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Trouble is if some had recognised Jake Ball's potential back then and offered him a Force contract to stay. He then would likely have gone to earn a Wallaby top-up contract, and the ARU would have transferred him to Melbourne like they did to DHP and most of our best players. Question is then, would we still be getting him back in 3 months time, as an international player with 49 caps with several good playing years still left in him? And would the RA, in that hypothetical situation, object to the Force poaching a contracted Rebels star player?