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Agree with your points but wouldn't they just have a bye?

That is a problem that has been inherited by the current board, they didn't cause it. Sure, there is some crossover in the personnel but this has been a systemic issue since 2003. As I said, they need time and money to be able to do anything, and really they can't do anything significant until...

I don't disagree with that, it should be more than a small surplus though, it should be substantial. I sense there are things going on behind the scenes along these lines but they need the money to commit to whatever the plans are, notwithstanding honouring current contractual obligations as well.

I don't think the current board would be categorised as outstanding, but I don't think they have been disastrous either. Australian Rugby is in a shambles and borderline broke, and consequently some tough decisions have/had to be made. Obviously the toughest of these so far was the Rebels, but...

Wouldn't that just be part of the desire to prioritise squad spots for Wallabies' eligible players now that there are less of them?

I don't think he should be getting a top up either, but it does say 'earlier this year' and that it's only small, so maybe it just happened to be at a time he was playing well and was a bit higher up on Joe's 'possibles' list. Wright should definitely be getting one though, and I'd say he will...

This is pretty spot on except I would argue that the era of greatness (or maybe consistently top 4 is a better way to describe it) covers the whole period from the early 80's - when Alan Jones took the reigns - all the way through to the end of the Rod Macqueen stint, which includes the 2003...

Sure things in Roma I reckon

As previously advised RA had taken on the Tahs and Rebels, the latter ceased to exist so RA had to move some Tahs players on to accomodate the contractual obligations of quite a few ex-Rebels players. The Brumbies came to the table a fair bit bit later in the process but presumably they were...

I’m aware of the swimming skew, also cycling to an extent and usually rowing. A country like France has its skewed to things like fencing. My point is about getting more people playing rugby, or more to the point sticking with it. Which ultimately comes down to being able to offer more...

Marce has it pretty much right funnily enough. I was referring to all athletes, not just rugby players, and meant to add ‘on a per capita basis’.

That would be because we have 4 football codes, those countries only have two.

It depends how you want to scrutinise it. We have much smaller populations than both but our athletes are clearly superior, and South Africa was an economic basket case. We can make it happen if we want to.

I don’t believe that. I’m watching ‘Chasing Great’ with my boys and was reminded that in a quarter final in the 2015 RWC the All Blacks beat France 62-13. There is a way back, but we need to find it.....pronto

Phil Waugh and Dan Herbert?

3. Williams 2. Bell 1. Donaldson

It’s funny because the stereotype is that the THP is a massive immovable brick wall whereas the LHP is meant to be taller, more athletic and technically proficient. Admittedly this is going back to an era 25 years or so ago, but I sat across the aisle on a plane once from Bill Young (LHP) and...

Usually when you see a blow out scoreline like that it reflects a demolition job and a couple of late consolation tries. In this case it was the opposite, we looked the best we have all season in the first 30 minutes, and then it went totally pear shaped. You have to look at what changed, and...

I can. Daugunu was going great.

Yes and no. We are like England were in 2000. They made the call to load up on the young talent, got demolished early on and then won the World Cup 3 years later. With a Lions tour coming up next year though we need to scavenge the globe for our best experienced players and just pick them e.g...