ET commits as Force fights to keep Mitchell

[pieter blackie]

lote is a franchise player though, he gets the kids through the gates, he is the only player in nsw with his own shirt and alot of kids wear it! he has probably returned the money with interset, plus, it was all third party anyway through vodafone!

i just dont see drew as having that same effect!

Almost all the rugby playing kids in NSW are wearing green Nike boots. My son had a pair of those orange ones last year. The kids loves him even here in WA

[waratahjesus]

Drew mostly plays 11 and I have a jumper with number 11 on the back... does that count?

no, it doesnt, cos on the weekend it meant that you were in love with sheps!
lote has an actual shirt with his face on it!

[JediKnight]

lote is a franchise player though, he gets the kids through the gates

Well what a waste of money that is......despite being the highest ranked Aussie team, the Tahs' support is dwindling with crowds verging on the unviable nature in a city the size of Sydney. Maybe it's time to move the Tahs up to the Central Coast or maybe down to Melbourne?

[welshrugbyfan]

Mitchell should be allowed to go.

Sheps and Cummins on the wing and we have a few replacements if need be. What we need is a starting full back who is a natural full back which Mitchell isn't.

I still think JOC is too small to be playing in the centres but give him a year or two to bulk up and he'll go well. At this stage he needs to be brought on at around the 60th minute where he can shred tired defensive lines up.

There are only a few standout players we've got and to win the final we need every one standing out. Hopefully the Brumbies game was a sign of things to come this season.

Valentine feeding Gits, Gits out to Crossy or Junior, out to the wings and try time. That formula works.

The forwards have the goods, but we need some mongrel in the front row, embarrasing to watch it get pushed backwards by the Brumbies. As soon as the first scrum is set start a stink on. Punch the F*** out of em.

[GIGS20]

The forwards have the goods, but we need some mongrel in the front row, embarrasing to watch it get pushed backwards by the Brumbies. As soon as the first scrum is set start a stink on. Punch the F*** out of em.

this might be the back in me talking but how is a red card for our entire front row going to help?

It'd be cool to watch though!

[Jehna]

When did I miss this rumour? What personal reasons are these?? I'm curious now!! And I missed the tahs rumour, when did that one come out! I'm behind here

Not to mention his family are on the east coast. He does like the weather better in Perth though...

lote is a franchise player though, he gets the kids through the gates, he is the only player in nsw with his own shirt and alot of kids wear it! he has probably returned the money with interset, plus, it was all third party anyway through vodafone!

i just dont see drew as having that same effect!

To be honest, I wouldn't be boasting about crowd numbers if I were you given the size and population of Sydney....

And what's your point...Sharpie has his own shirt here and Henjak had one for a while too but we didn't pay inexplicable amounts of money for them. Whoopdedoo for Lote. Guess he's got to boost his popularity some how though I'm not sure I'd want a shirt with Lote's face on.

[waratahjesus]

i didnt boast about crowd numbers, i said he gets kids throught he gates, kids = money as they buy merch! we make a hell of alot of monry through merch so its good for us! plsu the tahs only pay him the bare minimum contract so it doesnt cost us that much in the first place, the aru and vodafone are the ones dishing out the big bucks!

[travelling_gerry]

[TOCC]

Tuqiri has the biggest profile in Australia Rugby.... fullstop

to have lost him would have damaged the exposure of the sport, in turning hurting sponsors and overall revenue..

[waratahjesus]

that A.J shirt should ask what he would do on the front, then have the answer "walk backwards" on the back!

[welshrugbyfan]

this might be the back in me talking but how is a red card for our entire front row going to help?

It'd be cool to watch though!

It's easy, only the prop who throws the first punch will get red carded, so either an eye gouge in the scrum will set off one of the other teams props and he'll throw the first one and get the red card

OR

One of our props starts swinging first and all the others will just be in retaliation from the other team punching back so they'll be safe. Must have suitably trained front row players so we'll bring on another prop at the expense of some one who does nothing like Drew Mitchell.

Problem solvered.

[Burgs]

Along the lines of the old "99" move or whatever it was called WRC?

[JediKnight]

Along the lines of the old "99" move or whatever it was called WRC?

We had one of those too.

[James]

I'm not sure I'd want a shirt with Lote's face on.

Lote does. He bought 100,000 of them. Thats why they sell so well.

[Burgs]

Would slip over a dart board nicely though...