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I think it was Wayne Bennett during his Bronco years that said you need 20% turnover a year to keep the team fresh and I don’t think it’s as dire as this thread suggests.
Simpson and Kiribige were loan players so never ours.
Faainga was signed knowing he was going.
Mataele is probably nearing...
From the Force email, my guess is Donaldson
New Signing Announced Tomorrow
Can you guess our new signing off these five clues?
1. He is the same age as Max Burey
2. His Super Rugby debut was against the Force
3. He attended the same high school as Scotty Cam and Morgan Turinui
4. He...
McCauley never seemed to really kick on. With Rodda, Williams, Sankey and Kalapu, we have a decent starting side there. Pugh is also bracketted as a lock, but I think he isnt tall enough tbh. Do we need another lock with those 5?
Burey is a good signing. He adds depth there too with Pasitoa and potentially Donaldson.
Wasnt massively impressed with Poolman, but he is young and he will be better for the experience last season. Hope to see some improvement next season.
Yeah, I still think Pasitoa, with Fines and White partnering him, should get a decent crack. His opportunities so far have been limited.
But he is still unproven so Donaldson coming across is not a bad thing either. It creates competition for a starting spot. And its a long season so hopefully...
They didn’t have a better points differential going into the match though.
mum sorry I just don’t buy the Rebels being better than their position suggests. They are there for a reason.
It’s still real, but it is misleading. Force will always travel more distance due to being so far from the rest of the comp. What you need to look at is the away games schedule.
It’s really not. Let’s not go down that path.
Force shouldn’t have had 4 games in NZ. That is a scheduling issue. And partly due to their home ground not being available (not a super rugby issue but an Aus govt one prioritising women’s soccer over rugby, and the A league).