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Ah yes, the three amigos. Beale, Cooper and O'Connor. Arguably the three most gifted backs of the last decade, but each with serious flaws that meant none of the three ever achieved quite the heights their raw talent should have led them to. Love 'em or hate 'em, (and there's plenty of both on...

I don't know who the fuck Sam Ryan is, but he/she clearly has absolutely no idea how a board of directors operates, what a director's responsibilities are and what corporate governance means. The idea that someone, for whom corporate raiding and takeovers is their stock in trade, should come...

It seems Roger Davis was the real backer of the Wiggs/Carrol takeover of RA, the other directors, while not opposed to Carroll, wanted due process. While some here have said we have to act quickly, we also have to go through the proper processes, this isn't a small private business. The history...

It beggars belief that Peter Wiggs, a Harvard MBA, could possibly think appointing his mate as CEO without any due process would be an appropriate manner manner for a board chairman to conduct business. It makes Kim Jong-un look like a democrat!

This really is pathetic, no wonder we're in so much trouble! The idea that McLean should decide the way to deal with such a sensitive matter is by a series of texts with all directors included shows he has absolutely no idea of leadership or conflict resolution at all, and shouldn't be running a...

Newscorp have clearly decided to take control of RA without actually paying for it, and the way RA is structured, there doesn't seem to be a lot anyone can do about it. About the only positive I can glean from this is the Carroll will be a better CEO then Kearns, who it would appear even News...

Mark N (Nawaqanitawase) has shown himself to be simply not strong enough for Super rugby yet, so certainly not a Wallaby prospect, Great potential, though, and I think worth keeping in Super rugby and getting some time late. At this stage, though, I would have the much less feted Ramm ahead of him. I suppose...

RA should definitely listen to these guys, they are serious stakeholders in the game. RA should be listening to all stakeholders, including member unions, clubs of all descriptions from country juniors to Shute Shield, sponsors, even fans. However, there is a huge difference between listening...

BR, I think that may be the case right now. However, just from the little we've seen I think both Lolesio and Harrison have a greater ceiling than Deegan, and while they might both be a bit green at the moment (Lolesio is ahead of Harrison, but he also hasn't had to deal with the debacle that...

Rodda, LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) and Philip are certainly the best three locks in Oz right now IMO, after that I think the field's pretty open. I agree with BR (think it must be Coronavirus) that Simmons is not there right now, in fact I thought a couple of his performances should have seen him on the bench for the...

FP, I tend to agree re Gordon, however I don't see any real standout 9's in those first few rounds, I still think Powell is capable but no more than that. I also agree re Harrison, although he probably needed a couple more games. His first couple were a bit non-descript, but agree, the last...

Crowds may be allowed in if we can wait until October. No guarantee obviously, but I think we are on track to have pretty much everything but international travel open by the end of the year providing we don't cop a second wave.

Derpus, It's like the old Monty Python sketch of how to play the flute. You blow at this end and move your fingers over the holes at the other end, and that's how you play the flute!:)

Dismal, Tim wasn't ever CHARGED with murder. As I'm sure Wamberal would endorse, it doesn't mean he didn't commit murder. I think he'd make a couple of your first XV look like Sunday school teachers :)

I met Tim a few times, he used to drink at the Royal Oak in Double Bay (front bar) and regale us school kids in tales about Vietnam. He also used to push BLF agitators off tall buildings for a fee! Very dangerous man.

The problem with all that Derpus, is the whole chicken/egg thing. Throwing money at grassroots is all fine, but without success at the top level we don't have any money to direct there. Conversely, without spending the money to bring the grassroots and the youth along, how are we ever going to...

Again, QH, you are right. We all know the problem. However, unless someone can solve this problem, we are destined for a long, slow decent into irrelevance. If we can't develop a successful professional game at the top, however, so will the grassroots shrink, and we finish up something like, say...

Gnostic, you are exactly correct, which is why I said this is what had to be accepted in a plan, not what is currently happening. I mean, theoretically it wouldn't matter whether it was the grassroots (the shareholders as I referred to them) who were watching the game or someone else, just as...

There are a few fundamentals anyone wanting to put a plan for RA has to accept, which I think many don't. Number one, it is a multi-million dollar business, not a social club. It has employees, overheads and running costs, and must generate sufficient income to cover them. It can borrow money...

I have no intention of re-visiting the Folau saga. The financials can't be released until they're audited. Have you ever been a director? Fox did NOT offer the same money, they offered substantially less. How, in any stretch of the imagination, could Castle have changed the performance of the...