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He was unappreciated in NZ prior which is why he ended up at the Tahs, he couldn’t get a gig over there after the Blues dumped him. He was 26 at the time. It’s not like he spent a decade coming through the NSW pathways. I’d bet a large sum that he spent a lot of his off field time in those 2...

Was he though? He did fuck all around the park, I’m not sure if anyone took too much notice of his scrummaging - I’m not suggesting he was a beast in the scrum, just that he was pretty meh everywhere else and I don’t recall anyone focusing on him being weak in the scrum. Us Tahs supporters...

I think Parra would be the ideal home base for them. Awesome stadium and huge islander population. It’s the perfect interim solution for the Western Sydney conundrum and NSW rugby can keep their filthy noses and wallets out of it. North Qld might be a better fit climatically but they won’t...

I’d rephrase that to not enough Reds. I guess BPA, JOC (James O'Connor), Paisami and LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) are all out for legit reasons, and Kerevi and Rodda are ‘kinda’ Reds. It probably makes sense that they are mostly replaced by players from the second best franchise. Swinton can cement himself as our long term 6...

Ah ok, I missed that

No. Nor was Pete Samu. Think Mackellar might have smuggled a couple of extras on the plane!

1445 AEST according to @malvarez on the Twitterverse

Assuming this game is true, I'd leave the Force proper alone and throw some academy players in the 'A' team. What a thrill for them, let alone the developmental traits.

Looks like Dan and RN are relocating their ongoing ‘where to’ debate to this thread ;)

A Christy Doran article this morning suggests that QC (Quade Cooper) won't be in the 23.

Well actually it was after his horror night in Sydney last year that the baby got thrown out, and then in fairness when the non-answer Hodge played there we beat them. Noah was understandably given the first crack at the role, but that doesn’t cement him in the spot, there are a couple hanging...

I started writing this in the broacast thread, but decided it was more appropriate here. The talk there about the need (or not) for a 3rd Bledisloe got me thinking. This is an adaptation of an earlier pipe dream I posted but I wonder how this would work from both a competition and broadcast...

No one is claiming they are the best. However those claiming there isn’t a lot of difference between their top side and their second side are right. It wasn’t their third string side we played, most of their past regulars weren’t there and a few of their second stringers weren’t either, but...

The time we beat the Lions and the time we lost against them when Beale slipped over were both pretty good games, although he shouldnt have been at 10!

Did I miss a game somewhere?.

However, Seconds is an obvious case on the affirmative side of any debate about referee bias. There is a referee out our way here notorious for this syndrome. My point was on the premise that there are 4 x kiwis on the refereeing panel and it only takes one of them to have an unconscious...

Bingo. This is my thinking, I just wasn't very good at explaining it!

I’m not suggesting cheating though I can understand why it’s being construed as such. I’m merely saying it’s another disadvantage we have to encounter. I’ll retract my comment that we can’t win as that’s a bit strong, but you certainly aren’t going to convince me it’s not a disadvantage.

Yes, if we make the national 7s team an indigenous only team, believe it or not that’s racism. It’s an Olympic sport. Sure, have an indigenous development arm, but every Australian is eligible for selection.

The wind had a lot to do with at least a couple of those lineouts.