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Probably because plenty of NSW "rugby people" are much more closely aligned to their club or school team than the Tahs. Plenty of older Shute Shield club fans feel like Super Rugby diminished the quality of their comp, so they're still quite happy to give the Tahs the cold shoulder. Churlish at...

Both of the "what went wrong at the Tahs" articles at FoxSports and the SMH today are good, though depressing, reading. But they also highlight the limitations of rugby reporting - for several years, it's been clear there were problems with management, but never anything reported as clearly as...

Yeah, I'm sure Hore did some good things, I agree the increased connection to community rugby is a good thing and needs to improve further. But the whole Gibson-Cron-Penney thing, followed immediately by Hore's departure, looked shambolic. But it's the board that has to own this situation -...

The cross-promotion from Nine is surprisingly good. It's the essential part of making the FTA exposure actually work - there's no point just having a game on FTA if no-one knows it's there. I didn't think Nine would put this kind of effort behind rugby, but they clearly want it - both FTA and...

Great way to wreck a promising young coach, putting him in charge of a team under the sort of pressure the Tahs are currently facing. Penney's still a good coach, it would be great if Cron could find a role with him, but I wouldn't be throwing him into the head coach role at this point.

Harsh, I reckon. These shows always take a while to find their feet, but I don't mind a bit of banter, etc, if the rugby content is good. And it was really good, thorough analysis, good updates on the Tahs crises, etc.

Has anyone pointed out to the Tahs management that you can't tank for draft picks in Super Rugby?

Yes, it's good to have the refs' input, especially when there's time to discuss these points in more detail. Angus Gardner's appearance on the new Rugby Heaven show was a bit stilted, but a good idea. It's noticeable that the AU commentators are being much more careful about whinging about the...

Last season the Tahs showed impressive improvement through the season, and were playing a very good style of footy in the SRAU portion of the season - though blighted with the usual inconsistency that the Tahs have shown for years. Penney is good with young players - you can't judge his season...

Dammit - I've read Morgan Turinui's preview in the SMH, and now I'm starting to really look forward to the game. Tahs! Why do you do this to me - this futile hope?!

The endless chopping and changing at the management level is the biggest problem for the Tahs, no focus on pathways and development.

Yes, that was a little embarrassing for Murphy in the Reds-Tahs game. But I think the difference is that we hear all that communication - I think previously they only turned on the TMO audio when there was a referral from the on-field ref.

Yes, it was pretty rough to watch, but I'm not writing the season off yet. It was similar last year, and we saw a lot of improvement over the season. Unfortunately, this should be year 2 for this team, but in reality, it's back to year 1 of rebuilding, with so many changes after last season. I...

Correction - "since KB (Kurtley Beale) and Michael "not a 7" Hooper left the scene..." Welcome BR!

FP, I'm intrigued. "Jack 17 Raglan St"? It's not the snappiest nickname. But there is a 17 Raglan St in Mosman, so I'm assuming there's some rugby connection there.

Surely they must be planning some sort of midweek show or extended pre-game/post-game stuff with the number of people they've now signed.

Yes, this impacts Stan's catalogue quite significantly too, I think - part of why they're diversifying into sport.

Conceivably, at some point, the opposing hookers in this game could literally be teacher and student - Ed Craig of the Rebels squad, Billy Pollard of the Brumbies, both of Barker College from 2019.

Yes, Gibson was "sweating the asset" in 2019, but really, the story of the Tahs is mis-management of resources and playing rosters for most of the history of Super Rugby - no consistency in management approach or staff, no succession planning. I'm sure the board is happy for us to try to blame...

Now, this is the content I'm here for!