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Fair enough, TOCC. This is one of the problems with written as opposed to verbal communication. The subtleties are lost. .

I hardly keep it a secret, TOCC, as with my true identity. I'm compulsively up-front, make of it what you will. .

My mail is that the training that the Waratahs' forwards did pre-season in 2012 was about as far away as you could get from "physical conditioning appropriate for the sport, specifically focussing on really heavy strength training". Bulking up is not what it should be about, although it can be a...

I saw some very good signs this afternoon, sufficient to believe that if Australian rugby ever embraces physical conditioning appropriate for the sport, specifically focussing on really heavy strength training, we have the potential to be a seriously competitive force, including against the All...

So, as a key component of "the shake up that Australian rugby needs" you suggest reducing Sydney Uni from a seven-team club to a one-team club, Bowside. The club that for the last eight or so years has been producing more professional rugby players than any club in the world by assisting players...

I suspect they've moved on some time ago, Huge. Probably beavering away at the next stunt to promote someone's business interests. .

A couple of months ago I put forward a Third Tier model in a post titled, "Learning from the enemy - an affordable third tier competition". The model I proposed then included B teams from the Super franchises but fortunately that option has been ruled out. Otherwise the model proposed can be...

It's a pity you didn't volunteer him as an intern, IS. Then he might have been the one making the decision on the cut-off age. .

The link with Sydney Uni is not exactly a recent development, QH. In 2005 the President of Canterbury Juniors approached Sydney Uni requesting affiliation, which the Club agreed to. It was not until 2008 that Sydney Uni was designated as a junior district but effectively Canterbury Juniors have...

My mail, Huge, is that the suggestion came from a primary school age intern wanting to get all his mates in for nothing. .

See, at least our joint scores highly on two KPIs: Consistency; and Meeting customer expectations.

Bloody interns! They can't even install a new computer system without stuffing it up. I thought school-kids were all supposed to be geniuses at this sort of thing. No wonder we don't pay them. I've got a good mind to go and complain to Jason but as usual he's got that "Do not disturb" sign on...

That's interesting feedback, Gavin. As you know this year I have only watched a limited number of Uni Colts games and I've been trying to remember how well Will Skelton was going at the same age as Cam is now. You draw attention to a couple of very valid indicators, namely body height and...

The fluctuations may well be due to the interns being called upon to do a shift at a pub or, for the younger ones, they may have a school assignment due. .

Yes, Huge, I'm still pondering which of Will and Cameron was more advanced as a Year 12 schoolboy. I don't recall the difference as being clear-cut. There is a third brother who looks as if he will end up bigger than his older siblings, but thus far is not showing much interest in rugby. There...

Throughout life I have always marched to a different beat. For thirty years I taught in an Economics Department despite believing - and publicly proclaiming - that the underlying theory of the discipline was fundamentally flawed. I even wrote a paper titled, "Towards an observational economics...

Having watched Will Skelton's accelerating development since he started playing Colts while still at school and the fact that he is just 21, I don't think he is deficient in terms of "level of aggression", inner or outer. Anyone who experienced his back-slam tackle this season would probably not...

If your club has any serious interest in pursuing such a link, BeastieBoy, it might help if club members such as yourself don't use the term "jap". Japanese people find it offensive. .

Those unpaid interns have a lot to answer for.

It's not the whole answer, howya, but it addresses the real need for our professional players to be continually exposed to high level competition and for club players to have the same sort of experience. Why is common sense such a rare commodity? .