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I'd be keen. Recent decision making aside, I really rate Rodda. In terms of keeping up with the Super Rugby franchises, I think its the locks and centres where we'll be exposed the most.

Which part do you think is BS? I'd say Forrest is easily arrogant enough to have believed/intended that to happen. I also don't doubt wiser heads would have said marquee imports contribute little longer term. Nothing is said about why they prevailed (because presumably McMahon et al. all said...

An odd time to be smug... Reminds me of those war movies where the aristocrats don't realise it is every man for himself and assume the world will maintain its social order.

Go to your bathroom. Light a candle. Turn off the light. Say "Shiggins" 5 times to the mirror.......

I feel like you missed a trick by not fitting a Dutch Rodda in there somewhere...

I thought Coleman's slump was off the back of injury. Didn't think he was in bad form by the time of the 2019 tests- just that Arnold and Rodda were both in brilliant form.

Liquor Box, I believe there are clauses in contracts for exactly this kind of situation. I don't know how much leverage that allows, but it has been reported in the media that they are there. I hear what you are saying about protecting your earnings, but this is not the way to go. Without...

The NRC7 is a stupid idea. Not enough people care about the NRC (not having a go at it, just commenting on its popularity). Why would we care about the NRC 7? I don't see it surviving. You can't have a second tier like that unless it is linked somehow to the top one. E.g. promotion/relegatipn...

Suspect both Australia and New Zealand would really, really struggle without each other. It is in neither's best interest to see the other fall over. From a viewer point of view, is there anything a New Zealander or an Australian loves more than getting one over on each other? Watching England...

To live in or to fire a nuclear weapon at ;).

I know there are some holes in this kind of plan but I see room for two separate competitions. Competition 1: Domestic 6-8 teams (WA, ACT, VIC, x QLD, y NSW). Played from June through October. Competition 2: Asia-Pacific competition that mirrors Europe. Those same 6-8 Aussie teams divided into...

A lot of media are questioning- was Castle a good CEO. Always a hard question to answer and probably more subjective than: Was she better than her predecessors? My answer to that- hell yes. Pulver was a joke. The second coming of JO'N fizzled out quickly. What was it- Flowers before that? How...

Haha. That's why I put the understanding bit in. Too lazy to check. For some reason I thought the two QLD sides were far stronger than the others in the last few years. Must have a terrible memory or not paying enough attention. I guess that just supports 3 NSW teams 2 QLD and one from the rest...

Fair point. There would always be tapping in a free market, but not to the current extent. Personally, I think WA would be close to self-sufficient at that kind of level. Otherwise teams like the Waratahs wouldn't be nabbing our U20s like McDonald or Tizzano. Or the Reds with Jack Hardy. The...

I've always enjoyed watching NRC, but the biggest flaw to the system, to me, is that the deck is strongly stacked towards teams directly backed by a GRR or Super Rugby franchise. It also pales in importance to Super Rugby. But if there was no Super Rugby, I think both those problems would be solved. You...

That would be interesting. What would the east do without 60 cents plus out of every GST dollar from WA?

Yeah- you'd have to think if Kuridrani is the favourite for 13, Stewart has to be the best option for 12. I'd argue in better form than Matt To'omua (who admittedly might be seen as more of a 10).

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Will you just shut up and get back in your box!! :)

Yeah. It's hairy territory (pardon the pun!). It's really up to AWJ to decide whether he thinks its okay or not. Gut feeling from the post match interview is that he falls into the not camp. Problem is you don't know whether something like that is okay with the recipient until after you've done...