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I really hope a few of the injured guys return this week, allowing for some much needed changes. Time to give the wider squad a crack over the next few weeks. Assuming Palu is injured. 15. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) (was pretty safe once upon a time) 14. Turner (played very well from the bench last time out) 13...

If I was coaching the Waratahs, I would definitely force them to watch that match. What happened to AJ Gilbert? Maybe having an honest toiler in the team will shame the others into caring? Cheika has to be ruthless now - anyone not burning to play and win can have a rest. Bring in anyone in...

Good intent?! I'm afraid the execution was all too familiar from the Waratahs. The only silver lining was that they clawed their way back into the match, briefly. Ok, also the scrum looked ok. The Reds managed to win it without a number of their top players, and they almost got a bonus point...

I usually go with "twats". Anyway, back to the match - at last the build up is over and we can find out if there has really been a "cultural change" at the Waratahs. Hooper is a huge gain as he completes the pack. 9-10 is a bit of a worry, as is an untried 15. A good start would be not...

Some good ideas here. I think there is something of a consensus on at least a couple of points: - it is reasonable for players to expect the bulk of their income to be garaunteed (as it would be if they were contracted overseas) - a salary cap for each Super team is a necessary measure...

Does anyone know how much funding comes from the ARU to each Super team? Is this funding in any way related to the TV rights for Super rugby? What percentage of the salary cap (and overall team budgets) does this funding represent? It seems to me that Super rugby TV rights would be...

The ARU contracting system has never been ideal, but this new development (salary cap for the Super teams without any guaranteed top up) makes the situation worse. It would appear that there is now almost no chance that Australian teams can compete financially with the overseas market. My main...

Surely that scenario is still attractive to a potential new coach - you get to coach for a Lions series, the previous coach had a poor record, if it doesn't work out you can blame the lack of prep time or the previous coach. By the way, isn't the current state of the Wallabies 'all the fault...

A very interesting idea Brumbieman. It makes sense to me. Quite a few years ago, my 50 year old uncle needed help carrying a big concrete fountain up the stairs to the back of his house at Bondi (a very hilly area). He went down to City Gym to hire two strong guys (the strongest he could find)...

He won a lot of Super rugby titles with the Crusaders you know.....

3. Hooper 2. Douglas 1. Cummins

2013 - hopefully less shit

Dalglish also had a pretty awesome striker to call upon in his earliest coaching job - Dalglish!

I'll try to be clearer - both coaches were fortunate to inherit champion teams. Those teams already had the fundamental structures required of them pretty much set, so the coaches did not need to implement them. To some extent, they could let the rest take care of itself. With Liverpool 2011-12...

Terminate with prejudice.

It could be argued that Dalglish inherited a pretty strong team in his first coaching stint as player manager, hence they didn't need so much direction/structure and could....play what was in front of them. A little bit like the Crusaders.

you couldn't make this shit up

The season was a debacle from the outset. The performance in the first round against Queensland (and every subsequent round) proved it. Many of the players who have been so poor throughout the Super season have looked better under Robbie Deans with the Wallabies. Robbie Deans FFS! For me, that...

Che? Yabo no gw suxjgwls?

Promise ends in pain Crusaders turn up to beat Waratahs again The forwards were pretty good, apart from the restarts. The Tahs scrum was great. As noted elsewhere, Tom Carter had a shocker. Crusaders took their chances (and why not when we lay them on for them so nicely). We didn't take...