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I have seen no previous mention of this grouping, TOCC. Where did you come across this? .

I wonder how much of that is attributable to the rocket fuel. .

An all-purpose slogan appropriate for all occasions, e.g., when you hit your thumb with a hammer or you lose your glasses.

Something to remind you of home, KO. Perhaps analogous to re-dreaming your worst nightmare. .

That victory only occurred because of indiscipline; defying the coach's instructions. Now they are back on song, playing Totality rugby still well remembered though with little affection in Munster. .

Kearns is apparently being considered as the plaintiff in a test case about long term brain damage from playing rugby. An excellent choice. .

Where is "up the top", Tomikin? I've been going to the place for decades - not on pleasure trips I hasten to point out - and have looked everywhere but have never been able to find the city. Unrelenting suburbia but no trace of a city. .

I like it! In fact it's no exaggeration to say that I'm enthused. "the assets, ie players" "under utilised in generating income" "more product to sell" "an open market on which players can be traded/employed" This is the sort of industrial-grade management speak that is propelling us...

I think you are partially correct, Ilmf. Even before confirmation of the NRC going ahead, Uni faced a significant challenge with the Rebels apparently deciding not to release their contracted players to come back to play in Sydney Club rugby this season. The Rebels players were a major factor in...

It's unlikely that anyone here will be able to shed much light on that question, RC. I believe it falls under the ARU's "Need to know" policy. They don't need us to know what's going on. .

Well done, Huge. It is very helpful when someone takes the time to analyse and summarise this sort of complex information. .

Apologies, tc. I withdraw the word "crude". .

Much as it pains me to give my own club up, Huge, I think that Uni did get caught in the first season of the points system. As I recall it, a First Colts player whose name eludes me took sick during the warm up. As a result Luke Jones, still a schoolboy but already having played Australian...

Dave, I have around 47 sporting clubs at the University to concern myself with. The Uni Rugby Club has three full time coaches so they can worry about how to work with the new system. As for other clubs I have mentioned unintended consequences. There is so much potential for complexity in how...

Good luck to the other clubs trying to nobble Sydney Uni, but I don't know whether their delegates are familiar with the Law of Unintended Consequences. Do they believe that it is only Uni which will be adversely affected by the changes, or do they regard that outcome as so important that they...

If people are assuming that because I frequently highlight the man's contribution to the stellar outperformance of rugby in New South Wales, I am an intimate of his they are misled. I have not only never met him but I am unaware of any reliable sightings of him. The only reason why I have not...

I don't think there is any doubt about Sydney Uni's commitment to this game. It will be treated as a serious fixture rather than as a trial. The best team available will be going to Brisbane. Tom Carter will not be going but will stay in Sydney to play a 2nd Grade trial against Penrith, but that...

Why have we abandoned the annual fixture against PNG? That worked a treat last year with us advancing one place up the tournament rankings. .

League is obviously decaying, Huge, but it will be an eternity dying. And unless our code in this country reinvents itself we will be irrelevant long before they become so. They have an army of rusted-on, blinkered, one-eyed fans who are totally unfazed by assaults on female partners and random...

Superb effort by the Waratahs' Media Unit. The lead-in to their report on last night's game: "NSW Waratahs’ coach Michael Cheika admitted his side is not perfect but emphasised they won’t be giving up after suffering their first loss of the season." Three games in, two wins by 22 and 27...