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You do know that you’ve been in the ‘elite comp’ for over 20 yrs right? Aussie teams have won it a number of times in case you missed it.

And yet you have in the past. The last 10yrs has shown you struggle to compete with 2 extra teams in the comp. But given that you do have these extra teams, have we seen a greater influx of junior talent in the last 10yrs?

Exactly - not at Super Rugby level.

Sorry - I meant Koroibete LOL

Except that the Reds were bloody popular around 2010-2013 and the Tahs were also pretty popular around 2011-2014. I like the NRL comparison. The NRL that reduced the number of teams in the competition and forced mergers to have a competitive competition and has not really bothered with a...

Taking that JOC (James O'Connor) will still be unavailable, my backline would be: 9. White 10. QC (Quade Cooper) 11. Koroibete 12. Kerevi 13. Paisami (is he available?) 14. Kelleway 15. Hodge Bench: McDermott, Lolesio, Petaia, Ikitau I initially started Lolesio mainly due to QC (Quade Cooper) having not played for a long time but fuck it...

I'd watch it :p:p

That wouldn't concern me too much - Lolesio can tackle, he made a few really good one-on-one tackles on the weekend.

The first few years? The Wallabies were still ranked 2nd and 3rd in the world up until 4-5yrs ago. The Tahs won a Super Rugby title maybe 8yrs ago and the Reds just 2 before that. What's this other option offering 5-7% growth and growth in what exactly? I previously asked to define what 'success' is...

Or you could just buy an axe. :rolleyes: I do appreciate that you recognise that different jobs need different tools though. And I’m more a Running Man guy :p

It depends on what you want to 'work long term'. If you are looking at on-field rugby success, Super Rugby has been proven to work with Australia winning 1 RWC, a number of Super Rugby titles and maintaining 2nd or 3rd in the world rankings. If you are looking for the domestic 'footprint' then Super Rugby doesn't work...

But they have to. They basically don't have the time or the players to bring them on slowly. Particularly with the - what I would call 'unrealistic' - expectations the Australian rugby community has on them.

Again, who is Lolesio going to sit on the bench behind at Test level right now? QC (Quade Cooper) - the most experience and has played Test rugby against all the best teams with wins as well. But hasn't played ANY top level rugby for what? 3yrs? To'omua - is hardly Test experienced at 10 and hasn't shown any...

Exactly. And guys like Tupou and Petaia are perfect examples of players who have awesome talent and rugby in their veins - they just need to keep working and developing to become that top-class, world XV consideration. I don't want to go back into the Super Rugby shit here but this is why isolating and...

This is what I have been saying. This Wallabies team is a young squad who, apart from Slipper, AAA and Hooper, have almost zero Test experience in the ranks anymore. Most of the team have less than 20 Tests - many under 10. They are learning on the job. There is no 'apprenticeship' or better...

There are some guys who are so good at what they do that there deficiency in other areas get overlooked. I think about what a different player Ma'a Nonu was comparing his first Test to his last. I watched a video a few months back where Aaron Smith was working on his passing because he felt it...

He's not the 'answer' and I have never referred to him as such. But he is here and Foley isn't (and Foley at his peak was not close to QC (Quade Cooper) at his best) and he has the experience as winning fly-half for the 2nd best team in the world. That kind of knowledge and experience is valuable and on...

Quade is still the only 10 in the last decade who put any kind of fear or concern into the opposition. Australia lacks older players and experienced players to help guide these young bloods. Australia was still ranked 2nd and 3rd in the world when QC (Quade Cooper) played and although he may not have had much...

Kicking and passing are just skills that can be learned and refined with time, practice and dedication. It's really up to him as to whether he wants to do that - and maybe his coaches.

Nous is something he can learn though. For me, this is the problem with Australian rugby in general. In the last 10yrs, we haven't seen players continuing to develop and improve. Guys like QC (Quade Cooper), JOC (James O'Connor), Beale, Nic White, Skelton, Koroibete etc get to a certain level and then just stop. They don't...