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What has gone wrong? Ewen McKenzie left 10 years ago & you haven't recovered since - at least Nuicifora is off contract next year. He (Nucifora) is a Queenslander, so has Reds blood running through his veins. A winner AND a Queenslander... Honestly, what more could the Reds franchise want in...

see this is all very apt. Dctarget - Eddie & Rugby Australia are all about smoke and mirrors, McLennan the master of deceit & trickery, this deception envelops like a thick haze across this once proud organization. this sneaky manipulating behind the scenes, Eddie influencing from afar, pulling...

Remember that Cheika didn't look beyond his term, he didn't bring through the next generation. After 2019 WC thousands of caps left overseas, leaving Rennie to build a new team virtually from scratch. He developed depth across the board and implemented astute gameplans to exploit opposition...

So you're finally coming to the realization McDonald ain't it as Le-Blues coach, fortunately for you, Nuicifora is off contract in 2024.

I meant what he ultimately developed (in a broader, bigger picture sense). the groundwork established during his tenure. and to be fair, we only saw 3 games (in 2021) with his full strength preferred team and they looked like world-beaters.

I don't expect much from Eddie but this outstanding Wallabies outfit (developed by Dave Rennie) would sleepwalk into the 2023 Quarter's coached by a lemming as their draw is such that anything short of the Semi's would be an abject failure. So it's a beautiful gig to walk into as arguably even...

Look at this from this angle: Eddie will get an easier ride initially (2023-2025) due the outstanding development Rennie has done over last 3 years - in establishing the nucleus of the side for the 2023 World Cup and beyond, 2025-27 will be an interesting period as Eddie's record of developing...

One year window to win back Bledisloe boys because it's Fozzie's last season in charge before "Ooh Aah, Razor Ray!" takes this All Black side to unprecedented heights. Eddie must pounce while the AB's are still vulnerable under Foz - as it certainly won't be a rudderless ship next year...

This move shows RA are more focused on fluff than substance. I wonder if Nucifora would have agreed to come back for $1.6million?

O'Connor has been Australia's best 10 in Super Rugby 2020-2022, he draws defenders before passing, fixes the defence & takes the ball to the line better than anyone else, he has a lot of underrated value, low error-rate, calm & composed influence on the team, extremely effective leading the backline when...

Did a better job than Leon with the Blues in a much stronger Super Rugby competition.

You're forgetting Scott Higginbotham, what an outstanding player, Wallabies won the 2011 Tri Nations with him at No.8, he was a big factor to their success 2010-2011 (Elsom, Pocock, Higginbotham) - a world class backrow coached by the outstanding David Nuicifora who was breakdown/forwards coach...

Borthwick's simply having some teething issues, 4 games in, obviously still bedding in the new structures... invariably it takes a while to implement (when coming after a coach of Eddie's nature) as the players must first have the destructive ingrained Eddieizim's flushed out of their system's -...

https://punditarena.com/rugby/eoin-harte/eddie-jones-biggest-mistake-england-head-coach/ The 62-year-old said if he could change one thing about his approach it would be his selection criteria, which saw many in-form Premiership players overlooked during his time in charge. “We always make...

I'd like to see Perese 11, Walton at 13. Nadolo just doesn't cut it anymore, he's 35.

Well, if it's not Eddie's fault for not introducing better players earlier to replace the old guard then who's is it?

Nuicifora wasn't appreciated for his work as high performance manager, he was the primary driver of Wallaby success - not Deans. The ARU couldn't wait to see back of him, and now Ireland are the best team in the world by far, everyone cites Dean's 59% record compared to Link/Cheik, but it was...

So what changed after 2017?

Rodha's 33-man World Cup squad: Zane N, Bell, AAA, Tupou, Slipper, Pone F. Porecki, Latu, BPA. Rodda, Phillip, Skelton, Hosea. Frost, T.Hooper, Gleeson, Gamble, Valetini. White, McDermott, Lonergan. Gordon, Cooper, O'Connor. Kerevi, Ikitau, Foketi, Petaia, Kellaway (best 13 option in Aus...

Eddie won't take the long road, he'll want early success because he knows it's only a matter of time before he loses the dressing room.