probably go to loggerheads with Izzy about it to some level...at a time when he is coming off contract and looking to re-negotiate. Fuck

Also, for the sake of combos I'd start with last year's front row starting and the entire Reds front row on the bench. In summary, I'd want the Wallabies to line up something like this for Ireland 1. Sio 2. TPN 3. Kepu 4. Arnold or Tui 5. Coleman 6. Hooper 7. Pocock 8. Higgers 9. Genia 10...