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Ben Darwin suggests most players who leave a club are less successful when they leave (and yes we can all recall the ones that do, but ON AVERAGE) , Powell is an average 9 who looked good behind the ponies pack, most 9s would look good behind them

They could have been flogged all week with no taper, we don't get told that stuff

James Haskell has said repeatedly, best coach and hardest with the highest expectations The Stan coaching interview he did with Phil Gould was very good - worth a listen Some interesting insights

The ponies are the best drilled set of pigs in the country, they have a quality system/structure with buy-in from the lot of them

I just don't think there is the cash with RA either The last NRC was done on a shoestring and cost $$$$$, they even flew teams in the morning of games and out that night to save on accommodation And Super Rugby contracted players are on shit wages as it is, give back 5%-10%? yeah, right, we tried to...

I though I was talking about Bell, Porecki and Hooper going into round 1 with zero rugby

My guess is that they will all start

Neither could the Sydney clubs

I don't think that is his first preference

We have this narrative that Eddie got rid of him, with little actual facts and a load of supposition With the same facts, the new coach requires more commitment in time (away from home) than the assistant coach was prepared to deliver. Coaching the Wobs (and playing for the wobs) is a big...

I don't remember Hooper playing trials for years, if he is breathing I expect him to start

with the quality in the backrow we can assume there maybe a solid rotation schedule planned I expect 6 Swinton 7 Hooper 8 Harris With Gleeson & Sinclair on the bench vs the ponies, I can only see Gamble getting a bench spot if we plan to lower backs coverage of the bench, and even then...

He will be behind Perese & Foteki, so unless there are injuries his moments in the spot light are about to be diminished

And the scrum coach doing 320kg partial squats .................. no pressure

I think Eddie is a smart, media savvy unit, it would be a factor in his acquisition - and rugby needs more column inches\clicks Having the top coach prepared to do more interviews, and host podcasts is not a bad thing - until the media turn on him They will build him up and then tear him down

Jones is a good coach, Rennie is a good coach Rennie was screwed over by injuries, our depth just isn't there Jones will have the same problem The key difference between the two is their manipulation of the media, Jones does a shed load of interviews and PR (sitting there like the "everyman"...

It is symptom of bad pro rugby, "well drilled" pigs running to position and taking a breather instead splattering the guy over the ball

We still looked pretty dysfunctional as a team, we didn't do a lot of that pressure building and working them around We scored a couple of maul tries, one great individual moment and a try that would have been cancelled if they had a replay We need much better work off the ball, too many...

Because the unintended consequence of trying to ensure nothings goes unpunished is moving towards rugby matches taking near 3 hours

If we could show that "after a pump" we would, but body fat % is impressive Will Harris 117kg? it is possible, he is a big boned unit who could carry it, But putting on 9kgs that quickly? I could do it, by eating like a pig and just fattening up, but putting on 9kgs of muscle over six months...