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The other huge 'luck' factor for the Cheika Wallabies in RWC2015 being that England was at that crucial moment in a total mess, all of it, selections, attack structure, lack of coherent coaching, etc. As soon as England became better coached and selected in 2016, they came to Australian shores...

This is a very pertinent observation and probably should be discussed more than it is. Gnostic here has often observed and argued the matter of how few Wallabies appear to improve their B grade skills levels _under any HC_ and over long periods of Test play. That is, essentially, they appear...

I get your points but don't endorse them. To have a CEO in very recent days 'reassuring' the media and fans that 'we're currently looking hard and wide to assess and recruit the next Wallaby HC and no decision's made' and yet where in fact that is totally untrue and a new HC was effectively...

Look, yeah, there's many factors affecting Australian rugby's destiny over the next 4 years, of course, agree. Totally agree, for example, that player skill development and technical coaching from the grassroots up needs major revitalisation and attention. We have system-wide, not just Wallaby...

That may well be the case, that what will soon unfold was decided in late 2018 and into 2019 well before the RWC. Remarkably, the SMH online is reporting strongly that RA/Wallaby staff have already been told that Rennie is to arrive as Wallaby HC (which if true is btw something of a farce in...

I have absolutely no doubt that Aust rugby can be fixed and turned around. No doubt whatsoever. Honestly the problem is simply this: either (a) no one has found a way to blow up the current entrenched and in-denial governance system and revolutionise it, and sadly there's no sign as yet that...

Reg, that really is an excellent piece above post #97, well done. See, we can agree about something in Australian rugby about every 5 years or so ;). Just as aside: I always note that assessments of the Darwin-like bent where it's all some grand macro story like 'the Wallabies have been in...

It is absolutely normal and the typical case that a national, uppermost level, Australian representative sporting team is invited to and is expected to come to a very nicely done welcome-type function at the Australian Embassy of the applicable comp-hosting city. Happens with the Australian...

And that JC is of course the telling and typical (re RA's MO) point. By any normal standard of board conduct, after the multiple debacles under his watch and finally capped off by the awful RWC outcome (and more ugly media stuff later with public CEO and HC brawling) via a coach he was happy...

Nah. Constructive dismissal is essentially this: an employer unilaterally and without proper consultation and without proper agreement with a worker, places that worker into a new job or role position that is (a) materially of lesser responsibility or (b) renown where renown matters (this is...

Indeed. And this is the heart of problem/matter. Over many years the ARU as it was gradually yet unrelentingly agreed more and more absolute and consultative rights to RUPA that would make even the CFMEU green with envy. Many were reckless and strategically irresponsible in the interests of...

Well, the hard truth is, we haven't narrowed the gap, we have let it increase through poorer and poorer Wallaby quality. Let's not create soft story boards.

EJ (Eddie Jones)'s media conference mode is bottle-able, no one does it all as well.......gotta love the line "you NZ media are just [AB] fans with keyboards"

You all need to remember one compelling factor: RA gets to influence who sits on the NSWRU and QRU boards - RA's funds keep them alive every year FFS and bail them out as needed on crisis 'o'clock - and so these boards have a vested interest in preserving their known mates and friends on the RA...

You are so right. It’s laughable that with the frightening mediocrity we have with coaching capabilities at, say, the Tahs and the Reds, we come in to mock Jake White who rapidly rebuilt the Brumbies from, then, also-rans to Super finals contender and then serious finals participants. Right...

Because intelligence and 'passion' alone are not ever enough to lead well, he clearly suffered some crucial psychological flaws of a type that inhibit learning (internal and from others), constructive adaptation vs what you have previously done habitually, the acceptance of genuine...

The person we should be trying - v v hard - to get is Wayne Smith, if not as Wallaby HC (he has not done much HC-ing though), then as Head of Coaching Skills Development (the sort of 'now disappeared' role that Rod 'I was no good at coaching' Kafer was supposed to have undertaken in a fanfare...

I do agree Derpus that is certainly an issue for the best candidates. And we assuredly don't need new Wallaby coaches that 'just want a job'. I also wonder just how inspiring would be a 3 hour interview with Clyne and Castles. (I suspect the uniquely qualified Dismal Pillock may have some...

Yes. Two things are for sure: One, RA, the Wallabies, Australian rugby as a whole, simply cannot afford a line of mediocre-to-awful Wallaby continuity from 2008 on that painfully inflects in 2019 and, best case, as trend, does not improve at all, or worst case, deteriorates further downward...

Yeah mate, great point, I did reference that very real ingredient as possibly key to Rennie at the Chiefs. Accordingly, if RA is close to signing Rennie they'd be very wise to carefully consult those that knew how big a factor this really was in the Chiefs' transformation. However, RA's...