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Assuming it's the same as recent games, the MA Noble and Bradman stands face one in-goal, with a corner flag close to the junction between those stands and the Members. Bill O'Reilly stand faces the sideline, but a long way from the action.

Fortunately, the game is so far away from the spectators at the SCG, it should dull the pain. OK, enough of the negativity. Looking forward to seeing the Gordon-Harrison relationship develop, hopefully the Tahs have been running plenty of defensive drills in the past 2 weeks.

Well, that would be a big mistake, but signing Matera wouldn't fix that problem, just give them less cash to throw at the other positions. And then one of the surplus local backrowers gets frustrated and heads off to another team, and the Waratahs 2025 thread starts off with "how could we have...

That's a big call. He's going to be putting some tough miles on the training track over the next couple of months.

According to Wikipedia, Coleman also boasts coaching experience in the ARC, NRC, head coach of Brumbies academy, and head coaching in Japan and Italy - a lot more than just Shute Shield titles. Makes him a much more impressive contender than I previously thought. Whilst the head coach role is...

This is why change at the board level is so important. The board needs to be committed - and stay committed - to building the whole organisation, and not chopping and changing GMs, CEOs, and coaches every five minutes. The Brumbies, and now the Reds, can point to "the Brumbies/Reds way of doing...

Christy Doran seems to like cloaking the interesting content in his stories beneath a clickbait headline - though I guess that's journalism 101 these days. John Connolly? Ha ha, good one, move along. But otherwise, a good review of who might be interested.

We would have been paying a massive amount of money for our back row, with Hooper there as well. And presumably no topup from RA. Yes, I'd have loved to see him at the Tahs, but not at any cost. Better for him to absorb some of that sweet PE money in NZ, and deprive a possible All Black...

Funny how some journalists instinctively have to take the negative outlook - Coleman is one of several contenders for the Tahs job, and there are other good options on that list. And "no formal conversations" with the Rebels have taken place, but apparently, the Tahs rebuild is in trouble...

No doubt there was some corporate excess there, but I think those savings also include cutting development officers and other roles that were assisting to develop the game at the grassroots.

Globally, the All Blacks are way bigger than the Wallabies - they have brand recognition in the US and Europe well beyond the rugby market, something the Wallabies can only dream of.

Tahs v Crusaders is a huge match for Wollongong, I hope the Tahs can give it some good promotion. I'm guessing they'd have preferred that one for Sydney, but probably too late to pick up one of the Sydney stadiums. Noting those times are NZ - it's a 3:05pm kick-off locally. Could be a great...

Yes, they'll need to keep the price low, as there wouldn't be many pubs who are going to switch off the Fox subscription, this would just be additional. Do Fox or TAB provide the actual screens as well?

Great follow-up by Ben Batger in the SMH today: agrees Donaldson played well, but just a disagreement over selection policy. That is to say, the player put in a great performance, but he shouldn't have been selected. Nevertheless, well done Batger on putting it all on the record for us to...

Always the big if - the worst time to be a Tahs supporter is usually the game after a great performance.

And Chris Whittaker - I don't think he's the best choice for head coach, but he bleeds blue. It would be great if he could remain part of the coaching team into the future.

So, yeah, I'm behind the times, but I see Todd Louden is coaching Southern Districts. Is he still a star coach of the future, and would he come into the reckoning for the Waratahs? He was the next big thing when coaching Uni.

Are we talking about Adam Ashley-Cooper here? :) Folau's kick was pretty good actually, but he took a long time to wind up and kick, so rarely used it.

Yep, I think going for the "point of difference" winger too often means we're prepared to sacrifice skills like defence and kicking, in the hope of having someone like Taqele, who can create excitement in attack - 3-4 times a season. Ramm seems like a polished all-round performer, despite his...

Can someone provide the ratings figures for the 9 main channel for Saturday night? How does that compare to SRAU on Gem?