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Rennie is definitely building depth and competition for positions with the 2 year RWC23 roadmap. I like it. If it makes guys like McReight, Wilson and LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) grind harder then that is a very good thing. They are all still young and developing and I am sure have been given a detailed assessment of...

My starting Reds XV would be: 15. Campbell 14. Daugunu 13. Petaia 12. Paisami 11. Vunivalu 10. O'Connor 9. McDermott 8. Wilson 7. McReight 6. Wright 5. LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) 4. Scott-Young 3. Tupou 2. Mafi 1. Zander

I have been thinking about this and believe Paisami and Stewart both have the defensive and kicking games to play at 10 if required.

Not to the Rebels I hope? No offence to Melbourne, but who would want to play there?

https://qld.rugby/news/2021/09/17/queensland-premier-rugby-u19s-teams-named-to-face-country-u19s Some good talent in these lists and still got a few eligible that are not playing.

Reds have plenty of depth in the backrow. Scott-Young, McReight, Wilson, Wright as top liners. Then Seru Uru and Sam Wallis (he isn't leaving is he?) as back up. But Tualima and Salakaia-Loto can both cover 6. Then you have some great young guns coming through. So, I don't know about back...

Who is the best player in the GPS in the past 7 years? I would have said Kalyn Ponga

This squad was named 18 weeks ago, so they should be well prepared for the city slickers if they have managed to have some training sessions.

Norths will have most of their young pack back in 22, and with the experience of this year, will be primed.

I would imagine that just about all of them will be playing grade next year as most are 20 this year. Most have already had a taste. Such a pity the URC cannot be played this year as the Colts crop of U18s/19s would produce quality Brisbane City and QLD Country teams. But that isn't going to...

Speaking of developing the young lads, it is good to see stability at the Reds with respect to coaching. https://reds.rugby/news/2021/09/06/brad-thorn-re-signs-as-reds-head-coach-through-2023-alongside-assistants Good to see some of the pathways are still sort of semi-open for 2021 too...

Yes, reviewing the stats for the year and Easts were the dominant team in the home & away having the superior for and against the other top 6 teams (GPS, Brothers, Bond, Wests and UQ). * They won 9 out of 10 with one loss to Bond * They scored 235 to 138 * GPS scored 212 to 184 (with one...

Fair and accurate.

Well, I was pleasantly surprised to see the underdog GPS get up over Easts. I really thought that the Tigers didn't illustrate as much potency in their semi final win as Jeeps and that proved to be the case yesterday in the GF. Interestingly, the Tigers conceded the most points in a game (34)...

Look at the NRL fullbacks. Ryan Papenhuyzen is 81kg and any club would have him. Young Jayden Campbell at the Titans is 78kg. A future star. I see Floyd will be lost to rugby if people thinks he needs to be bigger. The additional size has slowed many a good young prospect down. If he gets to...

Yeah, I am not sure he should win it again. He is still finding his way. Why don't they award it to a player who actually plays in the under 20 comp? Kirk or Scotty from Easts (and Startrek) have been good all season, Cullin Cooper-Jones has the best double barreled name in the QPR & showed his...

Did Grealy win it last year?

Jeeps Colts were eventually going to come good given the successful production line from the local college. I think they won 4 AIC premierships from 2017, with the best teams in 2019 & 20, so the talent is now showing through. Not sure what is happening at Colts 2 level. Given the possible...

Yes, fair enough, we are all living with IFs and MAYBEs. The fake news was about Suncorp Stadium being usurped by the NRL, which is not the case according to the QRU press release.