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Breakdowns directly lead to every single facet of Rugby. It's the foundation of the sport.

The similarities between Joyce and JON are several. He has left the reputation of QANTAS, once a beloved national symbol, in tatters. Joyce has also left QANTAS with a massive opex and capex mountain to climb. He is a balance sheet and p&l musketeer that carves out profitability but is the...

That would be true if his current contract is millions of dollars more than what he could get right now, or when it was first realised he wouldn't be playing.* To be fair the three overseas player rule is still in place (at least as of now) and he'd probably need to take a considerable haircut...

Sure but he was asked directly about Arnold. And he's been asked the same question before with no change in the circumstances. If it's a chance to motivate him or make him an example for the squad, or even to get a quote into a paper I'd say it's worth not just deadbatting that question. It's...

This is a quote from that article: 'reports on Wednesday suggesting the Brumbies might not be able to meet White's financial demands on a new deal should head office not top up his deal'. I'd also not believe a top up isn't forthcoming. Our team needs his experience and his balanced style. He...

The preposition of that article seems astounding. If there was a single player I'd have thought would definitely be offered a top up it would be White with Slipper not far behind. They are both in the leadership group after all. Neither are replaceable. Perhaps a negotiating tactic?

Agree it's ironic and it's certainly fuelling the criticisms of stoicism being a rich man's hobby in some circles

Theyre both avid stoic philosophy students but they disagree ardently on the most influential voices of the subject. McLennan subscribes more to the Seneca school of thought given his more accessible prose but Sua'ali'i finds him to be too sloganistic and so prefers the more introspective...

I guess it's a chicken and egg question. Personally I would have advocated for taking on more debt and operating at a loss if it meant picking up a top level coach in place of Graham or Stiles, but I was quite happy with the appointment of Thorn at the time given his results in NRC and u20s...

Is that the same thing though? Having an existing personal relationship is probably very common at this level of administration and coaching. Ironically on balance I would argue that until the beginning of this year the car park search that found Thorn worked very well and on the whole I think...

Such a tough pass to catch!!!

Aumua a freak in attack, not so much in defence today.

Reds just have so many brilliant individuals

Defensive system totally broken down for that try by Moana

Anecdotally, with no basis of evidence or even logical reasoning at all as I cant be bothered, calling that hit mid range seems quite bizarre by the judiciary. Anyway, my last post on the issue - it was quite emotive for me at the time to see a young player with a bright future do the concussion...

I agree with posters that he is obviously not trying to get himself carded but simultaneously I think you could argue Blyth has deliberately removed his control of the tackle by placing himself in that position. Is something reckless if the chance of disaster is as likely as it was when he put...

He's probably lucky it's not longer. A lot longer. I'm trying to think of a dumber play for the Reds. We have a genuine injury crisis and one of our experienced big forwards coming back from injury immediately attempts to decapitate an opposition player.

Wright has been a super rugby star for several years running and simultaneously been disappointing at test level on many occasions. He has enough tests that super form cannot absolve him of demonstrably poor decision making for Australia. For that reason he'd be third or fourth in line to start...

Liam Wright could be a perfect fit for Eddie at 7. A little bit over the ball and a bigger body with some line out and decent metres in contact.

Far out Petaia is world class