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I would have the Drua play their home matched vs Oz Super Rugby games at the away venue. They could possibly bank way more in revenue by getting the away crowd to fill stands. Compare match attendance in Brisbane with Drua vs Tahs.... it'd be hardcore fans only, but Drua vs Tahs at say Parramatta stadium...

I'm thinking along these lines (assuming Hanigan is out of the picture until late season) 1. Bell 2. Porecki 3. Smith 4. Holloway 5. Douglas or Williams 6. Swinton 7. Hooper 8. Harris 9. Gordon 10 Harrison 11. Perese 12. R W-V 13. Foketi 14. Pietsch or Ramm 15. Donaldson 16. Horton 17. Brown...

I have a feeling they may use RWV as a 12 with either Foketi or Walton at 13. Gives us a very big body midfield who's strong both sides of the ball. Look at the difference Kerevi made for the wallabies...

Both good signings that will do a job at scrum time, particularly Smith. Starting FR of Smith, Porecki and Bell should hold it's own against most opposition. Pretty happy with that. They can potentially shift HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes) back to LH. Now really just looking for a big, mean, scary TH lock... I've got a...

3 hookers are enough, only playing 4 games after all 3 Halfbacks, 6 Props, 5 locks, 6 BR, 4 Centres, 5 OB's Props: Tupou, Alaalaatoa, Slipper, Bell, Sio, Robertson (6) Hookers: Fainga'a, Latu, Kaitu'u (3) Locks: Rodda, Swain, Philip, Arnold, Skelton (5) BR: Hooper, Samu, Valetini, Leota...

I'd love to see Wright at FB, he's got massive upside, unfortunately Banks in the way.....

Time will tell, but Banks has always been the best available from a very shallow pool of options. Hodge brings plenty of other attributes that Banks lacks, and both have been equally poor under the high ball lately.... IMO due to the big pool of international quality wingers in Vunivalu...

I'd be very surprised if Banks plays another test. IMO Kellaway, Hodge, JP and even JOC (James O'Connor) will all go past him. Not a bad player, just never really grabbed the 17 wallaby opportunities he had. Time to move on.

Halaholo would be on a development/training contract, he's a bloody interesting prospect. Naturally big and powerful with decent speed and ability to drive the legs through contact. He's definitely worth investing in. Saw him play a few times in Hospital cup on Stan and he looked good. Look...

Cooper at 10 with JOC (James O'Connor) at 15 pretty much solves all the backline issues, though I'd be happy to see Kellaway or even Petaia there too. Banks is basically Jesse Mogg 2.0 with the same strengths and weakness's. Really performs at Super Rugby level but never closes the deal at Test level. Time to move on...

From what I'm reading he's being pitched as both hard running and very fast..... We'll find out soon enough through.

The backrow skillset transplanted into a winger is exactly what's needed with the Tahs IMO. Loads of turnover/penalty opportunities, dominant in contact, love the defensive side of the game.... We see it with a lot of NZ/PI wingers that are hard on the ball in the tackle area... The guys we...

Don't worry too much about it mate, they'll get plenty of support... the only one of them who is actually from Canberra/ACT is Lonergan and he's only on the bench!!! :cool: Slipper, Swain, Lolesio, Ikitau & Banks are all Qlders AAA, Fainga'a, White are from NSW Valetini & Samu are Victorians...

Bit early to start rewriting history isn't it? Attack was crap.

I've been thinking about the DC recruitment strategy and noticed this little bit on the Reset 22 profiles.... Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco Centre/ No.8...... Perhaps DC is thinking a bit differently about the squad makeup and could have a very left field but tasty combination that solves a lot of...

A very expensive recruit if he only plays one game and breaks down...... That's the problem...

Sadly CFS has proven beyond question that his body can't cope with the physical demands of Super Rugby. He's probably only played 50% of the games he could have by now due to continual injury problems. He'd be a poor recruit option in my book. No disrespect as he's a great player when fully fit...

Also doesn't include Rahboni WV who only signed 3 months ago.... There should be loads of cap space with Dempsey, Maddocks, Moeroa Wykes all confirmed as gonski along with the no spend in 2021 policy.... I'd expect Tizzano might head back to WA, though I really rate him, he's not going to get...

Hooper signed for 5yrs in 2018, takes him through to 2023

When you compare our WC QF 19 team to who started on Tuesday, then compare the Boks WC 19 team with the core of the team vs Lions, you'll find they are chalk and cheese.. we lost a stack of talent post 19 to both retirements and O/S contracts.......... SA pick from everywhere. If we picked...