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I don't recall him being penalized. But being 196 cm and tending to fly into contact is probably going to lead to scrutiny other players won't receive.

Exceeded expectations for me. The issues he had with tackle height and line discipline in defense are to be expected coming straight from league and are rectifiable with coaching. His aerial ability is something special as well.

Anyone who would rather watch the Mets (one of the most hilariously inept franchises in the entire American sporting landscape) over rugby is a lost cause anyhow.

I don't see a snub so much as an unfortunate confluence of external factors with the main one being RA's financial constraints. Laying blame at the feet of Joe Schmidt and Joseph Sua'ali'i is silly considering they are two of the best investments Australian rugby has made in recent years.

Yeah I misspoke and should have said sporting product. It's not an easy position to be in when you have the NFL, NCAA football, local/european soccer, NBA, college basketball, and MLB as competition for attention. Rugby doesn't occupy space in the cultural landscape in America like it does in...

For all the doom and gloom about Super Rugby, at least it's fighting from the position of being the 3rd most prominent code in the cities it plays in rather than the 8th or 9th in the case of the MLR.

I paid around $550 last season for grade rugby. $600 might be my personal financial Rubicon if it ever comes to that. That's a flight and a nice weekend somewhere. Local QAFL rego for reference is around the $400 mark.

This is a particularly amusing accusation considering my specific ethnic background. Not everyone on this forum is a 50 year old Anglo bloke. I mean this with the utmost respect, but hypersensitivity and assuming ill intent where there is none does nothing to promote mutual understanding and...

Are they in a Roman Coliseum-esque sandpit?

If you are implying what I think you're implying, let me preempt you by saying no it's not racist to acknowledge that some groups of people have a tendency to place a high value on the education their kids get.

Early days but he's saying all the right things here regarding alignment, getting buy-in, and being organized. I'd love for Joe Schmidt to stay on past the Lions tour but it's reassuring to have heard from other media that coaches like Larkham and Kiss are waiting in the wings with similar rugby...

Ironically rugby's private school association works well for breaking into that demographic. I know a fair few boys that were sent to private schools by their very stereotypically Asian and South Asian parents for the academics but fell in love with rugby along the way to the point that they...

People already dislike the commute from Bond to play QPR. Sunny Coast integrating into QPR was tried in the form of an amalgamated team and nowadays those in charge are prioritizing a local-focused Sunny Coast rugby comp. The hard truth of the matter is that traveling over an hour to play...

You can log on to LinkedIn and find a million different permutations of someone like Hamish in the realm of consulting/business/tech. They tend to share a belief that success in one field confers expertise, and furthermore that this expertise extends itself to unrelated fields. It's evident...

MLR probably has more casual familiarity among Australians or Kiwis than Americans. I suppose that qualifies them as "international" if we're being generous with the boundaries of language. The "powerhouse" descriptor is the far more dubious of the two.

No celebration of achievements permitted in the semi-amateur rugby online forum. You may be given dispensation for a brief smile if in the privacy of your own domicile.

Mark Bouris did an hour long interview with Sua'ali'i. Main takeaways for those who don't feel like listening are the following: 1. Joseph comes across as a really good bloke. 2. For all the chatter from the league continent about rugby poaching a product they developed, he probably could...

how do you say "I can fix him" in French?

That might be it. 15 and utility back cover since I doubt Mason will get many reps at 10 with Lynagh and HMP there.

300k with complimentary Reds training kit, Ballymore gym access with physios, and trips to fun destinations like Tonga. And all you have to do is cop the occasional sideline spray from the Colts 3 peanut gallery. My man is living the dream.