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For force fans this is the best bit of news in this whole thread. I was hoping steve would get the job at the reds when Link moved on.

Will the annual 6 team (Japan, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, USA, Canada) 'pacific' cup competition that was mooted at the world cup come to fruition?

If saffy is fit the rebels can put out a pretty decent XV (may have stuffed up the props): PAE Robinson Weeks Neville Pyle Higgers Saffy Delve Stirzaker Beale Vuna JOC (James O'Connor) Inman Mitchell/Kingi Woodward The pack will be workmanlike and strong in the lineout, the backs creative in the middle and...

On a side note, there are going to be some fascinating books written in a few years about this period of Australian rugby.

If you go back and look at what quade has actually said, both on twitter and in the papers, I think it is pretty clear he has made a conscious decision to say what he has in the hope that it will spur on change in the ARU, and that will benefit Australian rugby. I don't see a call to be bolder...

I think this is all that needs to be said really. I think quade has good intentions, I think he probably shares the same opinion of deans and ARU as many on this forum do. I'm just going to hold of judging the bloke on this until we hear the full story. For all we know quade might have...

Tony Rea went maverick and bagged pretty much everyone at the brumbies. Plenty of ex-players were publicly criticising the reds in 2009. The fact that Barnes up and left to the tahs was a pretty public 'bagging' of the bosses and the rugby program.

It's not that I dont think that people shouldn't fall in line; it is just that, at times there are situations where you have to speak up and say: this isn't working, it needs to be fixed. You don't hear anyone bemoaning the fact that the reds organisation didnt fall in line at the end of 2009...

Playing a shit brand of rugby and losing test matches to scotland, england, ireland, samoa, all blacks x10, etc. does more to hurt rugby than anything quade cooper will ever say.

I think it stops when the program turns around. I think Quades opinion is worth something given that: He has experienced both set ups first hand, as well as experiencing a clean-out at the reds in 2009. He plays one of the more important and game-plan heavy roles in the team, and team success...

I doubt it is an ultimatum as such, I just think the reason for the prolonged negotiation is because he wants to see who will be coach after the TRC. The coach is one of the deciding factors in most players choice of super rugby/club team. At national level you can't just up and leave to...

I'm glad quade has spoken up about this - something is obviously wrong with the ARU, at least now the issue might come to a head. I said in the Reds thread months ago, that the deciding factor in quade sticking with rugby will be who is wallaby coach. If link gets the job in a few weeks I...

Barnes played his best game of the year last week at full back. Solid under the high ball and more accurate with his play due to the extra time and space. I'd have Beale at 10 - the championship is lost, the coach is a couple of games away from being sacked, our 2 best flyhalves are injured -...

I think for the lions tour the only guys who are in contention, realistically are: AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), McCabe, Tapuai, JOC (James O'Connor), Harris, Horne, Fainga'a. I'd like to see a combination of the first 4 players, preferably with O'Connor or Tapuai at inside centre.

So now that the tahs have signed up a champion coach and poached queenslands 3rd choice halves combo, can we start taking bets on how much they are going to win the comp by in 2013?

Also when you have a coach change like this, just because a player is in the EPS doesnt rule them out being a starting team player. Mogg at the brumbies was in the EPS but he started pretty much the whole season. Which could mean that if Sam Lane or Rohan Saifoloi (I'd sign him before...

I'd play barnes at 15 and AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) at 13. Shmoo and Turner on the wings, with kingston covering when one of them gets injured. Horne could be tried at 12 and ride the pine if it doesn't work out.

I think if the boks persist with morne and sideshow bob at the back then we will sneak home, but if they play goose and lambie they will beat us.

I was impressed by Paddy James, he tore terrace apart. Will he be playing for brothers next year?

State High, Toowoomba and Terrace the laughing stock of GPS Sport? The only school that deserves to be laughed at currently is Churchie. Ordinarily the results wouldn't matter - some schools have weak years on the rugby field. But for a school to decide that they need to win everything to...