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Lacey had been looking like a good prospect in previous years, but did not look like he would be able to make the cut this year. Clay Uyen would've been good to hold onto, but I believe he's headed overseas now. The other 2 are good signings however.

Angus Wagner was looking very good at LHP this year before he got injured early in the season and has signed on until 2022. So quite happy with the 4 props and 2 hookers than are signed so far

Very keen for Lance to stay and I imagine he most likely will. Wasn't very impressed with Frisby however as his service was pretty slow and defense poor at times. Would much rather Abel and Cubelli, Fines or Louwrens if we can get one of them.

What tickets? What sort of crowd are we realistically thinking will be allowed in NSW - like 2000 maybe? Seems a very strange decision to me caring NSW over Queensland or WA given the risks for allowable crowd numbers...

Definitely think his form has been good. Has been a consistent performer, making plenty of metres, especially in contact and cleaning up quite a bit of loose ball and messy backline play. I'd say Ralston, Godwin, Stowers and Lee-Warner have been our best this year

Interesting that he mentions being welcomed by Godwin and the Force have used this in their media statement. Perhaps it's becoming more likely that Godwin won't head off to the Waratahs as rumoured (which would be good news given his form this year at the Force)...

It might be my blue tinted glasses, but I rate Bardoul and Lee-Warner at lock. They've had time to learn off Thrush now as well, so between the 2 of them, Thrush and Atkins I don't think lock is a major area of concern. Loosehead is probably the biggest worry. From memory both K-Bomb and...

Where do you think the deficiencies in the squad are Reg? Actually think we're looking good enough in all positions now. My main concerns were prop and flyhalf, which have been bolstered by Holmes and Lance. Scrumhalf is perhaps the only other concern I have if Prior happens to get injured...

No doubt a lot less money than could've been obtained from an open tender process, given WA is chipping in $5m for one Bledisloe and this sounds something like $14m for 6 tests, including the much bigger Lions test. I guess the kickbacks / conflicting interest benefits wouldn't be quite as good...

Pretty amazed at the apparent lack of interest and discussion here on the senate enquiry and major dirt it is uncovering. There are a number of new submissions up which are well worth reading, including: - Alan Winney (showing a FAR superior bid for the rebels was available compared to...

It would also be interesting to see where some of these "consultancy fees" and other similar expenses have gone...

Submission 15 to the Senate enquiry is well worth a read: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Futureofrugbyunion/Submissions

Looks like the Spirit have stuck with taking a side with more club players on away games. Still a solid looking team and should be a cracker of a game Nick Jooste is back in Perth for the Spirit, isn't he? Would like to see him given a run at some point...although it's kind of pointless for...

Yep, those clauses look pretty clear really. Clearly the legal eagles on the RugbyWA side didn't review the terms thoroughly enough, or were too naive in thinking the ARU wouldn't use this against them. Would be interesting to see if this was an amendment proposed by the ARU, in which case it...

Great turnout for the game and was a closer contest than I expected. Looks like there's some good young talent in the rising team. Philip, Nasairani, Meakes and Ruru were very good for the spirit. Liked the look of Tuipolotou, maddocks and McGregor for the rising. Good to see Cheika and Grey in...

Sadly, I'd imagine he's got more than enough links with a few old boys around town to get some very well paid gigs. Sadly, it's largely about who you know rather than performance.

So if the contract is void, does the license go back to RugbyWA?

And there goes the last member that had any integrity whatsoever

Huge news and a great resigning! I'm sure every other franchise would've been offering him big money, so great to see him sticking with the Force

I would think the fairest and simplest solution would be to separate the Super Rugby and Wallaby top up contracts. At the moment, they are negotiated as a single contract and therefore the Super Rugby portion of a wallaby's contract is likely smaller than it would be if they weren't a wallaby...