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If Chieka decides that Coleman is essential to the 2019 RWC he can play 2018 and 19 in Europe, sign a contract for 2020 and get picked, FFS on past performances why not guarantee him the Captaincy as well. Australian Rugby = Ethical wasteland. I still wonder why people were in any way...

Its a bit like a drunk playing darts, sooner or later throw enough and one'll hit the board, perhaps even the bullseye. Have some skill before getting pissed and the odds improve (though with me playing pool I improved as I drank up to a certain level).......

I'd agree except even in his failure Mooney had the Reds attacking with some of the best Rugby seen in Australia during the pro era. Link used that to great effect and completed the side with the bits Mooney missed. I was always a bit sad Mooney didn't get another gig in Australia as an attack...

Lack of big boppers? That's is just a trick of perception. We all remember Finnegan as huge, but he wasn't any bigger than Elsom, but he had far more power in contact. Wille O ended his career over 130KG but was 110-115 for most of it and again more power in contact (attack and defence) than...

No. He was best in Europe maybe, but even that is debatable, he was part of a very very good backrow. Throughout his time in Australian sides he never came close to Kaino or Collins. In an Australian context as far as I'm concerned if we want a defensive lineout 6 then Cockbain is the prototype...

The irony of lifting the salary cap after cutting a side to save money. This is just a comedy that keeps giving.

The problem Wamberal is that this isn't really hindsight when the report is there to see dated etc. Also go back and look and numerous posters have raised the very concerns that Rugby in Australia is now facing, in some cases those concerns were being raised and poo-pooed as long as 7 years ago.

Rushing in in 1996 (there was a need with the World Rugby Corp a looming reality) and not establishing a long term sustainable plan covering all the aspects of the game from a growth pathway for players and coaches to referees. Then to compound that error they missed multiple opportunities to...

The Wallabies played well in the last 40. Let me preface my next comments with that. They played well in that 40 minutes against the opposition they had. 1) The Argentines are a 40 minute side. In every game I have watched they have played very good rugby for 40 minutes and then gradually fall...

A great pity IMHO that it appears that the best opportunity for real and lasting reform of the ARU (and NSWR?QRU nexus) has/is passing by. I doubt we will see such an opportunity again.

Soccer Worldwide is beset with brawls and violence and it has little to do with ethnicity. In the case of Soccer in Australia ethnicity did play an inordinate role due in large part to the socio-economic demographic interested and playing the game, especially the old Sydney scene it was a...

Some very hard truths have come out of this whole sorry ordeal. As predicted the ARU was very likely to be insolvent in 2019. With the cutting of the Force they have to achieve their best case business scenario to break even. As argued for many years the insular, nepotistic, unskilled (in...

And some people wonder why I harp on about robust systems and procedures for doing anything. If McCall and Carmichael had in place such systems they would have been prevented from making fools of themselves and losing the Reds a lot of face, and money.

We are family through history, we may bag our brothers but woe betide anybody else who does (regardless of our shitty Government/Politicians)

Point one is at serious risk now with the viewership statistics and we will be relying heavily on re-selling/expansion into Euroland to just maintain what we have now. Uncontrollables come into play as well with a very flat (and that is generous) wages outlook we have a declining discretionary...

Shit I'm old then knowing exactly what the reference was. You didn't mention the best cult show of the 80s - Monkey.:) Yes I am intentionally derailing the thread just for a bit of colour and a break in the monotony.

Shit your old with that reference.

The Tahs scrum was very inconsistent this year and under powered when they could gain parity. I'd have to say a lot of that could be attributed to the second row especially and the backrow also.

Given the dominance of the Rats scrum this year and his work around the field for them as well I would hope that Sam Needs gets a bit more time next year. The Tahs and the Wallabies really need to be looking forward to the time when Kepu is not around.

Here after WA will be known as the SIOPRC (southern Indian Ocean People's Republic of China). LOL you'll find out pretty quickly that the former WA is nothing but a raw material supplier for the new overlords, pollution, living amenity etc are not their problem. Food security, bah. Your current...