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Yeah fans tuning in from all over the country to watch Tom Franklin play

No, it’s not an obscuration at all. It’s quite simple, there are a limited number of contracts that can be signed to play in Australia. using them on mediocre foreign talent is silly when the current setup demands players must play in Australia to be eligible for the Wallabies

Considering the amount of talent we lose in droves every year, I’d tend to disagree

I get your point, and agree that they can add to a squad I just feel right now, we need to create easier pathways especially for young Australian talent. The thing is if we didn't have to lose so many overseas, they wouldn't be lower-to-mid domestic replacements, they would be genuine talent...

Good appointment on the face of it, only concern would be the idea of too many cooks in the kitchen. Once a coach, always a coach. Hope he lets whoever becomes the coach do that job without meddling

Yes but if we are focusing on domestic players for the Wallabies it's detrimental to fill positions with foreigners and seeing good talent go overseas

Yeah it should, at least until we can not lose dozens of players overseas every season

I’m intrigued as to why that guy's whole family was drinking only milk after the Wales game, and why McLennan actually drunk the milk.

Oh I’ve been following your nonsense, not related to beer on the hill are you? On a more relevant note, Tahs DOR supposedly announced on Thursday

I find it hard to believe with as experienced an international coach Schmidt is, along with his good relationship with the GM, that he wouldn’t be able to pick the team he wanted. He’s been pretty clear from day 1 he views cohesion and organisation as more important than just picking bigger...

Was that the Test England won? Either way, most pundits are wrong about most things, especially coaching decisions. Blaming Turinui for last year is bizarre

Different situations. Rennie had to rush those young guys through during the 3rd year of his tenure due to not really building depth in key positions and putting all his eggs in the basket of 2 oft injured mid 30 flyhalfs, a revolving door at 9 and having no plan at 15 This is Schmidt’s first...

Good for him

To be fair he didn’t know Eddie was randomly gonna turn into a lunatic

In my opinion he certainly was, which isn’t the kind of poor attitude a Wallaby team with a new coach trying to improve things needs

Mark was terrible this year, Tahs best performance of the year was when he was dropped. And the “best back at the RWC” is pretty funny, it’s like being the tallest Smurf, hardly an accomplishment Either he just forgot how to play rugby or his heart really isn’t in it. Either way, I don’t see...

McReight should have it IMO. Can lead by example and is an 80 minute player

That was solely face saving PR move in the wake of being beaten by Italy. If they don't improve he's not making the World Cup

I don’t think Gatland is that secure, between a winless 6 nations and players walking out of camp he’s not exactly setting the world alight

I'm still a fan of his. Really hard to look good as a 7 when the whole tight 5 is either injured or really bad