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We desperately need the rugby season to start...

And if you want to see why they need every option before cancellation, check out the current A-League table: some teams have played 7 games, some have played 11 games. In soccer, you can catch that up with maybe 3 day turnarounds for short periods. BBL did the same. You can't do that in pro...

Phil, that's a very good point about the vibe in Australian cricket when the BBL started. Even before Sandpaper, there were a lot of people not only disenfranchised by dickhead behaviour by the team, but also by the lazy, entitled commentary from channel 9. The channel 10 commentary was a breath...

And, especially if you're bringing in new squad members, you'd need to have them training against an opposing scrum, not just a scrum machine - one of those front-rowers gets COVID, you lose 6 front-rowers from your squad. No-one's going to be able to find enough quality clubbies to have at...

As previously mentioned, if you're over 16 years old, and don't have kids under 16, Cricket Australia doesn't care what you think about the BBL, it's not targeted at you.

I always enjoy your detailed content Adam - what's Com/Res, the "legacy" cable/satellite connections?

That does seem to be the way it's been ruled recently. Is there an alternative? I mean, how do you determine whether a try would "probably" have been scored without the professional foul, if the player had done the right thing? In this instance, the English hooker was, ironically, in a pretty...

NRL will be trialling technology to rule on forward passes this year: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/the-new-technology-that-could-end-contentious-forward-pass-calls-20220204-p59tyl.html Can it determine "forward out of the hands"?

Good news that Tizzano's still there - he's earned more game time.

Exactly - and it's easy enough for the AR to adjudicate. They just need to. If you want to promote technology, don't mention VAR :).

Yes, good communication should be concise communication from refs. For example, when a team has conceded multiple penalties on their own line, the ref doesn't need to give a long explanation about how many penalties they've given away, and that "something more might happen" if they infringe...

A couple of years ago, BBL made the same mistake as Super Rugby, taking a popular comp and lengthening it to the point where mid-season games became meaningless. They seem to have realised that and fixed it now, with the final still in the school holidays. I can't see them making it any shorter...

Well, I'm guessing you're not under 18 years of age, in which case, the BBL doesn't really care if you watch it. It's been pretty effective in drawing in a new generation of younger fans and their parents.

It somehow improves the joyful memory of that game, to know that Kiwis are still pissed off about it.

It's probably a good indication of Sydney rugby that a bloke like Darren Coleman, with a resume that includes the Brumbies academy, Japan, US, and NRC, is reduced to "HE WON SHUTE SHIELDS WITH TWO CLUBS!!!".

Leichhardt also looks good on TV, which is something. Looked like a pretty good surface last year as well, which has been a problem at Brookie for several years.

End of next week, I think - Tahs website has it as Sat 29 Jan, though no news on it since it was announced in Nov.

As it turned out, Yellowstone was actually over before this season started, but that's a topic for another thread.

I'm aiming lower in terms of wins. Given the way all the AU teams performed against NZ last year, I reckon a Tahs win against NZ opposition this year is probably too much to hope for. Agree no blowouts.

Welcome Jamie, I think you'll find this a good place to ease the pain of being a Tahs fan... I think you're right, not sure we've won a game since Bankwest/Commbank Stadium opened, which is a bit depressing.