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If the article linked above is a FAQ sample of his current writing it appears that I was rather foolish in giving an undertaking not to use this particular journo's outpourings as a basis for my posts. Low hanging fruit there if I ever saw it. .

You make a couple of very good points, Jets, which help to flesh out the concept. But I do think that if you're going to require the clubs "to submit finances and development plans" the same should apply to the franchises. However, I wouldn't want to see this requirement applied too harshly. I'd...

In view of the fact that he's not particularly keen to coach our team could we have a G&GR whip-around and put together a dowry to make him even more attractive to the Force?

Hercules had it easy, Cutter. This was the result of all my efforts to get through to him: And they reckon Gough knew nothing about Economics! .

Well, it seems that Jason Allen does exist. He's actually given an interview. Jason, a word of advice. Tomorrow morning, grab your gonads in both hands, summon Foley to your office and tell him he has ten minutes to choose between two alternatives, either give an irrevocable commitment to...

Bloody oath. .

Now that I've started to give myself up I might also declare: I once shook hands with John Howard; and I tried to teach Economics to Tony Abbott.

Some time ago I spoke to Mark Arbib at a social function. It seems that the terms of reference for the governance review are very narrow. It did not appear to cover anything other than the composition of the ARU Borad. .

Not for the first time, HJ, I was being too subtle. What I meant by "damning with faint praise" was that there is not much evidence of alternative sources of ideas in Australian rugby. .

That would be 8 matches, fp. You weren't by any chance on the Sydney Rugby subcommittee which reputedly determined that the first round of the 12-team Shute Shield competition would run for 12 weeks? That is supposed to be the reason why we had a bye week before the abbreviated second round...

Great idea, Moses, but I've had a first go. Time to get other members involved. G&GR - Australian Rugby's Think Tank. Although that may be damning with faint praise. .

However, they do play 2nd team fixtures already and this proposal would mean that they would be more actively recruiting from club rugby to fill the gaps. I understand that AFL teams like the Swans also co-opt club players for their NEAFL commitments. The fact that our franchises couldn't...

The AFL has set up in the non-traditional Aussie Rules states a Second Tier competition which has some features which could be adapted to create a viable Third Tier competition for Australian rugby. The NEAFL competition operates across Sydney, Brisbane, the ACT and the Northern Territory. It...

I don't have a personal opinion on that, Lindommer, but I've read nothing that suggests otherwise. What I do find a bit eyebrow-raising is that after getting to keep his job after a less than stellar season as Head Coach - not forwards coach - he apparently is intent on moving elsewhere and...

Let's agree to disagree about Foley, en_force_er, and in particular the savvyness of the good people at the Force. Personally, I would add another name to the Louden-Manenti team. If you were starting from scratch with a brand new coaching team I would have Louden as Head Coach with Manenti...

Louden and Manenti - an intriguing prospect. It offers the chance for a real connection to grassroots Sydney rugby. Todd Louden set up Sydney Uni's EDS program which since its implementation has led to the Club producing more professional rugby players than any other club in the world. He has...

Apparently a scapegoat has already been singled out with those above practicing their Sergeant Schultz routines. I'd like to think that JO'N isn't so gullible as to fall for this. Turf them out for incompetence and stupidity if they continue to maintain they were unaware of what was going on.

We'll see.

If true that is wonderful news for Jerry. It will reunite him with Trevor Woodman who taught him to scrummage at Sydney University. Jerry was a flanker and it took a few of us including Trevor Woodman about 18 months to convince him to have a go at the poetic dimension of rugby. He developed...

Apparently "cryocenic chamber therapy is the local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy or the removal of heat from a body part". That being so, since their foundation the Brumbies have been using it season-round at Acapulco-by-the-Lake with mixed success. .