Recent content by Braveheart81

I don't think the Waratahs have had an afternoon game since moving back to Allianz Stadium.

I agree completely Strewthcobber. By all means I'd welcome Lucas returning to Super Rugby to push for Wallabies selection against his peers. If you've never played for the Wallabies and are playing overseas you need to be absolutely beating the door down to get picked in my view. The Giteau...

He had one year with a Reds contract before he made his debut. I would assume he would have played in 2022 if he was needed and/or beat out the players ahead of him (was James O'Connor 10 for most of that season with Lawson Creighton playing some games as well?).

It's a tricky situation to work out the best option though because no one is going to pay Petaia $100k+ to play Colts for a couple of years. You'd struggle to find a young player who would turn down large contracts because they want more time to develop first. I'd guess that if Kerevi had been...

The 7 years younger thing is largely irrelevant in my view as far as it concerns the Super Rugby teams. Potter has a two year contract with the Waratahs and Lancaster has a one year contract with the Force. I don't think this really provides the Force any sort of long term advantage to retain...

The Waratahs in particular were always going to have a lot of turnover for these last two years. 2024 was not re-signing players to make room for Rebels players that were already on contract. 2025 sees the departure of a bunch of those essentially one year contracts as well as a few we'd really...

5 of those departing players didn't play for the Waratahs at all in 2025 and several of them weren't part of the main squad. It's August. I don't think we need to be overly concerned about recruitment yet. In an ideal world I would say you want to turn over about 20% of your roster each year...

By all means share them on rugby league sites. It's very easy to simply not mention rugby league when the post has absolutely nothing to do with rugby league.

That first Wales test we played (and lost) certainly featured a lot of players outside of our best XV and 23.

He plays for the Brumbies so arguably he deserves more points than that.

He didn't put a foot wrong in this match.

The improvement in the Wallaroos over the last couple of years as they have got more professional is incredible. The skills and athleticism compared to where it was not that long ago is chalk and cheese.

That didn't look good but I don't think this is where Wright got injured. He got straight up and kept playing. I think the injury was a non-contact injury when he ran the ball across field after catching a kick and then changed directions after Sua'ali'i dropped his pass. As soon as the...

I don't think it was a priority at all. I think it eventuated because Potter wanted to move back to the East Coast and Lancaster was the unlucky one who was off contract who would make way for that to happen. From a salary cap perspective I wouldn't think it makes much difference to the Waratahs.

Two forum regulars trying to have a slightly nuanced conversation about a couple of players?!? :rolleyes: