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I am desperately keen to support Stan and their coverage. However, it is distinctly weird that they never show replays of anything, be it scrums or penalties. Am I imagining that?

Newsome is our captain. A guy who is barely club-grade. Think about that for a minute... No wait...best not to. Porecki is a solid player. But why is it the case that two Sydney boys i.e. BPA and Fainga'a, are starters for their state and WB contenders - and yet we’ve got to 2 solid club...

Worth a try. Dagunu is a liability, for all his talent. You’re just not sure what colour card he’s going to give you each week. Wright should get a chance in a dead rubber.

I would just like to see a Dirty Dozen experiment Where we go to Long Bay and bust out a bunch of Bronson and Lee Marvin characters who get the job done. Just once. A suicide mission, if you will. :)

Without picking on that young man... We have a system where ‘school of hard knocks’ is replaced with ‘private school of adult sycophants and constant praise’. Nigel Plum played super tough for the Panthers until his head failed but never made a rep team. If he played rugby, he’d have been WB...

True It’s the hope that kills you...

I genuinely feel sorry for Rennie Imagine having to convince lads to bend their back for their country? A kiwi would have no experience of that conundrum White spending his time mouthing off while watching blokes stroll in for tries. Poor old Rennie. Welcome to the Australian rugby...

Good point. the whole thing is complicated by the fact that it's a lineout and the defending team is not allowed to leave the lineout until it's finished/completed (penalty) Aside from that, if the attacking team advance without a maul being formed, they should be told to 'use it'. Unless...

The defending team can only legally sack a maul before it forms, which in practical terms, means immediately the moment the jumper hits the ground. Added to that, the ripper must also act at that moment as well, otherwise it's obstruction Therefore timing is critical and sometimes attacking...

Well, we can enjoy club rugby strengthened by a return of the schoolboys. It’ll be better than no rugby at all and mowing the lawn.

Wow. That’s quite the over-reaction. I am a fan of school sport, and of club sport. But you’re right, perhaps a debate isn’t warranted on these pages.

Yes, of course it’s a reference to the long term imbalance. I don’t feel I’m obligated to come up with a specific reference meeting your narrow debating terms in order to make it, but what the hell, it’s a forum for argument, so here we go... How about ‘every weekend in U16s and Opens’? When...

I agree with you, of course However, it would be the first unfair leg-up the club boys have had in 50 years, compared to schools rugby, so I don't think 'nothing short of outrageous' is the fairest adjective

"Let's be clear champ. When I said I liked Liquorice Allsorts, I meant, the lollies."

I'm sort-of neighbours with Nathan Grey doesn't make me responsible for the Wallaby defensive system of the last few years, does it? :)

It's easy to see how, in a time of crisis, a strong personality like Wiggs would seem like the 'sort of leader we need', to get the game out of the shit. But he's not. He's a private equity head-kicker and (IMHO), they only know one way, and that way ain't pretty. I'd seriously wonder what...

Without knowing the details, I suspect it's the Corona-inspired FX movement against the book value of the (undoubted) US$ denominated sponsorship/revenue Not all hedges are fully covered. Give these things are marked to market, it seems like a technical reason for the auditor to carry on like a...

Hi dru Sorry, wasn't suggesting you'd said that. It was more of a hypothetical about a legal scenario rather than anyone was suggesting it Cheers

Well, quite The Board may well have given up the ghost, but getting them out is harder than it seems. Hoping they all resign in a pique of self-disgust or embarrassment is probably a pipe dream. In real terms though, most directors are not the problem. It's the 'few' who are the problem...

No. Afraid not. Directors are appointed by shareholders. Shareholders can call an EGM and vote them all out if they want.