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Just carrying on from Eddie’s tradition of picking the captain’s name out of a hat last year

You are comparing one Super Team struggling while the other 4 weren't Australia at best has one team not being terrible at any one time Again, it's apples to oranges

Still more successful than any Australian side in Super Rugby history. Think about that for a second

The Blues are more successful than any Australian side And the Blues poor results were simply to do with bad coaching appointments and poor recruitment

From Waugh's press conference I believe so. He couldn't go into detail but both involve the unions running the amateur game and Rugby Australia (through a new company) will run the Professional game

Because NZ was still winning 75% of their games during that period How is that in any way comparible?

I personally have no interest in cross over games, but if we had them and results stayed the same, how exactly is that worse than the current model?

You feel like Australian rugby players are getting better playing super rugby? it’s a weird rational to be honest, and one I’m sure you wouldn’t agree with if the shoe was on the other foot and it was the NZ teams getting embarrassed weekly

You're acting like 2021 was an outlier when it was simply the norm. We have been getting reamed by Kiwi sides for over a decade

People are longing for any success at any level. I don't think NZ really get how demoralizing it is for no Australian Super team even make the final in over a decade, No Bledisloe in over 2 decades, pool stage exit at a World Cup etc.

Oh it's ok guys, it's only been 10 years of utter dross. We should be grateful

No, Super Rugby in Australia would be better if Australian Super rugby teams won more. Fans are demoralized from a decade of watching NZ teams they don't care about dominating a competition they are involved in

Shambolic. Since when does rain cancel a rugby game?

To be fair, the Reds and Waratahs only won their Super Rugby titles when Australia had 5 teams

Yes but coaching and selecting are different skills, and not all great coaches are great selectors. This is different for Joe than Ireland because he doesn't really know the players like he knew the Irish guys so acting as if he's even 100% sure of selections yet seems presumptive Also, this...

I also trust his boot from general play more

Spending more money for the sake of it doesn't mean more competitive

Not necessarily. All it really proves is that most of our teams have been making poor financial decisions and choosing to live beyond their means

He's injured so much that you just cant ever rely on him to be available at this point

Personally I thought Donaldson was the best Aussie 10 in Super Rugby this year