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Train Without a Station
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Everybody is too sensitive. That includes the people complaining about nsw and qld having too many ARU top ups.
Did anyone see the tweets that the official NRC account sent out over the weekend? Asking if the Rising squad with a heavy Super Rugby player base was "fair" to play against teams like Brisbane City, who had a higher percentage of club lads?
Firstly, if it wasn't for injury, the City team would have had significantly more Super Rugby players in the game day team.
Secondly, the Rising team is made up of players from the Super Rugby team that won the wooden spoon this year.
Thirdly, the game in Vic needs some good news and a bit of "get on board the Rising bandwagon" can only be good for the game in Vic and as a whole for the competition.
And lastly, bite me, you pack of whinging, glass-half-empty, spoil-sporting, no-clue-about-the-big-picture tossers.
Seriously, talk about a damned if you do, damned if you don't argument. All I hear is that the Rebels are second rate, and are taking up a Super Rugby spot that should go to Sth Africa/NZ/Japan/USA/Tonga/Iceland, and we are not developing any "home-grown" talent.
When we get a few wins on the board, suddenly we are a Super Rugby powerhouse that is bullying the other NRC clubs around the paddock.
The Rising doing well may just get rugby in this state a few more column inches in the paper, it may sell a few more Rebels memberships in the next Super Rugby season, it may get a player or two in a Gold jersey,and may just get a few local club players to the next level via, wait for it, developing our own talent.
ARGH.
/EndConspiracyTheoryRant
Interesting post on the Rising FB page.
A heap of Victorians playing across the NRC at the moment. Here's a squad of 22. 3 Wallabies, 8 Players with Super Rugby Experience. NRC Team
1. Tetera Faulkner (Perth Spirit) - Moorabbin
2. Siliva Siliva (Canberra Vikings) Endeavour Hills
3. Cameron Betham (Greater Sydney Rams) Kiwi Hawthorn
4. Sakaria Noa (Greater Sydney Rams) Souths
5. Angus Hamilton (Melbourne Rising) Quins
6. Tala Gray (NSW Country Eagles) Northern
7. Jack Du Guingand (Qld Country) Quins
8. OJ Noa (Melbourne Rising) Quins
9. Junior Paila. (Melbourne Rising) Endeavour Hills
10. Rod Iona (Canberra Vikings) Moorabbin
11. Joe Kamana (Melbourne Rising) Moorabbin
12. Christian Lealilifano (Canberra Vikings) Northern
13. Ben Tapuai (Brisbane City) Box Hill
14. Rex Tapuai (Brisbane City) Box Hill
15. Junior Lalofi (Brisbane City) Northern
16. Tui Tuiatua (Melbourne Rising) Moorabbin
17. Fereti Saaga (Melbourne Rising) Melb Uni/Northern
18. Frank Amituanai (Melbourne Rising) Footscray
19. Sione Taufa (Melbourne Rising) Quins
20. Martin Naufahu (Melbourne Rising) Footscray
21. Lloyd Johansson (Melbourne Rising) Quins
22. Sefenaia Naivalu (Melbourne Rising) Box Hill
23. Darcy Etrich (NSW country) souths
24. Davis Tavita (Perth Spirit) Moorabbin
25. Lani Tiatia (Western Sydney Rams) Moorabbin
Great atmosphere tonight at AAMI. The crowd is really behind the team, lots of good banter and plenty of passion. My theory is that many of the 2,000-odd who have turned up so far are usually spread out across the ground, but the NRC has allowed all the bolshies from behind the goals to get together.
If you're yet to get down and see a match live I reckon you should do yourself a favour and get into it. Some excellent entertainment on show.
It's great fun, a proper community game. It's like everyone knows everyone there.
Highly recommend getting down there for a game. Worth every cent.
It's certainly not something to get up in arms about. It's probably more a call out to the other teams that they need to improve their preparations and start earlier, particularly with the players that are available.
The WA & VIC teams can basically start there teams in Oct / Nov as that is when there Super starts, they then have a whole season playing with each other against Super teams. How do the other teams adjust to that?