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Yeah Nabuli it seems to me is an great athlete who clearly understands rugby fundamentals from his time on Fiji and has a basic understanding of playing on the edge from his league days. What is doubly pleasing is that he seems to be rapidly developing the positional instincts of a good Rugby...

I guess the point is you have to have balance, in the centers as a unit and in the backline as a whole between guys that carry strongly and guys that create/use space for others. You also can't pigeonhole your players into your preferred system, you create a system to best utilize the collective...

That kick was just good thinking and great execution. Heard the ref yell penalty advantage and thought to himself "ok, no risk here have a go Gilly you cheeky bastard". Worst outcome a penalty in halfway (that Jake would have missed most likely)

Well it depends what you mean as "ball skills required for the position". If you want your 12 fix the inside defense, be able to turn the ball back inside or outside to runners off his hip, pull it behind to the full back as well as offload then I would say the Kuridrani does indeed have good...

He was one of the ones who left last year because they all thought that the ARU was going to stack the team with Folau, Quade, JOC (James O'Connor) etc. which has obviously turned out to not be the case. He was the forward I thought we definitely couldn't lose and it's bloody good to have him back

Jeloudev and Hutchinson are the 7's premier flyers at this point. Pama Fou is the only one who could potentially force his way in. Porch etc. are all just filling spots while those blokes heal

Poey and McMahon are both good at the hard and dirty yards up the middle. Good enough that we're not losing much there compared to McCalman, Palu etc. it's just whether in the loose they offer the right balance. I think at this stage McMahon's form has to earn him jersey 20 or 21. It would not...

Nobody is fast when their legs are swimming in a sea of lactic acid

Mowen has a similar skill set to Schatz, Higgers more so to Tui. Mowen and Higgers would probably be unnecessary if you a dead set on keeping Tui (which is the right thing to do I reckon). Personally I would keep Schatz (but tell him he's a 6 from now on) and buy Higgers. The real issue is we...

I'd be more enthused about a Cooper return than a Genia one probably, the reason being that'd from 2012-15 the Reds tended to struggle consistent without Cooper (particularly when Ben Lucas or Harris wasn't around to step in), less consistently without Genia. Now the Frisby is growing into the...

Non regulars who I would definitely expect to get proper squad representation of not capped (or further caps) in 2016 are Force: Coleman, Cottrell, DHP Rebels: Hanson, Weeks, Timani, Reid, stirzaker Inman (hopefully) and Hodge Brums: Ala'alatoa, Arnold Tahs: Holloway Reds: Neville, Gill...

Angus is good, but he is kind of a 5/6/8 hybrid. He's not a dead certainty to start every game in my mind by I would expect him to make the squad and contribute strongly

The others I think worth a squad look in are Scott-Young, Sorovi, Mac jones and hoc kings

The QLD boys I think are likely to (or probably should) start for the Aus side if available are Mafi, Tui, Tuttle, Mack Mason, Magnay and perhaps Fittock

Logan is an AMAZING catchment area for rugby and rugby league talent. From a rugby perspective it's almost completely untapped. Them getting a team in QPR is long overdue and in 7-10 years I think we'll all be thanking our stars it happened

The Badge in his first interview with 7's alluded that he's very keen on having a crack at 7's and thereafter would prefer to stay in Australia for the foreseeable future. Worth a chat with the Reds honchos?

The Reds don't NEED genia. The time of the pickle has arrived (fucking great game from him last night). If Genia wants to return to the Reds, it would have to be on a salary commensurate to his value to the organization RIGHT NOW (not 3-4 years ago). The pickle is doing well, and Genia MAY not...

I also heard that Jono Lance actually sounded out the Reds about a return before taking the Force offer. Seems like that should have been a no brainier but you never know with the QRU

Now that the 7's boys have played several tournaments and the half way point of the HSBC circuit is approaching, I think a speculative exercise is in order. The question is this, given what you have seen so far of the HSBC circuit and Super Rugby I want you to pick a team (7+4 or whatever the bench is)...

The Reds are fit after a good pre-season but have their 3 best forwards misusing and are toothless in attack. The Rebels should get up easily