Recent content by Wilson

All while trying to balance the needs of the test game against the wants of the club game.... The best possible protection they could bring in right now is some sort of system for transfer fees, which would actually provide a reasonable avenue for a comp like this to be setup without risking it...

I figure we'll probably be dealing with a new set of grifters by then.

And the "delay" until 2028 is now official: https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/articles/cg5myyrm9nyo

As someone well acquainted with both, trust me when I say that you don't want to know.

The problem isn't the individual targets, it's getting them all working together as a unit. It takes time, particularly when there isn't really anything like established combinations amongst the group. There just isn't any sort of foundation to build off of, so it's gotta be done from scratch...

Line out and maul set piece is going to be another massive question in 2026 for the tahs. It was a weakness this year and changing up most of the unit isn't going to help the connection there much, at least early on. There are capable players who can fill those rolls (there were this year as...

Slipper is probably a special case, given his issue with cocaine back when he left the Reds probably undercut his value in the wider market and more importantly his desire to go elsewhere. Definitely not the standard. Ala'alatoa is just about the only senior guy kicking around right now who...

I don't think there was much point in Australian sides targeting the league guys like Lomax and Papenhuyzen for a single transition year, but with R360 unlikely to get up and Lomax getting shopped around it changes things. Lomax could be a very good pickup for the Brumbies with Wright out...

Is Darcy one of them?

Pretty sure that country listing is largely based on eligibility for the 417 and 462 visas , not some indication they're desperate for Hungarian locks and Swedish fly halves. There are a few visa eligible nationalities missing, but that might be to do with a lack of registered rugby players in...

Yeah, they will need to ratify it , and if it's an amendment to the regulations it'll need a full vote with 3/4 approval: https://www.world.rugby/organisation/about-us/governance It'll probably go straight through without issue given all the big boys stand to benefit, along with everyone in...

Tate might work his way back from the bench on return from injury, but I don't think we've seen anything to suggest he won't be the starter again by the pointy end of the super season. There were more than a few games Tate bossed last year from the start, and there's just too many opportunities...

I'm not sure they have amended the regulations yet, though I'm also not sure if we'd ever see anything official publicly beforehand - this year's November window was actually on non-standard dates based on the way the regulation is written, but I don't think there was any official public...

2020. Optus stadium in Perth has made it difficult for us to pick them up since then. A stadium that seats over 60k would probably flip the balance back to QLD there.

We do get them fairly often in Brisbane given the relative size of Suncorp. It's a hard argument ahead of the money available for the game elsewhere though. If the increased capacity up to 65k goes ahead (or possibly once Vic park is built and there's a desire to demonstrate it's worth) there...