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To no one's surprise. If a coach changes jobs on a yearly basis there is probably a reason why.

The argument could be made that social media has just brought things into the public eye that used to be kept inside the shed and forgotten about after a week. But I do think you're right. Everyone wants to knock down the guy with a highlight video a notch. Especially when all the boys in the...

Would honestly love to see the data on expected field position immediately following a box kick by the 9 vs a clearance by the 10 that takes into account error rates and penalties. I suspect it would line up with your hunch, especially in international test rugby where the margins are tighter...

The Westside gang sign they do now is so silly. Gentlemen most of you went to private schools and you play rugby union in Australia, not 1980s Compton.

Maybe a ridiculous question, but is there anyone from the Sevens side we could look into raiding for the Wallabies? I'm still quite unconvinced by our outside backs.

Agreed, the club championship in preseason always feels like a bit of an afterthought with all the roster changes that happen in the off-season.

None of those fellas meet the criteria I mentioned. This discussion is just going in circles.

Where are we going to find this untapped source of freak athletes that are also fit, not 78 years old, available, and financially affordable? Bunnings?

Let's be honest. PEDs are endemic at the professional level and I'd be more surprised if international test players whether Wallabies or Boks weren't on some sort of low dose HGH or EPO at the minimum. Testing is too easy to circumvent, the margins of human athletic performance are too thin, and...

In an ideal world Murphy officiates a flawless game and this conversation never happens. But officiating rugby is a tough job and it's near impossible to call a perfect game, especially when so many rule interpretations are subjective. Part of me thinks it's unavoidable to have a degree of club...

Bit of a compounding effect really. The Springboks pack can play with more intensity knowing they'll have near equal quality replacement because South Africa have fantastic depth. We lack both depth and fitness and thus have to sacrifice either intensity or player quality when the replacements...

Quade posts on instagram and tiktok like an 18 year old influencer. Down to the angel numbers in his bio with the "444". It's all pretty weird considering he's 36. But I don't think that invalidates his perspective on rugby and playing 10. He's been insightful and mature in some of his...

Very fair and unbiased commentary. Arguably the most fair and unbiased. While we're at it Harold Holt was actually kidnapped by a Wests supporter.

I’m well aware buddy, I’ve probably spent more time in the states than you have. It’s bigger than the NFL in regions where the NFL doesn’t have teams or only recently started franchises. You’re being reductive if you think I mean only the current student body. Students become alumni who raise...

College football's tribalism is built on fans who spent 4 years from 18-22 living on a campus where the entire social scene of 30k+ students revolves around drinking, their university's football team, and nothing else. Very little about college football is transferable to Super Rugby.

If you want to reach younger fans these days, you have to allow for some degree of content to trickle out on tikok/reddit/social media. Locking it behind a paywall just ensures people take in interest in other sports.

I'm inclined to agree. If it's a well-managed game then Brothers should win. But if things get chaotic that will give Wests room to capitalize off of broken play with their back and loose forward link ups.

It was interesting watching Uru, for an experienced Super Rugby player with a Wallaby cap under his belt he was letting relatively mild sideline chat distract him from the game. Could visibly see him glancing away from play toward the sideline and reacting throughout the entire 80. No one else...

1st half was well-contested by both teams but the 2nd half was dominated by Wests and that's ultimately what made the difference along with being far more clinical at the try line. Not a perfect game by either team but Wests were definitely the better of the two and deserved the win. From the...

Unsure what it was about the early 2010s that convinced kit manufacturers everywhere that unnecessary contrast piping was a mandatory feature needed in every jersey. Newer jerseys > older jersey by virtue of no unnecessary piping or asymmetrical added contrast panel.