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This is the thing Michael, people like me tried to temper your idealistic optimism and we were pointing out these facts to you. Now you can no longer maintain the optimism the backlash is huge and you lose perspective the other way. I have always argued that the potential of our players is as...

Sorry Wamberal, do some homework first. They are still there just not the top grade, they are still there and in addition to that the club remains very strong sending a mens and womens team to the Crescent Head Sevens event hosted by the Kempsey RUFC in February. They performed very strongly...

Apparently Nabuli off to Bordeaux.

Finally on the weekend the briefest glimmers of hope for me with regard to coaching. No it had nothing to do with the bolt from the Red that was Qld's totally unexpected victory. It was the simple statement from Kafer that has been spoken about from many intelligent Rugby posters here about...

Super 12 was a natural growth of the Super 6 - 8 -10 concept. Nothing wrong with it. The problem was the absurd professional contracting structure and revenue sharing model the ARU adopted under JON MK1. As the Banking Royal Commission has shown these greedy corrupt F%$#@#ers have no concept...

Wamberal you are nothing if not consistent, even when presented with evidence for years on end that management decisions were driving poor outcomes. I have been posting here for more than a few years, and started off by predicting outcomes from management decisions all those years ago. I make...

LOL - the horror of imagining the Minime version of the Cyclo. ;)

Mind you in defence going to the final playing % dire as shit rugby was where Link failed. He had played the same game since taking over the Tahs and just did not build anything positive, and despite achieving consistent "results" the fan base kept declining because the rugby was pretty poor in...

I have been noticing that for weeks the posts and posters have dwindled to the truly hardcore rusted on and not just on game threads. Its another symptom even when considering the loss of 99% of Force posters the numbers have dropped precipitously.

Are you sure about that? The Moon Dogs gave a good showing against the Crusaders in the hail and sleet, if they can bring that performance then on form I'd have to back them against any Australian side.

I am still a rugby fanatic, in that I will watch Aviva etc even when I have no buy in, but the Australian Super games are just absolute rubbish in terms of quality and essentially unwatchable. I have to say the Boks kick and chase game around 2004-2007, and the English maul and forwards 10 man...

Is there any doubt at all that Australian Pro Rugby is dead? What is it now 38 games v NZ sides with no wins. Now we can add home capitulations to teams such as the Lions and Jaguares, even though the Lions top the SA conference and have been finalists for the last two years the nature of that...

The market is both. The lack of fans and viewership would suggest it is the truth. Three home games this weekend = three losses against teams we would have reasonably expected to beat if our teams were in any way genuinely competitive and the fact that they were really not in any of the games...

I wonder if an Australian side could even beat the Blues who seem to be a grade below the other NZ side but still at least a grade above the Oz sides. Well at least the Reds scored some points but we need to consider the Chiefs are playing some third string players they have so many injuries...

I know QH, I doubt it though. There was far too much pressure and too many things were coming out to be supressed for that RC not to go ahead and then not to be extended. This one has been strictly limited and neither side of politics will want it to go on. This may appear off topic, but...

You are ignoring the one off grant from the Government that Redshappy disclosed to you that bumps that figure up. That is an abnormal on the income side and should not be counted. Take it out and things are no rosey at all.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/suicide-judges-secret-sex-life-is-revealed-1313997.html https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/holding-judgement/2007/06/08/1181089328815.html You need to read between the lines a bit, but its pretty obvious.

I doubt it very much. Remember when the Child abuse allegations started to come out at the Wood Royal Commission in NSW - I most certainly do and I remember clearly how that avenue of enquiry was shut down just after Yeldham.

No the terms of reference have been strictly limited so historical investigations will not occur excepting some victim evidence. Don't want Malcom having to give evidence from his time at Macquarie now do we.

QH I'd go further, I'd say there is a bit of a statistical anomaly hidden in the success data for the first 7-8 years after Rugby went pro in this country. During that time the game here was supported by some once in a generation players who were undoubtedly world class and they carried...