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All the snow is falling in Japan. If it wasn't for COVID they'd be having their best season for a while.

Or possibly whether or not you that that people should be democratically accountable to their stakeholders, or whether there should just be a corporate oligarchy who are accountable to nobody but themselves and who appoint and reappoint each other.

Yes, yes, yes. :) Again, yes and yes. Naturally the RA response is to appoint more Shore old boys and Mosman residents to positions of power.;)

Turbo charged development model as used by RFU, NZRU et al elite player development units

2cv development model graphic as used by RA elite development unit

Turbo charged development system operated by RFU, NZRU et al Development engine operated by RA

Alas, the time for RA to be "doing more" has long passed. The time for them to be "doing more" (not just in the Pacific but in Australia too), was 20 years ago when media and public interest in the game was at an all time high, the Wallabies had come off a 1999 RWC win, RWC 2003 in Australia...

You only have to compare Bill Lawry and Ian Chappell to confirm this theory.

If anyone really wanted to kill the site as quickly as possible, they could simply hand over administration to RA. There's a fair bit of expertise there in going out of business.;)

Although I think that they are actively trying to prevent widespread dissemination of the scores.

Undoubtedly we don't. The ongoing problem is that our best arrive at super and test level with significant deficiencies in some of the core skills of the game and a lack of rugby smarts in pressure situations. I mean in the first quarter of this game the Wallabies had about 80% of territory...

Well done Wallabies, 100% commitment as always. Enjoyed the game and the way it was played. Thought the ref did a good job with a very challenging game to control. The red cards were in accordance with the WR (World Rugby) protocols and even though I thought that there was no malice in either, the...

Everything has to change or nothing will change. Until the whole structure of the game is reformed and the deadwood culled, this is the new normal.

The players sang the nation anthem with pride and passion (probably the best of any Australian sporting team for a while)and tried their guts out on the field. They played their best but weren't good enough; too many pushed passes, too many poor kicks under pressure and too many basic little...

In seats which ironically return hard left Labour members, with high non-anglo demographics in which most people have probably never even heard of rugby. The seats which cover the rugby heartland in Sydney were overwhelmingly in favour; Wentworth, Warringah, North Sydney, etc...

If a boy doesn't get picked for Aust schoolboys but nevertheless goes on to become a Wallaby, he doesn't figure in the schoolboys number. For example NFJ and Phil Kearns only played 2nds at Newington and didn't play in any schoolboy rep teams but became Wallabies. I didn't provide the original...

Interesting statistics. Interesting that the schools who produce fewer Australian schoolboys have a much higher percentage go on to become Wallabies. Joeys 46% Kings 64% Scots 58% View 32% New 89% Shore 100% High 131% Grammar 775% Grammar is a statistical anomaly - I presume that most of...

I understand that it's a serious health issue which requires immediate and ongoing treatment. I wish him well.

I agree

This should have been set up years ago when IRB/WR (World Rugby) were throwing cash around to try to support PI rugby, instead of now when everyone is in deep financial pain. There's are reason why the leaguies play Samoa v Tonga test matches in Campbelltown.;)