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Alex Ross (28)
Sounds like fake news!! A bit of QLD envy 
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Greg Davis (50)
Storm and Rebels once held a pre-season session at Princes Park. I recall Phipps and Cronk battling it out over a series of sprint repeat drills.
I always thought as two outpost teams in the heart of AFL land there were opportunities for shared training and IP. Mutual support and all that jazz.
I always thought as two outpost teams in the heart of AFL land there were opportunities for shared training and IP. Mutual support and all that jazz.
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Jim Lenehan (48)
I haven’t heard anything about Quade. On the Scott issue with the Storm, he got dropped weeks ago (well before this suggested incident so I’d say it’s fake) and the Storm are saying it’s purely form related, although papers say he’s been having issues off field over a recent break up.
Papers also say there was a verbal altercation between him and an unnamed Rebels player in preseason at the training facility but nothing more than words. I wonder if all these rumors have combined Chinese Whispers style to what was said on that earlier post
The teams do interact every now and then and there is as you’d imagine a lot of mutual friends just been in the same circles. It’s more the coaches that talk with each other, there is a very good relationship between all the teams on the street (storm, Rebels, Collingwood)
Papers also say there was a verbal altercation between him and an unnamed Rebels player in preseason at the training facility but nothing more than words. I wonder if all these rumors have combined Chinese Whispers style to what was said on that earlier post
The teams do interact every now and then and there is as you’d imagine a lot of mutual friends just been in the same circles. It’s more the coaches that talk with each other, there is a very good relationship between all the teams on the street (storm, Rebels, Collingwood)
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Jim Lenehan (48)
There is a nice article on rugby in Geelong on Rugby.com.au today. There is some good things happening in Vic participation wise. Should get a real benefit from that in a few years time. We already already seeing a portion of the squad been genuine Vic products
https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2019/05/10/bushbeat-geelong
https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2019/05/10/bushbeat-geelong
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Greg Davis (50)
Great piece. Warms the cockles and reminds us about the real core of the game, away from Rugby Australia and corporates and court rooms.
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Allen Oxlade (6)
Personally I think it’s a shame that the rebels and rugby vic are not investing more into the dewar shield.
They have moved all the fringe rebels and even players on the fringes for the competition and then probably look at the product and wonder why it isn’t as good as it can be.
Canberra and Perth pushed players into their competition and even recruited players to come play in them. Now both teams consistently recruit from the competition.
It can’t be viable long term for Vic Rugby to be buying players in and sending players away, surely at some point they need to start investing in their own production line. The prestige of being a 1st Grade Dewar Shield player isn’t very high and they aren’t really doing a lot to promote it.
They have moved all the fringe rebels and even players on the fringes for the competition and then probably look at the product and wonder why it isn’t as good as it can be.
Canberra and Perth pushed players into their competition and even recruited players to come play in them. Now both teams consistently recruit from the competition.
It can’t be viable long term for Vic Rugby to be buying players in and sending players away, surely at some point they need to start investing in their own production line. The prestige of being a 1st Grade Dewar Shield player isn’t very high and they aren’t really doing a lot to promote it.
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Trevor Allan (34)
Goddard is turning out for Endeavour Hills this weekend but he's the only one.
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Jim Lenehan (48)
Goddard would be kept close by as half back the hardest spot to fill.
I don’t think it’s a bad thing having the players over there. I wouldn’t think it’d have too much of an impact on the local league minus a handful of disgruntled people. But it’s a positive for the players development and politically it’s probably not a bad relationship to have with the loose lips that have put many a hole in the professional game recently from the SS.
I get the local scene argument, but if you take a step back it has more positives than negatives. Plus anyone that says they are ignoring the local game quickly forgets all the good work to promote the league done now than in the past, with the local tv deal to show matches every week, player allocations to clubs (DHP was at Racing the other night with kids), etc. a lot of good is done now compared to the shambles of only a couple of years ago
I don’t think it’s a bad thing having the players over there. I wouldn’t think it’d have too much of an impact on the local league minus a handful of disgruntled people. But it’s a positive for the players development and politically it’s probably not a bad relationship to have with the loose lips that have put many a hole in the professional game recently from the SS.
I get the local scene argument, but if you take a step back it has more positives than negatives. Plus anyone that says they are ignoring the local game quickly forgets all the good work to promote the league done now than in the past, with the local tv deal to show matches every week, player allocations to clubs (DHP was at Racing the other night with kids), etc. a lot of good is done now compared to the shambles of only a couple of years ago
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Andrew Slack (58)
I love seeing the boys out playing for the local sides. Always seemed to be that the clubs who probably didn't "need" the help got the experienced players not in the regular 23 though, so from that perspective it's not so bad.
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Jim Lenehan (48)
Depends if To'omua is free, but I’d go Hodge and bring English into 13.
I’d play the best possible team for the next 3 games and then against the Crusaders away I’d rest a bunch of players at once. Given Quade has a week off next week play the following team in that fixture
Gibbon
Uelese (needs games)
Fa’amasuili
RHP
Coleman (already missed plenty)
Leota
Hardwick
Cottrell
Ruru
Cooper (would of missed a game a few weeks earlier)
Tupou
To'omua
Tuipulotu
English
DHP (missed plenty of games)
Freshen everyone up for the last game against the Chiefs at home
I’d play the best possible team for the next 3 games and then against the Crusaders away I’d rest a bunch of players at once. Given Quade has a week off next week play the following team in that fixture
Gibbon
Uelese (needs games)
Fa’amasuili
RHP
Coleman (already missed plenty)
Leota
Hardwick
Cottrell
Ruru
Cooper (would of missed a game a few weeks earlier)
Tupou
To'omua
Tuipulotu
English
DHP (missed plenty of games)
Freshen everyone up for the last game against the Chiefs at home
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