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I wasn't really having a go at you, GC. I was actually mucking about with waratah jesus who often fronts up to people at the 'Tahs and then quotes them. None of them seem to mind. As is common in such circumstances, there has been so much noise in the form of conflicting rumours coming from...

That's cheating, wj. Talking to an actual source and identifying them is not the way it's normally done. Correct form is to simply assert something and claim it as fact. [Edit] Braveheart provides an example above of how it is done by the most venerated and authoritative rugby journalist in...

I posted overnight about an issue in this press conference in the thread, "Scrum Talk".

Japan's national coach, Eddie Jones, openly advocates collapsing scrums when his pack is under pressure: This is what Jones had to say in the press conference following the game against the French Barbarians (starts around 7:20): "If I was a young forward out there today and the scrum was...

Not quite, BG. He has started in 8 of the 14 games the Waratahs have played this year; he was on the bench for 5 games and left out of the 22 once. With him starting they won 50% of their games; without him they have won none. .

I'm not in a position to know but I think it might be something still worth pursuing. I can't imagine why anyone would want to leave Sydney but if I had to, Perth would be high on the list of places I might enjoy living in. .

Carter would be an excellent strategic signing for the Force. He would energise the playing group on the training paddock, in the gym and on the field. The Force have experience of rock star signings. .

I am very sympathetic to Parra's situation, Ryan, and under the circumstances your boys stuck to their task very well and didn't look like throwing the towel in. My point is that uncontested scrums destroy the whole rhythm of the game and so it's very difficult to evaluate a team under such...

I'm certainly not optimistic about the likely attendance, HJ, but it's going a bit far to suggest that it "would probably be better off being played in Moore Park." Admittedly it would provide a bit of a carnival atmosphere, having the crowd standing two or even three deep around one of the many...

There was the small matter, Ryan, that despite having only one Colts side Parra pulled uncontested scrums from the outset. Tends to destroy the rhythm of a game. .

If it helps me to make a point, Jnor, you're "enthusiastic and idealistic". .

It's one thing for old goats like me to be cynical and disgusted about what's going on at Driver Avenue, but when you get enthusiastic and idealistic young people like Jnor saying that he is "seriously close to giving up on them because of shit like this" the organisation has serious problems.

I bags Bay 33.

From little things big things grow. Could I on behalf of all G&GR members propose a huge vote of thanks to waratahjesus for starting this thread? A simple idea that has the power to resonate. I see it in the same light as Gandhi's concept of "passive resistance". No matter how many times the...

The Waratahs' decision not to re-contract Tom Carter is puzzling. Not so puzzling - and entirely consistent with their past history of covert negotiations - are the mind games they have been playing with him all season. Since his first Super appearance in 2008 he has been virtually without...

That is really devastating news.

You're actually onto something here, HJ, except that you're not joining the dots correctly. Your question as to who should replace JO'N if [when] he goes is hardly worth answering. The position is on offer to Totality Tony McGahan should he consent to take it. There is a bit of a work-through...

A rather neat coinage if it's yours, Lindommer. Or even if it's not. .

As far as I'm aware, Moses, that is the usual situation in Australia. In the US the positions are sometimes separated. Our glorious leader is both Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the ARU and, as indicated by the first of these titles, is a member of the Board. Normally one...