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I posted Dr Lambert's letter out of interest in other people's outside views. While I think schoolboy sport is a very important part of growing up I don't have a lot of interest in who is playing who or who wins etc. Too my mind there would not be a lot of point Scots putting out very publicly...

This is the thread that keeps weaving on itself. A 101-0 result was enough blood in the water to bring me back. Nevertheless I resisted temptation and logged out again before becoming infected. Now I have to stay around because I am just dying to see all the responses to this letter. Dear Old...

I have wondered the same thing about bagpipes

I have been away and otherwise occupied but some interesting thinking occurs in my absence apparently. Thanks for pushing back twice IS, it really gave me some food for thought. My views are apparently really driven by what makes sense to me, or was important to me, personally. Unfortunately...

But possibly not by much!

I agree that it is time to move past it. It was something that worked at the time with that group under those circumstances. The fact that people don't look back and try and understand that, is why that culture has long outlived its usefulness and success. My point is that what makes sense to...

Maybe so IS. More like a careless use of the word athlete used to make a point though. How about 1st team teenage boy plays other first team teenage boy. They still need to check out who is the highest on the tree. This instinct even predates formation of the GPS Sports Association

Great to see Shore biting the bullet, such a shame for the boys at all schools not playing Scots if they really were/are that good. Any athlete really does want to play the best. Imagine having a good team one year and the match against Joeys/Sydney Uni/All Blacks was washed out. Interesting...

Sometimes hard to find the right thread but here is as good a place as any for some thoughts on 2013 as a watershed year (translation: I have shot my mouth off on a large number of threads and seek salvation): Personally I thought Greg Smith was quite limited as a coach. Conversely he was...

I think Terry J makes the good point that in a well functioning team McKenzie never had to be involved. He might be the only one on this tour who really understands what culture is required and he has just had to pick up the pieces. Also amazing that these guys are out on the piss until 345am...

Thanks to all who have quoted me and helping to boost my statistics. Fair call to those who pointed out that it was the rant of a crazy man and mug. Grudgingly I will have to admit I will be barracking for the Wallabies on Sunday morning and look forward to see how the younger blokes step up...

I assume I will get over it in the next couple of days (still getting over last year's loss), but mightily pissed off. Interested to see the digest posted of Link's simple philosophies and rules. If the players did not previously comprehend these simple homilies, then it is no wonder we lost...

Sorry to butt in page 8 with only a scant reading of the prior posts. After enduring two years of this campaign for the coaching job I am less than impressed with this latest attempt as I have made every attempt to eat humble pie over improvements in the last 6 weeks. However we are all...

Imagine the disagreements about who was the shepherd and who was the sheep.

At the risk of demonstrating some ignorance of the laws nowadays I would have thought that there are 2 offences here. In the 2nd case of Kepu/Genia is it in fact Genia being penalised for running behind Kepu rather than Kepu for actively obstructing the defender? There are plenty of referees...

Currently doing some tinkering around the dark side development programs and have come down to a separate view that less there would be so much more. Therefore despite some of my previous posts around the consequent opportunities for kids to access a GPS education I think the development...

Sorry for the verbosity gents, just was away for too long. I do not begrudge these guys earning good money for playing, good luck to them. However I think we underestimate the desire of these young athletes to represent their country and be successful. Our expectation that we have to pay...

Since 2001 or maybe even slightly earlier. The wasted opportunities and squandered cash could have kept myself and descendants in French Champagne, 1st Class travel and cigars for generations. Lets face it the 2003 WC was the weakest. England in decline (just past their best but aging quickly)...

He did. Recall after one of the early RC games he declared that the player skill levels were not sufficient to play his new game plan and we needed to dumb it down. He has has not mentioned it since; not sure whether it was because we dumbed down our game plan as promised, or whether he...