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Unlike some, Robbie Deans always conducted himself with great dignity. He can hold his head high. .

Of course it does, LG. Transparently self-evident. .

There is a massive amount of men's sport shown on TV, wo, and just a minuscule focus on women's sport. Aside from the Women's National Basketball League, in which Logan Thunder play, there is limited TV coverage of soccer's W-League and the Trans-Tasman Netball League. Women's basketball has...

I've just read through all of State of Play's posts. I'm not quite sure in what sense he (she?) can be labelled "a first timer", having been a member of G&GR for 10 months. In a number of his posts he has been quite critical of the way that Gordon has been/is being run but I think it is drawing...

Can I suggest we call a time-out for a short while? Things are getting a bit too heated and personal. .

Much as it pains me to let a Murdoch publication off the hook - notwithstanding my links to one of Loopy Roopy's journos - but my mail is that there was a shift in the ARU's position after they got feedback from most Sydney clubs of total opposition to a standalone bid by one particular club. .

As someone who has on occasion tried to get there by public transport I can state authoritatively that nothing is "within spitting distance of ... TG Milner". .

I don't think that Sydney University Football Club could be classified as a "government entity". It receives support from Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness but the great bulk of its expenditure is raised by the Club's own efforts. As for "what, if any restriction their sports clubs have on raising and...

If we're on a nostalgia kick, surely the Rays would go back to Gosford. A logical sponsor for them would be a service station at Palm Beach or Avalon as Warringah fans would be reliving the car trips of 2007. .

That would be a spectacular party trick, LG, but not of much relevance on the rugby field. More to the point, my snouts tell me that he can kick the ball a mile with either foot. .

Brilliant. Complexity is what separates our code and is the basis of its appeal. Knowledge of the Laws leads to respect for the Laws, and respect for referees. I hope that this initiative pays off in terms of assisting the Club's resurgence. .

Thanks, pT. I got lucky. Weird old Rupert let me in behind the pay wall. Or to use more appropriate terminology, I can now claim to have hacked my way into News Ltd. .

I don't know the answer to that question, Braveheart, and it's not a question that particularly interests me. Television ratings are a very imperfect metric of the health of our sport. A more relevant question would be whether having one Super Rugby game on FTA each week would greatly raise...

But the major problem, QH, is that none of the Northern Hemisphere rugby is available on free-to-air. Contrast that with the soccer situation where SBS offers very extensive coverage of local and European games. .

I think that this is a key issue, TOCC. If international standard rugby was available on a regular basis to all sports viewers I think many of our difficulties would be solved. Unfortunately it's a problem without an obvious solution as Foxtel can be expected to use its financial muscle to...

I think that Tolu Latu is a great talent, but watching him play many times for Uni I frequently commented to anyone who would listen - I think there were at least two of them - and others who wouldn't - their names are legion - that his flat throw left little margin for error. I much prefer to...

Actually, wamberal, I'm a wee bit busy being President of an organisation which has over 40 clubs competing in different sports, quite a few of which are so successful that my organisation is arguably the major non-governmental sporting development body in Australia. And I have had some...

Of course, gel, we could try something weirdly radical like requiring that all contracted players complete the theory section requirement for qualification as a referee. Then all 33 of those actually on the field of play might begin to approach the detailed knowledge of the Laws possessed by...

If the future involves the Leaguiefication of Rugby then count me among those happy to "go back to being an amateur, community-based game." Fortunately the rest of the Rugby-playing world sees no need for the dumbing-down of our code to attract the interest of those with impaired attention...

Lift your game, LG. .