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Well done Wallabies!

Are we in the aligning along franchise lines phase yet?

Quite possibly. Our breakdown stats in the England tests were excellent. We didn't lose those games because of the Pooper. We lost them because of intermittently poor defence, and because we lacked cohesion in attack, and thus failed to convert an avalanche of possession into points. Foley also...

In sport, as in life, that's generally the wrong approach. Success comes from getting better at things, not from trying new things. The best new thing to try is better execution. The worst way to improve execution is major change. With a few exceptions, where we simply lack players of sufficient...

Indeed. The best way for elite sports teams to improve their performance is to improve their execution. Major change is easy: all it takes is a keyboard to come up with all the answers. Persistence means hard toil in the face of adversity, and often doing the same thing over and over again until...

We do have to try new things now, or else we'll continue to lose. Moore is out of form and out of favour. Drop him. Douglas and Coleman are actually quite good. Give Timani a run. Who cares if he might not work? What's the worst that can happen? We lose? 9 and 10 are a major weakness...

The diminishing of expectations is the mission of all concern trolls, galumay. If you were honest about not not being a Wallabies supporter, then your aguments might find more fertile ground.

Well put.

Is there seriously no citing for the Douglas eye gouge? For crying out loud, it happened in front of the ref, both touchies, the video ref, and a million TV viewers.

Skelton really went missing in Sydney. It was as though he wasn't there.

The continuous flow of drivel comes from journalists, who ask leading questions, then attribute the words in the question to the player if they say "yes" to the question, and the reverse if they say "no". That's how rugby journalism works in Australia, unfortunately. The only solution is to stop...

Islander genealogy is complex. In ancient Tonga, people inherited their name, titles, land and people from their mother. Names could also change when people did something exceptional. Christianty introduced the concept of paternal surnames, but some modern Tongans use the maternal name in the...

Go you good Wallabies!!!

I think it is the point. He can only get caught out in defence at 13 if he defends there. Folau is always going to defend at the back for the Wobs. For the rest of his career. Longer. Making his defence at 13 an issue in whether he runs there in attack is inventing an imaginary question. He's...

We certainly can't win by playing safe rugby as was suggested on the front page, by taking our points and waiting for the penalties to come. The notable Australian wins in the Supe this year were all from a combination of smashing them up front and highly attacking backline play. That actually...

I'm not sure that's right in Folau's case. He's an attacking weapon when he defends at fullback. He actively prevents teams playing their optimal kicking game. To play him in the defensive line would be to shoot ourselves in the foot. The question is only where he's most effective when we have...

I don't think Kuridrani is copping a lot of criticism. People are saying he's out of form (which he is) and may not currently be the number one choice (which he may not). That's merely an assessment. There are two potentially better alternatives in Kerevi and Folau, both with their own arguments...

I think he's pointing out that good blokeyness is inversely proportional to Bledisloes won.

Hooper out and Quade in, in one move, en passant. I see what you did there!

You never know. He might go to the Tahs and be saved. ;-)