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People need to remember the governance structure in Australian rugby isn’t some all powerful dictatorship. If we remember back to the Covid lockdowns, where we had a situation where the federal government didn’t actually have the power to enforce measures and the power truly resided with the...

Unless things have changed, as of only a few months ago he saw his future as a 15 and so did the club. It would also suggest that the u20s national team saw his future there as well. That’s not saying he can’t and won’t play other positions. In my eyes he’s an obvious candidate in the early...

Dane Coles is the David Warner of rugby.

Looks like it hasn’t been mentioned but Rebels confirmed today that they will be heading back to Japan this year. October I believe for a game against partners Kintetsu. Be nice to have a longer tour than mentioned but it’s another game to the much needed length of the season.

Completely agree it will lead to future growth in the pie. Not sure what the tv ratings were like overseas, but can guarantee there will be more money offered from Aus broadcasters. Will be good to see

You’re getting some things confused here. The governing body will make an absolute motza from these events. The RWC in Japan for example earned world rugby hundreds of millions. FIFA is the same they make unbelievable money from world cups. It underpins the organizations for the next 4 year...

The sad thing is even FIFA have said the World Cup will only break even or there is potential they will have to tip money in for it to do so. There is truths on both sides of this argument. Perhaps there is lots more RA can do but also think this is a little bit of political grandstanding in a...

To be fair the Moala tackle is shocking. He literally picks and drops. Māori heritage here so happy for people to accuse me of some defamatory quote haha

Driving up and ‘up’ are completely different things. Loading up and driving is like doing a squat and powering through the motion. Projecting up to have some level of force so you don’t get barreled over is a completely different conversation. The only tackles front on where players don’t...

He doesn’t drive up. And nobody ever drives down in a tackle. He basically hits and then stands in the tackle once the player bounced. He hasn’t gone swinging into the head. This is part of the hoopla reaction that rugby suffers from these days.

I don’t think the contact is as shocking as many are making it out to be, social media outrage is remarkable and is having a huge impact on rugby perception but that’s a different discussion. Those saying he drove up are having a laugh it’s essentially a mistimed hit that’s got it fractionally...

I am happy to give him a fair shot at the role. But jeez that interview was a lot if gobbledygook. The words club and connection might have been mentioned 20+ times each. Brett basically did a non-offensive please explain why the current clubs aren’t playing each other and why do Aussie players...

Let’s just give 1 of 2 teams in NSW to SS. They can then do what they want with it.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/why-new-national-comp-is-a-need-not-a-want-for-australian-rugby-20230813-p5dw4p.html Let the conversation begin. I agree with everything the Force boss said.

Easily South Africa for me. A complex that they believe they are the worlds greatest rugby nation, they might also be the worst set of fans online and the media can be insufferable.

I’m not a fan of the Boomer tag, it’s a shit thing to throw at people as a slight. Many Boomers are exceptional at what they do. But Bob Dwyer hasn’t been apart of a high performance program for decades. He wouldn’t have a good idea about modern day sports science, tactics, etc. almost...

I completely stand by my quote. He knows less about the current game than all of these people. And as you could see with my Campo reference I don’t believe people from a bye gone era of play and professional standards have a good insight on what’s required these days. It’s similar to getting...

Nope I don’t think anyone thinking Carter Gordon at 10 or Tate at 9 was too outlandish. They were the next most obvious decisions for the respective positions. Nawaqanitawase to 13 however not in the same realm of selection thought process. Hence why people laughed at it

People were only laughing at the Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) to 13 comments. Sir Clive Woodward has suggested many a ludicrous suggestion over the past 10yrs as well.

Happy to go into bat for Uelese here as some fool on these threads mentioned a day or 2 ago that he’s a sook and needs to toughen up, wasn’t those exact words but indicated so. Can’t remember who it was and there is potentially 10 pages since then. Anyway just reading that apparently his knee...