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Precisely what you don't need. Someone who sees Melbourne as a come down but somewhere to park while waiting for a bigger gig. What you do need is someone who has enthusiasm for and experience in growing the base, i.e., forging developmental links between the Rebels and the Melbourne club...

Tim Horan, who doesn't get sufficient recognition for his creativity and contribution to the evolution of the English language, has decided to style the visitors the "Britshyrishlines." Commendable brevity. .

Predictably, Sir Clive exhibits characteristic Pommy bias and arrogance in the Daily Mail article: "Some people went away from Saturday’s Test with the impression the Lions were lucky to pull off a victory. I simply don’t agree. The Lions dominated the game and it would have been an...

The modern preoccupation with using sand rather than soil as the major ingredient in top-dressing almost guarantees turf instability. Another possible contributing factor was that Beale's approach was across a spray-on advertising sign. The incidence of players slipping on such surfaces is...

(Suggested removal of an unnecessary qualifier and substitution of a more appropriate tense) Deans is an enigma. He has had more experience than any other coach in world rugby - at explaining losses. Yet on the one occasion when even the harshest of his critics would have conceded that the...

"The Wallabies haven't had a lot of match practice among the whole squad." Gordon Bray who may well have been Matt Burke's inspiration in his choice of an after-rugby career. Not a lot of match practice as in precisely zero, Gordon. .

"We can't wait to look forward to this one." Matt Burke warming up half an hour before the First Lions Test. And apparently working without an auto-cue.

Bloody marvellous, isn't it? Neither of the two teams that beat us in the Pool rounds made it to the Final, then we get beaten by Argen-bloody-tina. So now we get to play off to see if we can improve one place on last year's 8th position. Let there be no unseemly panic. Australian Rugby is...

Would it be better for clarity if this thread were renamed "Odds & Sods". Those of us whose attitude to the ARU has long been, "You wouldn't buy shares in the joint", are disappointed each time we click on it hoping to find something remotely related to "the ARU's financial position". .

Why do you consider he is not "actually fit", Blue? In each of two matches 6 days apart he put in 60 minutes of intense effort. I thought he could have been subbed off with 20 minutes to go last night, not because he is unfit but because he had given his all. As for "do[ing] wonders with an...

I hope your Council has factored in the need to look after the Club's interests during those two seasons. It should be built in as part of the cost of the development. One thing that Manly Rugby has is great tribalism centred around the Oval. If that is eroded it will be very hard to rebuild. .

The hope is that by mid-2014 No. 2 Oval will be transformed into a rectangular field with grandstand and function room each more than twice the size of what is now on No. 1. There will also be a large state-of-the-art athletes-only gymnasium under the grandstand. Colts will probably still play...

This thread seems to have strayed somewhat off topic.

Very probably, Ted, along with global warming and the current obsession with waxing. .

I think you are right, Braveheart. My comment specifically referred to the situation at Uni. .

I would imagine so if he is currently contracted. .

I think that Braveheart has given you a wrong steer, rus. Try zero "USdollars a month" which is standard payment at Sydney Uni. .

Greg is a First Grade winger with Sydney University. He played Australian Under 20s in 2010, and as the video shows he has been a regular member of the Australian Sevens team. He is quick and elusive and a good defender. .

southsider, you describe Greg Petersen as "another example" of someone of whom a coach would say "this guy simply isn't talented enough he doesnt deserve it". The inevitable inference is that this also applies to Will Skelton. If what the young bloke did on Sunday is indicative of his true...

I thought it was a gutsy and proud performance by the bush boys given their level of experience. One of the sad things about modern rugby is that when players finish their professional careers they retire, which means there are no old hands around who can guide the kids through fixtures like...