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Harsh, maybe. The game needs some passion! I'm guessing Thomo might be back - hardly a fair-weather fan if they have Stan Sport and blow up at the intricacies of maul rulings. And congrats Tahs on a great game - with at least 3 soft tries conceded in the first half, I just thought it was going...

I'd suggest the NRL has this weekend and next covered at Homebush for exactly that reason - they get first choice.

If you've got Stan, there's a really interesting special on the Waratahs there now, an interview with Paul Doorn then comments from Turinui and Cheika. I don't agree with everything he says, but credit to Doorn for facing the questions.

It should be - anointing a head-coach-in-waiting 2-3 years ahead is too much of a gamble on one person: could anyone pick who will be the best head coach candidate for a team that far ahead? And in Australia, we never have enough stability at the head coach level to allow a smooth progression...

When NSW Rugby split off a separate board to run the Waratahs, people were worried it would split the professional team away from the community teams. And then re-uniting the two boards was supposed to help bring the two back together. I don't think it worked either way. Whilst there's a lack...

Kafer writes an article about the Tahs, and most of it is reasonable and accurate. We have entered the end times.

So, COVID only impacted NSW? Seems like the Reds and the Brumbies were able to keep pretty reasonable squads together. Bullshit excuse.

Penney has given an interview to the SMH - suggests he wasn't entirely on board with the cut-price recruitment program, says Davis promised him patience and resources, but gave him neither...

Ch9 was hit by a cyberattack Sunday/Monday, which has made broadcasting (and publishing the SMH) difficult. Might also be that some of the hosts were stuck in Brisbane?

Well, that's very disappointing. NSWRU not missing an opportunity to further underline their incompetence, and delay any rebuild for another couple of years. Any recruitment conversations that have been happening are now moot, if we don't have a new coach in place soon we'll miss out on the best...

There was a really interesting interview with Eddie by James Haskell on his podcast, where Eddie was quite frank about the mistakes he made when coaching the Reds back in 2009 (maybe?) - it was really interesting to see how a coach learns and changes through their career. But for the Tahs 2021...

And was prepared to correct his fellow commentators on-air when required.

Yes, I respect that the new commentary team are clearly trying to avoid bitching about the refs, but nevertheless, they can do better. It's crucial if they want to help new viewers of the sport.

Adding a ref to the commentary team would be nice, but really, it shouldn't be that hard for former professional rugby players and current professional commentators to understand the laws of their game.

This whole discussion of seeking alternative players at the Shute Shield level just emphasises how the balance of the squad has been wrecked over the past several years - not just this season. When the experienced, Wallaby-level players were stripped away for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, there was...

Yes, I think Angus Bell will appreciate it if Tupou only arrives later in the match, on previous experience.

Huh? Who's saying that? I think most people are happy to say there's plenty of blame to go around. Personally, I'd start with the board, and work my way down from there.

I love Marika, but the money should be poured into the forward pack, maybe then some experienced heads in the inside backs, then trying to retain Maddocks, and only then to more wingers.

"Man smelling strongly of petrol offers to help put the fire out".

Thankfully, we've been graced with Roger Davis's thoughts on the Tahs, now that he's returned refreshed from the wilds of Tasmania: scrum bad, defence bad, lost a lot of talent, Penney has our support until he doesn't, can't afford more losses. Our ad-hoc review panel has had some great ideas...