The Ghost of Raelene
Simon Poidevin (60)
The Louwrens one is a great pick up by Hunter. Pretty sure Orr has history with West Harbour though.
Pretty sure there are still a stack of rebels at Wests QPR, plus some rebels at other QPR teams. I think the ones who are at rebels from sydney teams though will be back with their shute teams. Louwrens is a strange one but with some players who dont have any connections, its generally whoever pays them the most to get them to play.
AgreeOnly 3 last week (maybe a couple of others that have been moved on) & a few more now spread across the qpr with 2 playing backing in the Dewar Shield. Earlier this yr it was more than half wests side. There used to be some arrangement between nhru & rebels women maybe this is the reverse of it just 4 years late lol.
It good for the comp!
Agree
If they want to make club rugby stronger, it should really be an even spread.
Tahs plays to play shute
Rebels to play melb
brumbies to play act
qld to play qld
force to play wa
otherwise you get crappy comps like melbourne and wa.
I know that if you play for brumbies, unless your uncontracted for the next season, you have to play act club comp.
Icely played half a season with us & Nowlan 1 season before he went to JapanUni: Lambert, Fa'aingaa, Botha, Swinton, Robertson, Poolman
Norths: Sinclair
Eastwood: Icely, Edmed
Gordon: Taulangi, Goddard, Walton
Two Blues: Nadolo
Southern Districts: Kuenzle
West Harbour: Orr
Manly: Ward
Randwick: Dowling
Easts: None
Warringah: None
Hunter: None (have read here that Louwrens is there)
If I've missed anyone please name them but there are also a few former Super Rugby/7s players in squad likes English, Kennewell, Clunies-Ross with Uni. Yool Yool with Manly. Tuala with Hunter. Craig, Albert, Fou at Eastwood
Easts - talked to one of their players last night. the quality of coaching is below par, and apparently its open that people know hes out this year.Like what? Couple hints, at least the colours.
I expect Gordon TBH after what was happening just before the start of the season. Easts have been pretty disappointing but have had a huge amount of players used in 1st grade. Their fault though to have so many young kids you know will be unavailable quite a bit.
Two blues are going through a power struggle at the moment, with the current president and current gm taking full control of the club and want to appoint their own staff in the grade program. Hearing the current gm, who is also current head of colts, wants the 1st grade position himself and is pitching for that. Id say rugby suicide for them if they did that.I'd really love the Two Blues to have a few years of consistency and build it up. Sadly it never seems to happen.
Rats need to be aggressive. They are trotting out what feels like the same wider group that was around when they won in 2017. Very good set of Colts teams though.
Others I have no idea. Gordon are strong and with the right Coach will be in the top half of the table. Same as Eastwood. Plenty of cattle and a strong Club.
Easts are really disappointing after it seemed they had been steadily building under Pauli but he's with the Tahs now. Their local rivals are putting it together well which I'm sure adds to the pressure.
Totally agree, they offcourse need to find a coach first, but would make sense to go straight to a current shute shield coach and try entice one alongThey need to get on the recruitment train now. Don't think they'll see much of Gamble, Holz, Wilson, Gamble, Bowen and Tuipolotu. Will Harris signed with the Force and Marolt not re signed by the Tahs so who knows where he'll be.
Were the events from earlier this year ever clarified? What caused the exit and backflip? Not muckraking just curious as it seemed to disappear quicklyGordon - great club, i think this is the last year for brian though. I believe he has said that from his return earlier that he will see out the year.