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Speaking of Bond, the Bullsharks 7s program looks to be well on song moving forward. Their 15s landscape for 2025 will look a little different with key players going offshore or to other clubs in 2025 - and with one player contemplating a code switch. Whilst the 2025 iteration may well look...

Souths' absence from the 7s comps is significant. Watching players turning out for other teams was disappointing - and worrying - not to mention frustrating for players who were phenomenal as part of the SIYM campaign last 7s season, but had to contend with playing for 'lesser' teams this...

Probably haven't spoken to Rhian Stowers, who was sent to Eastwood under the guise of playing first-grade Shute Shield - and saw almost nil field time at that level the entire season and hated it. Comes back to QPR, bags player of the year and runner-up player of the year in consecutive seasons...

Canham actually went to Bond not as part of a Rebels, Reds or RA agreement, but through a friendship he and Rhian Stowers developed when both were playing for Shute Shield club, Eastwood, in 2021. He would spend the Shute Shield breaks staying with Stowers and both would seek approval to play...

Firstly, congrats to a player who is absolutely deserving of this accolade. The type of consistency, high-level skill base and approach to the game that begs an accolade like the Alec Evans Medal. Matt Gicquel was a standout exponent of the game we love in 2024. Gicquel, as well as Herbert...

That is a team I'd LOVE to see take the field..!

I was hoping to write something different.....but it ended up like it did....although..... there is a high number of Brethren supporters who have rugby-loving canines

Brothers vs Bond 20/07/24: So, I was sent to sit with the Brothers supporters by a spouse who wanted me to shout less and watch more. This is what my experience - as a Bond supporter among the Filth Faithful - played out. I finally get it. Sure, when you are away at Brothers, the Butchery is...

..not if the best players are at Wests, Souths, GPS or even Bond or Norths...I'd rather believe they are doing the rounds to see what may have developed in clubland during the season.

...or you could have a listen? That would take the guesswork out of it...

Something specifically rugby to peruse/listen to during the bye weekend. A Stan Sport commentator and two current Store Local Hospital Cup players - on a weekly podcast talking lots of rugby (club, Super Rugby, 7s International). Click here- Play By Play Podcast

Brothers over UQ - UQ to keep up, then fall by 12. UQ back three and Brothers tight five to fire Bond over Norths - with Bond to lead by 28, then win by 3 when . Bond jinky counterattacks and a classic Norths fight back to feature Souths over Easts - Souths to keep doing what they've been doing...

An alternate view: Bond - Consistent throughout 2023. Lacking in finals footie experience and stepped outside of their lane. Easts - The REAL stars of 2023. Kept all others honest with an almost traditional brand of club footie. Souths - Exciting and dynamic. Building their own brand of club...

A lot of now-familiar names played in that tournament.

Journos tend to be objective, and I do not at all pretend to be such. The 2023 Bond Universty Bullsharks - and minor premiers - were beaten fair and square by a supremely talented and experienced Brothers outfit more attuned and adequately reinforced to undertake a well-deserved run to the Grand...

Bond's issue doesn't appear to be in the forwards, but Canham's all-round abilities will be missed . The front 8 had a stellar game against Wests with solid tackles, turnovers and a good scrum...it appeared to be the backline that faltered and wavered at times. The link-ups on attack were...

I hate to say it, but I agree. I've never been a Creighton fan, but that was a champagne performance from him on Sunday. So good.

As an ex-referee, I was scratching my head at the awarding of Wests second try and missing some clear knock ons. BUT....that is rugby = and having said that, Wests weathered pressure, staved off a Bond comeback and managed to rattle the Bullsharks enough to EARN their win. The feeling of both...

Ditto. Pilz and Kennedy the difference for Easts - Campbell and the back three the difference for Bond....and by back three, I mean 6,7 and 8. Easts have pedigree and will power, Bond have the drive and determination evolved from a well-played comp...to date.

The context is lost on most, mate. The handle, more than anything, should have been the main giveaway.