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"the game has to be taken to the communities by the ARU". I should live so long. Admittedly it is probably unfair to single out the ARU over their inaction. Over the years I have tried to persuade or influence various organisations to take a proactive role with regard to indigenous advancement...

Just straws in the wind, pT. There was a suggestion he was interested in moving higher up the food chain. .

Why not have a farewell party at one of the remaining home games for the outgoing near-invisible CEO? Half the crowd would turn up to make sure he's really going, while most of the rest would attend out of idle curiosity, wanting to see what he looks like. .

Or another example, Iain Payten having to write a reference for me. Totally unsolicited I hasten to add. .

It seems that you're never too old to be astounded. It would appear then that the absence of indigenous players in both countries can be attributed to a failure of communication. Indigenous people were probably unaware of just how welcome they would have been made if they'd turned up at their...

I concur.

Bloody hell! Psychoanalysis? psy·cho·a·nal·y·sis(sk--nl-ss) n. pl. psy·cho·a·nal·y·ses (-sz) 1. a. The method of psychological therapy originated by Sigmund Freud in which free association, dream interpretation, and analysis of resistance and transference are used to explore repressed or...

I notice some members are having Shift Key problems.

While I always appreciate getting a tick of approval from the aficionados of satire, it is a source of joy for me in my dotage that even when I strive to stretch the boundaries of absurdity there is always the possibility that someone might take my scribblings literally. .

Franky, it seems as if "cornered" was not the most appropriate choice of word for you to have used. It was certainly what caught my attention. With regard to the younger Pulver, one thing I immediately noted about his game the first time I watched him is that he weights his passes very well...

Quite a few of us criticise top rugby officials for being remote from our game's grassroots. However, if they are going to be "cornered" when they attend club matches and expected to debate issues such as the relative playing strengths of clubs, we should not be too surprised if they retreat...

We are in your debt, pT, for sharing that with us. .

I'm getting increasingly annoyed with the carping criticism that some on this forum direct at Tim Horan. I think that a lot of people miss the point that he is helping to educate viewers who lack the deep knowledge of someone like Matthew Burke, for instance. In the post match show tonight he...

I do not want to imply that I find the present witty repartee between two of our members anything other than fascinating and a welcome distraction from what the heading suggests the thread should be about; but going forward I think it would be a good idea if we could codify a forum approach to...

Not quite, Huge. I personally know a lot of players he has coached who are an enormous wrap for him. .

I concur. If Damien Hill is to be replaced the Rebels need someone who can really develop emerging players plus command the respect of the rock stars. Louden is the man. .

I presume you mean players like Greg Martin, Tim Horan and Matthew Burke. .

HW&C, I gave your post a "like" not because I necessarily agree with it - I don't necessarily disagree with it either - but because it is a very interesting and well-argued idea. Either one of those qualifiers should ensure that it gets nowhere. .

How that man is languishing away up at Nelsons Bay is beyond me. But then we are in the alternative universe of Australian rugby where proven incompetents can have provinces bidding furiously against one another for their services, with the victor(?) signing them on a multi-year contract; the...

I'll talk to the relevant people, Worker, and see whether we can get something up early next week. .