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Indeed it is. As I think I’ve said elsewhere, re Kerevi Test 1, in relation to Chek’s assessment of Ireland’s overall talents, and particularly their excellent defensive strengths, it may be worth considering that as HC he’s got a sound rationale for choosing a proven line breaker at 13 vs a...

RR - I think it's well known that at least some QRU board members and 'close' others at or around the QRU felt R Barker was not the right CEO going forward. Good and honest man, but not of the experience type and strategic capacity needed. If Miller is objectively looking overseas for CEO...

Umm, yes indeed and in G Ringrose (as one example of their backs resources) they have a very talented, attacking centre that will take some defending against:

Btw: this March 2018 GAGR essay is well worth revisiting if we want to observe how Ireland have improved and improved again as a team and what they can and probably will bring to this Test series: http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/brian-smiths-analysis-ireland-slam-england/

Just relating to my post re Simmons above.....we seem to want to pick players that somehow must have compelling measured stats in many dimensions of play whereas not infrequently the truth is that it is one outstanding skill that may create very high yield gains for the team as a unit and that...

The other related point being of course that the Tahs have IIRC often very effectively scored 5/7 points right off well-executed and designed set plays from line out wins. Set plays of a type that befuddle opposition defence in their wake. This of necessity requires not only line out control...

If we look back over the last decade, it is a sad truth that overall it is been far more common for our State and Territory RUs to have made poor/very poor decisions re their HC and AC appointments than good ones. This delinquency has been extremely costly for the cause of Australian rugby vs...

Post July 2011, McCall's excessive, unjustified hubris re the 'Reds/QRU - We Will Build a Dynasty' (remember that?) self-praise and his stubborn arrogance from the beginning over R Graham was also a major factor. Truth be told, Link too got a bit caught up on the post 2011 wide-beam flattery...

I agree with you and nelic above - Reds brand/team marketing in general and game-event in particular seems to have been cut to threadbare levels. And what marketing there is looks more like the work of weekend interns vs professionals who've thought carefully about what's required and given a...

Yes RR - there can be little doubt that's code for 'by mutual agreement, it's time to move on.....' From what I can observe the only tangible achievement of R Barker as CEO was major, immediate cost cutting post the J Carmichael era. That was likely essential given the large decline in QRU...

Whilst not negating our back line resources' qualities - which generally are looking quite good (bar kicking from hand, umm, well, yes...) - IMO, by and large, these coming Tests will be won and lost in the forwards where in intensity, skill and specialist coaching, it would seem that Ireland...

Just to this point: anyone who's studied the 2018 Ireland side knows: - they are excellent at patient, long phase play in attack with low error rates and penalty counts = we will need excellence in our forwards' ruck work (esp back row) and offensive defence to contest and unsettle these...

I'm rooting for Good: - after 5 years of disastrous mediocrity and implausible excuses for it, the QRU board has resigned in deserved shame - Link takes over as QRU Director of Coaching and Coach Development - new CEO with experience of successful sports administration appointed - major...

100% SX. And what the Tahs loss showed is that, 13 games of practice in, we have not improved our defence in any meaningful way. That is a specialist coaching indictment, not these silly theories that somehow specialist AC coaches cannot be evaluated after 13 Super games.

One thing's for sure after 13 Reds games in 2018: if Thorn does not get himself a better defence coach than McGahan has proved to be, the 2019 season will see only limited improvement in the Reds w-l%. There may be more tries scored than in 2018, and perhaps a few more wins v middle and lower...

Just my arguments? It was you who asked me the question (in defence of a highly debatable proposition): where would the Wallabies be without Super Rugby? I answered: likely in a better place, subject to the right radical redesign as I certainly don't think 'Super Rugby 2018 version underwrites...

If the question relates to Super Rugby _as presently being played and designed as a comp_ then the answer is: quite possibly in a better place. The value - commercial today and strategic tomorrow - of the Wallabies will, in the medium term, be most optimised by a process designed for Tier 2 of...

100% agree - and they are getting worse each year and I did no consider that possible! I’m sure Schmidt and a few of the Irish players would have tuned into that tonight from the Goldie and been in stitches over that commentary - most of the Foxtel comms don’t even know the laws.

I get your assessment, but he did some good things and I can never recall a young 10 coming in for his first starts in demanding games at Super level and just knocking it out of the park for 60-80 mins. Including QC (Quade Cooper), Foley. Having said that, I thought letting Greene and Mason (as high...

Enjoying this game; enjoying it even more with the audio on mute.