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And there you go. What a load of Shit. Tell that to every coach and member of every club in the country that does all the back end work to keep it going. I think you'll find the game exists on the sweat and toil of thousands of people who give up their time all unpaid and given basic...

Quite like the old battered Sav. Haven't had one in years. Might have to go try one see if they are as good as I remember. Is Don is Good. As for blind - you have been posting the same tired song for years despite all evidence to the contrary. As for integrity, Clyne and JON are both...

If you had an ounce of ability to think for yourself instead of blindly supporting the status quo you would understand and maybe ask the pertinent questions about player numbers, skill levels, ages etc. and it would become quickly apparent why a First Grade side is not there while the others...

NZRU - just take them to the IRB for the international release. Forget playing nice I expect we should be going alone post 2019 in any event so forget playing up to them. That is not to say I support selecting him, as I have always said playing these games with contracting to allow selection...

Not for me, As much as I like the threat he brings far too defensively frail and with Folau at 15 we need wingers who can kick.

Really? Social media of all forms is the most pervasive mode of communication around, not just now but ever. This is just another platform with a specific focus. If you accept Facebook and Twitter can have an impact than why not GAGR? I think your response is more than absurd its just a...

I would ask you to read my post above about stopping debate. The point was poorly made and lacking empathy of any kind, but actually pushing others away and silencing them is not debate and is not going to fix the issue, or change the one line inelegant responses which have at their root a...

Thanks for Posting RH, cannot like it as such. A truly shit position to be in, and one that many of us over 40 can appreciate all too well.

Perspective is a funny thing and I have said it on the Tahs thread earlier this year. I was happy when Simmons was contracted to the Tahs because I said in 2015 the Tahs were weak in the second row and it was a very major failing of Cheika to not address it when Douglas indicated he was...

This is a very good point. Debate in modern society in the age of the internet is being controlled by moderation and by overwhelming attacks from people who are "offended" at any counter argument, such as opposing quotas formal or informal in parliamentary representation and in situations like...

Depends on the structure and the performance measurement metrics. The bullshit they use now days rewards people for achieving paper based improvements, very little in actual real world performance. In a rugby context Hickey and Foley type KPIs not real world measurements like a basic win:loss...

Can't happen under the current contracting structure. The "identified talent" gets locked in and the money is thus used up regardless of outcomes and success. Eg. Quade etc. Imagine if we had the players genuinely competing to be in the team instead of offering five year contracts to blokes and...

As cunning as a fox, wot went to Oxford and majored in cunning? :D

The loss of Rugby IP when we "professionalised" and first Macqueen and then Jones directed Australian Rugby along lines that deskilled players first by the endless phase play/pressure building model we still see today and compounded by the play by numbers ultimate structure game of Jones is...

As I have posted before regarding this and the ARC before it:- It was supposed to be a development sphere. Tell me how it improves core skills in players and coaches? My mates in Brisbane and Sydney think pretty much as I do about it and no I don't live in Sydney and have not done so for 30...

I think you are fundamentally wrong here, Ta'avao is a long way better than he was at the Tahs or the Blues. Lousi similarly struggled to make any impression at the Tahs. Wether people want to say it is individual attitude or whatever, it is obvious the culture and environment at NZ teams is...

From memory and a quick search he played out his career in Japan for Ricoh but his first coaching gig was at the Brumbies in 2010. No previous experience. Happy to be corrected.

Suspect away - lower management in the public service but I did manage to spend a few million a day for a week or so, and about 12M on another occasion so I occasionally got my hands on some dosh to "manage" in that role. Wamberal your facts like your suppositions are rubbery - we are poor...

QH you are wasting your time, Management decision do not have any real effect long term, Wamberal has already informed us thusly and hence the position England and France are in is purely down to a bigger population and luck and the East India Company or some such.

If Beale is the best we can do at 12 may as well not bother playing the Irish. Flaky in attack, occasionally brilliant but just as likely to run his wingers into the sideline and given them a hospital ball, weak defender who occasionally brings out a big tackle or strip. Self interested over...