Rebels 2016

[swingpass]

He's Quality

. Wishing him all the best with his return from an ACL injury. There's no reason why he won't provide good value for the Rebels.

he's damaged goods !

 

[Mr Wobbly]

Just watched his highlights. Got a bit of Aaron Cruden about him, a lot to like in there. That said, if he tries selling candy like that against the big boys someone's going to put him on a stretcher.

How big is he? Looks solid enough, but it's always hard to tell with schoolboys.

Pretty sure TT has a strict "no candy selling" policy.

He does look good in the highlights reel - nice step from either side

 

[Tahspark]

he's damaged goods !

They said that about Pocock too (after his first ACL injury)

 

[Dumbledore]

Yeah, an ACL isn't anything to worry about these days. If it's kept him under the radar somewhat that's no bad thing.

 

[Brainstrust]

so despite all the injuries to the Gen Blue 10's he was still not considered for their U20's this year ? is that right. so not in the frame for Oz 20's at 10 presently. a work in progress then and a few years off ? although 'if you're good enough you're old enough"

McGregor and Clancy were the 2 #10's that NSW lost to acl injury and then they lost O'Shea to hamstring injury, so he was definitely in the frame for 20's representation, but injury ruled him and the others out.


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[Highlander35]

I've not seen a DOB. Is he in his U19 year currently? I assume so, but much like you can get blokes like Sione being a January birth (and having 3 U20 years after High School) you can occasionally get blokes with only 1.

 

[swingpass]

McGregor and Clancy were the 2 #10's that NSW lost to acl injury and then they lost O'Shea to hamstring injury, so he was definitely in the frame for 20's representation, but injury ruled him and the others out.


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yeah was unaware of the injury. my original post was to dampen the hype a little.

 

[oztimmay]

Update on tickets for the Wobs v Poms test.

Dear Ticket Holder

This is a courtesy email to update you on the ticket delivery schedule for the 2016 Wallabies Test Series against England.

Tickets for all matches are yet to be dispatched. Please see below date guidelines as to when tickets will be released.

Mobile Ticket & ezyTicket (PRINT-AT-HOME): sending from Friday 13th May (you will have them by Monday the 16th May)
Regular Mail: commence printing from Friday 13th May, allowing 15 days for delivery. We expect you to have them by Monday 6th June
Venue/Pre-Paid Collection Outlet: will be available for collection from 12pm Wednesday 18th May

Please ensure that your details are up to date by logging into your MyTicketek account here.

 

[daz]

Just FYI for those who don't know:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...h/news-story/f877811e9b0f3b927d67480c918f92c3

Very, very pumped about this.

 

[oztimmay]

An astute move. Would love to see what this can do for our attack, even in the latter half of the season. If our conversion rate increases, that will be a big bonus.

For those tightarses who suffer from the paywall, here's a snip:

Former Wallabies, Waratahs and Queensland centre Morgan Turinui has joined the Melbourne Rebels as a consultant attack coach, starting immediately.
Turinui, who played 20 Tests for Australia, the last of them at Cardiff in the 22-24 loss to Wales that ended his and Eddie Jones’ careers with the Wallabies, has taken to coaching since ending his playing career with Stade Francais. His work with the Rebels is initially on a temporary basis but could turn into a permanent post.

 

[Mr Wobbly]

An astute move. Would love to see what this can do for our attack, even in the latter half of the season. If our conversion rate increases, that will be a big bonus.

For those tightarses who suffer from the paywall, here's a snip:

I'm one of those tightarses so, thanks.

That is something worth getting pumped about

 

[Braveheart81]

People pay for The Australian?

 

[Highlander35]

The workaround is to copy and Paste the title into Google, as google news Archive won't show it unless they have full access to it or something like that.

 

[oztimmay]

Hence, how I got access to it You're usually good for one article, before it works you out.

 

[Lindommer]

Be nice of the Force could also snag a decent backs coach.

 

[oztimmay]

People pay for The Australian?

clearly not, as sales have been in free fall for years. The commentary provided by Bernard Keane on this problem is amusing

 

[oztimmay]

Be nice of the Force could also snag a decent backs coach.

Fixed..

 

[KevinO]

Queensland’s Super Rugby strike weapon Samu Kerevi is understood to have rejected a massive offer to join the Melbourne Rebels and has decided to remain at the Reds.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...s/news-story/e01b8f7f215a49c5eeeba5ad29438bad

Or you could just set up alerts on a gmail account and it will always give you access to the link provided.

 

[Highlander35]

Wonder if we're genuinely looking for another centre or just putting out offers to as many quality players as possible. If it's the first one, Jim Stewart hasn't been getting a look in at the Tahs, think he and Hodge would gel quite successfully as a long term center pairing.

Edit: Sione is my first choice for sure, but if all 3 became so good, Hodge gets to play fullback instead.

 

[Dumbledore]

I don't think it's just any centre. He's clearly after size. Dominate the collisions, dominate the gainline, dominate possession. It's all very Gatland.