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He's lost speed, agility and game awareness since his GT days then, and his ability over the ball is reasonable but only on the odd occasion that the ruck occurs next to him. His other stats for 2017 are less than impressive - missing 25% of his tackles and averaging about 1m for each of his 23...

Neither Moore nor Ready are mobile enough for my liking. The best teams have hookers that are more akin to flankers than props. NZ teams are leading the way in this regard, which is part of why they are the best.

Yes, but only if they are qualified 'Assistant Referees' appointed to the game and would need to be miked up to be able to advise the referee in a timely manner. In QPR, only Premier grade has appointed 'Assistant Referees' who are miked up, although there has been a push to expand this to some...

The difficulty lies in the application of the relevant Laws given it is a subjective assessment made in a split second by the referee. In Rugby Union, if the pass is released in a backward motion from the hands of the passer, but floats forward given the momentum of the ball continues to move...

Interestingly the front row combination that played contested scrums when the Brothers front rower was carded then became the same front row combination when they went uncontested. Not sure how a 'qualified' front row that wasn't a safety issue became an 'unqualified' front row that was a...

So what happens from a competition perspective? Does Brothers get penalised in some way (eg loss of a competition point(s)) or does it just go down as a major refereeing cock-up with no further action other than Horton being dropped (I presume)

Interesting on the Livestream to see Brothers go to uncontested scrums in Prems on the weekend, claiming they were out of front rowers. You would think in Prems that this should never happen given you have to have three front rowers on the bench, although the Brothers scrum was still getting...

For mine the primary difference between the leading teams and the rest is the ability to offload (and supporting players expecting the offload). The best teams are now doing this as the first option when going into contact, with the last option being to set up phase play. This creates a...

I liked the look of the GPS hooker on the couple of times we played them. I think he was given the man of the match award on at least one of those occasions - which don't often go to players in the front row.

In my view the best hookers are those who you are confident will ensure you win your own set piece ball, are strong in defence and are very useful assets in attack. The All Blacks have such an individual in Dane Coles who is easily by some margin the best #2 in the world today. I am not a...

With NRC following on it will be interesting to see how many and who make themselves available to play club footy.

Strongly agree with Rugrat. McIntyre has not delivered any performance that would indicate he can play at this level so it is way past time to try someone different. A 10 that goes forward and can attract the inside defence is critically needed and will make the world of difference in creating...

I disagree that there is bugger all to be resolved by dropping McIntyre. He has proven over and over again that he is not up to it with his cross field steps before delivering too often a poor pass. His involvements in directing phase play are poor and his defence is not strong physically...

Before we think about a 2nd ball player option we need a first one. McIntyre has consistently proved this season so far (both trials and competition) that he is not up to it at this level. The backs will continue to struggle until we have a 10 that goes forward with his first steps (like every...

Will the new coaching regime be able to adjust McIntyre's running lines by this weekend? If McIntyre continues to go sideways as he has done in the first two games, creating no threat in the 10 channel and allowing the defence to take space, then I fear the backline will continue to struggle.

After seeing some comments after last week's game, I watched McIntyre closely tonight. In the first half I just started counting how many times he took the ball, took steps sideways and then passed without being any sort of threat in the 10 channel and drawing no defenders. I stopped at eight...

Thanks for that but I am more interested in vision rather than written media (which is the easy way out for media departments to meet their KPIs). Vision for media (particularly TV) takes far more effort but the rewards in terms of exposure are far greater. League will continue to be popular...

Do the ARU and/or QRU media teams provide free to air television news with stories about Rugby? I just watched nine news sport and again saw nothing stories about Rugby League, including a local Intrust Cup story yet nothing about Super Rugby or the upcoming Las Vegas 7s. Every night there are...

There needs to be a new 10 or we will see more of the same in the backline. McIntyre is not up to the job required. The Reds are desperate for a 10 who can provide real playmaking options at this level.

Not sure what RG sees in McIntyre as he offers very little in constructing any useful attack options. His performance tonight was no better and as a previous commentator noted he is more of a distributor than a playmaker, although even his distribution can often be at or behind his intended...