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Unfortunately it needs 75% to vote for it and there doesn't seem to be any interest in the North.

I'm in two minds about this one, there's definitely an argument it meets the on field red threshold, but i still don't think we have clarity around where that is set compared to the other infringement types like striking which are clear and obviously a full red. Also there's no way they'd come...

For mine, Wright's play is still pretty suited to 7 and I think his form makes him the obvious choice. His lineout work also gives you a bit more freedom around the other selections in the backrow to balance things out. It's all a hypothetical though and the nature of the theoretical injury to...

Probably Wright. After him Tizzano and Reimer are the main candidates. Wilkin probably would've been high on that list if not for his injury. I think he's due back in a week or two, so he might be able to push his way back into contention, but he has a hell of a lot of ground to make up now...

Good chance for Les Kiss to show his coaching chops here. This is our first return fixture of the year and by all accounts he was filthy with the points we left out on the field, particularly in the first half. Should be looking for an improvement there and a more ruthless performance playing at...

No great surprise, but Scott Sio has re-signed with Exeter for another 2 years

Because it's too inconsistently run at 1 phase. I'd be happy for it to stay at that, but if increasing it to 3 is needed to get the penalty advantage period locked in I'd take that trade. Again though, it's a maximum of 3 phases and the ref has to make a call one way or the other. There's...

Great to see Hoopert hopefully taking the field again.

It's not between Pone and a random clubby to start though, it's between him and Harry Johnson-Holmes. And as expected the tahs are starting Harry Johnson-Holmes and easing Pone in off the bench.

Feels like its a separate set of infringements that get a straight red - striking, biting, gouging, etc. There are some tackles that I believe should be, but I can I can see how they don't get there when you introduce that ambiguity around intent and severity.

I did say disappointed rather than shocked, but either way he has repeatedly failed to make the step up to international level, is a 30 year old halfback, none of the 8s or 10s he plays with are likely to make it and apparently he's currently negotiating a release from the final year of his...

Absolutely, the biggest issue I have with the inconsistent application right no is how long it can run for, anything that shortens that is an improvement in my book. That length of advantage sis where o much of the inconsistency comes from at the moment. That, and forcing a team to defend 10+...

I've been impressed with Fa'agase's form and wouldn't mind seeing him round out the squad given the current prop injuries, but at 33 years old I'm not sure he qualifies as the "next generation".

I'd be pretty surprised if more than one of Swinton, Hanigan, Perese and Nawaqanitawase made it based on both form and the fact that their departing. Most of them would make the squad (but not the XV) on from if they weren't but I can't see Schmidt bothering with a bunch of guys he won't want to...

Just a truly masterful stroke from Wessels. "Oh, i have this super talented young player that's actually from the team's home city? Best get rid of him and cycle through some on or two year import also-rans"

It's not so much the gas I'm worried about, it's slotting into all the patterns around lineout, defence, attack, kick off etc. Not as demanding for a tight head as some other positions but there's still plenty to learn. I tend to be of the belief that it's a bit easy to slot in coming off the...

That's a tough ask coming into start having just arrived at the club this week.

These are both loans for 2024 and not relevant to 2025, at least at this stage.

Big step forward in terms of the management of the game in Australia, but experienced emergency props is a rip cord the tahs needed to pull weeks ago, with a hooker probably still needed to. Should be good game time for Pone though, as it stands he was entirely out of the wallabies...

I expect they are talking but it's probably also a waiting game to see what the ATO does, so nothing else is moving too fast otherwise.