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Good assessment Froggy, I would like to see Wilson starting at nine and the Tahs also missed Hanigan’s hard edge and maturity.

Wallaby team after week one. 15. Petaia 14. Nawaqanitawase 13. Ikitau 12. Paisami 11. Toole 10. Lolesio 9. McDermott 8. Wilson 7. McReight 6. Wright 5. Uru 4. Frost 3.Talakai 2.Faessler 1. Bell

Caught the replay of the trial yesterday, I liked Matt Faessler’s set piece play. I thought the Force’s defence in the first thirty minutes was solid, lead by Harris, Pearce and Stewart.

Eloff is a loose head?

Congratulations to the Rebels on their win over the Tahs, yes I do realise that it was only a trial. I believe they are well placed to have a top four finish in SRP (Super Rugby Pacific), why because they tick the same boxes as the successful teams at the RWC ticked. In the lead up to the RWC it was often reported...

.Good points Hoggy, most of these are an easy fix. I would also through in the option of having an o/s marquee player and a wallaby eligible player exempt from the salary cap.

At this stage I can’t offer any feasible options on how they do it, but RA need to lift their funding to the five Super Rugby clubs. Why the Waratahs are in such a financial mess when they are the only Super Rugby team in a town of five million people? Sydney should be a cash cow for RA. If the Tahs could get...

I expect that there is going to be extra discussion on alignment, now that McLennan and Jones can no longer have an influence on possible outcomes. With Schmidt , Horne and Nucifora having experience in similar systems and enjoying a higher level of trust and respect from the five Super Rugby...

Agree Hawko,not a lot between Ned and Fergus, it will come down to performances on the training paddock and in trials.

Interesting figures, although I am pretty sure that the Super Rugby cap was reduced during COVID and hasn’t gone back up to pre COVID amount. Sitting at just under four million currently. Last year the AFL distributed 272 million to its clubs, expansion clubs received 25 million each, Sydney...

Gleeson as starting eight and backup seven, allows the Tahs to have two big bodies as lock and six cover. The teams with the biggest benches seem to be the ones who finish stronger.

Ned and Jed have played a lot of lock together and FLW (Fergus Lee-Warner) played his best footy at six for the Force. I believe to get off to the best start that combination would work best. As much as I appreciate what Swinton brings to the Tahs, I would rather have someone that is hanging around. As we get into...

Round one playing it safe, Ned and Jed as the locks FLW (Fergus Lee-Warner) as six. Three experience forwards and three very good line out options. Have Miles on the bench.

Like the 25 million the AFL give the Giants last year.

Hi Raelene, if Schmidt is appointed HC who would you like to see as assistants?

Not all the coaching team, but a a fair percentage should have experience in Aus Super Rugby. If they the have necessary level of skills in their discipline. Having people with local experience as assistant coaches will build connections with fans and players.

I wonder out of Taylor, Larkham, McKellar, Parling, Palmer, Fisher, Friend, Barnes and Foote who will make the cut?

Surely it is a two horse race between MacKellar and Schmidt, and with Schmidt’s experience with the Irish and the All Blacks, and with his relationship with Nucifora that will guarantee him the position. With the way things ended with Chieka, RA won’t go down that road again and Foster was...

So our Super Rugby teams become NRL feeder clubs.