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Very hard to see Gamble cracking the squad given his age and the players ahead of him. A great super season (and importantly a consistent one) would really only be half the battle, he'd also need two of McReight, Tizzano and Reimer to vacate the space in some form, without Scott also pressing...

Pretty sure it's just every wallaby player from the past season who is still active and based in Australia, plus Swain and De Lutiis (who were regularly in squads). Most surprising thing about is that there really isn't even the hint of someone new (which isn't necessarily a bad thing).

Len or La?

I've heard that's where McKellar prefers him, but jeez that's a very short list of centers at the tahs if that happens. They'd likely need one (or both) of Kellaway and Potter to play 13 for that to make sense with their squad.

He can't fall back on a career in photography, based on the reds latest Instagram post

Not sure, but I don't think it matters - apparently Perpignan's club president specifically stated it was contingent on them staying up: https://www.rugby.com.au/news/all-black-wing-reece-signs-for-french-side-perpignan-20251210

I'm guessing there are a few availability pressures for 16 year olds at this late stage of the year.

The contract signing is a bit of a non-story at this point beyond the fact that it signals Reece's intent to leave - it's contingent on Perpignan keeping their place in the top 14 and they're sitting on the bottom of the table with only 1 point from 9 games right now, including a loss to the...

It's more about the potential gaps then anything - other positions (aside form the ones Christy listed) are pretty well covered by already capped players. There's plenty of returning pros and guys on a handful of caps who are going to be pushing for their shot too - Fainga'a, Phillip, Swain...

Yeah, if Debreczeni is going to get a shot it has to be pretty much immediately, but I don't think there's much benefit to us adding another debutante 10 to the mix, at least not one over 30. Lomax seems like a bit of stretch while he's still unsigned too. The alternatives I think might make...

Yeah, just the one and averaging only 28 minutes across his games - the early chances off the bench were 10-15 minute stints. It's still pretty early days for Zane, but that experience he's been slowly building in the background is a good thing.

It's an awkward schedule for now while we're at 24 teams, but there's no way we could make the jump to 32 teams (which produces a clean schedule) without smaller expansions to give more teams more regular opportunities. With the investment in the nations cup and the expanded schedule we'll...

De Lutiis is the one who I think could rocket into contention on the tight head side over the next two years. It depends a bit on him getting good game time this next year to stake his claim, but he has the time (and importantly the scrummaging strength) if he can stay on the field. Behind him...

???? You brought it up after the fact and now you're trying to tell me to let it go for simply stating the facts you asked me to clarify? What in the actual fuck are you smoking Dan?

If you read the report you'd see they note that Eben attempts to reach for Mann's face and has his hand deflected away immediately before going again and this time hitting his mark: They also note that after the initial contact is broken by Mann and another South African player dragging him...