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Really proud of the team. Jags had a fantastic season, but the experienced players from the good guys really stepped up tonight - Read, Whitelock, Todd, Franks, Hall, Mo’unga. The defensive pressure from both sides was pretty good, but scoreboard pressure will do funny things to a team that...

I think we just watched the two best teams this year.

McCaw used a cloak, Whitelock has gloves

I thought I was being generous with some token Landers and Canes, but let’s not get carried away with a couple of Blues.

So a 41 man squad will be named for first 2 RC games and then reduced to 35 for final 2 games. I’ll be hard pressed to find 41 Crusaders to email Steve, might have to be a couple of token Highlanders and Hurricanes.

Given the entourage that accompanied Folau when he exited the Fair Work Commission today, there are plenty of people that will need to be paid.

Is that type of letter/update a regular monthly thing that comes out on a Thursday? Or was yesterday any more significant.....

The first step of Folau’s Fair Work case against RA kicks off tomorrow morning at 9:30 am. Here is the listing. The matter has been assigned to the second most senior member of the Commission. 9:30 Folau v Rugby Australia Ltd C2019/3499 s.773 - Application to deal with an unlawful termination...

A good super rugby player. Had some very good games for the Saders but never really stood out, which you don’t really need to in a good team. I like his versatility and when he wasn’t first choice 6,7 or 8, it was an added advantage to be decent at all 3. I think his best position is no.8

Great thread to resurrect. Thanks boyo

Please pick Phipps I don’t think it’s a myth at all that his passing is poor. He’s struggled with an accurate consistent pass for years. There’s no doubting his competitiveness, enthusiasm and ability to marshall his team mates. I think he can be erratic when the pressure is on and closing...

From my perspective that doesn’t make sense when you are talking about something that could cost him his job and for the ARU put at risk an asset. Yes Folau is a young man, but this is professional sports, big business and influential 3rd party sponsors. And I know that the whole ARU...

The Williamson matter was settled out of court late last year

If it proceeds to trial the judgment will certainly be published. But that can take weeks/months after the trial. The evidence and legal arguments throughout the trial aren’t always reflected in the reasons, and yet can provide an insight into some of the broader issues at play.

While the facts in this matter are unique and interesting, the law around unlawful termination are fairly well established. The reverse onus provisions on RA to disprove that they didn’t make the termination on the above grounds will be what will intrigue most because the counsel for Folau...

Forget about fake news there appears to be fake fighting going on Back on topic. The Fair Commission application is an interesting step to say the least. Not sure where it’s up to, but with unlawful termination cases there is a compulsory conference/mediation step that must occur before any...

What proof do you have that it was used for that purpose. Any govt funding would be via a contract/agreement and go through a bureaucratic process. There would be outputs/milestones attached to that money. That contract would be listed publicly because it’s above $100K.

I think you are conflating two issues there. By that rationale wasn’t it the 62 per cent that supported a change to the Marriage Act the ones that made it political, given it is politicians that hold the power to make or amend laws? That’s about as political as it gets!

I’ll play along with this one. Let’s say Folau came out and said something about super reform that flew in the face of the ACTU and union movement position. So they started a campaign against him, lobbying Joyce and other corporates about it. They put public pressure on them and RA through ads...

3-0 in the second half. Not great viewing.