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I renewed before it was cool.

Keep in mind that Fox owns all the rights, and on-sells them to FTA. Hence they will ensure that Ten is not a genuine competitor to their offering. A genuine FTA competitor to Fox will only arise if one of the networks - presumably Ten - can afford to bid big bucks when the SANZAR rights come...

Also broke their run of at least one try per test. Tremendous effort around the ruck. Well done boys.

Did Burgess leave the Tahs because they weren't looking after him? I thought it was due to lack of Wallaby match time, or the urge to try green pastures whilst still fit. And I'm not sure the loss of Beale was all the Tahs fault either. Truckloads of cash have been talked about as well.

JON's story was that Cooper's ARU contract had been sitting on the table since June, which doesn't suggest distraction on the ARU's part.

From Iain Payten's twitter: Robbie is hot, Quade is not. Iain Payten ‏@iainpayten Hawker on Deans: "Robbie came in when we were 5th, we are now second." followed by strong defence of Deans. Expand Reply Retweet Favorite 11mIain Payten ‏@iainpayten "toxic claims are an issue for...

So who is coaching the backline? I'm presuming Gaffney, but has Bowen's status been finalised? And beyond being "tough and professional", can anyone offer a short summary of the way Cheika's teams tend to play?

I'm surprised JON is stepping down before the Lions tour, which would give him the spectacular final act that he would crave. That makes me nervous, even though it was becoming obvious the Echo job would be taking up a lot of his time. James Packer, his new full-time boss at Echo...

Perhaps you're just remembering the aftermath of the RWC final last year, when Richie's post-match speech did conspicuously avoid any mention of the French. But that was because they had tried to souvenir one of his eyeballs, apparently. It annoys me that he even has the breath to put two...

Wow. That is living the dream.... Great to see Bernie still pulling the boots on.

Really? I think Growden improves if you compare him to Cockerill. One of the worst things about soccer in Australia is correspondents like Cockerill who seem to believe that his game can only be promoted by bitching about the other codes. He was relentlessly negative towards the Tahs...

Who is coaching the Epping U12s these days? I think you might be right on the "best is yet to come" argument though - presumably Robbie didn't want the Argentinians to have a chance to prepare for our dynamite set-piece backline moves, and so kept them under wraps throughout the games against...

And yet...when I think of a team that had a solid gameplan thoroughly understood by all, I think back to the Robbie Deans-coached Crusaders. Their counter-attacking ability was all about each player knowing his position and role in very fluid turnover situations. What?

It's easy for the playmaker, or any other player, to make smart decisions on the fly when they have a solid gameplan that everyone explicitly understands - because then every player knows what's expected in most situations. Like Laurie Fisher said in the podcast a while back - you don't want...

Yes - take Warnie as a cricketing example.

Great article. It really struck a chord when he pointed out that the players are skilful and committed, but the plays they are executing - diabolical. As Mr Timms pointed out in a podcast months ago: we are being out-thought on the field, when clever strategy is an essential element of great...

Thanks for bringing up the 49ers, Richo. Their turnaround has been inspiring, and I'm definitely hoping the Tahs can take a leaf from their book. Perhaps Berrick could be the Tahs' Alex Smith - a talented playmaker who never quite reached his potential until he was coached by someone who could...

Glad Cheika made that clear. It would have to be Gaffney, wouldn't it?

I think if you're going to break in a young 10, you're going to want Barnes at 12 to take some of the responsibility. So to fit in Horne, I guess you've got to play our best 13 at fullback.

Sorry Hawko, but I'm pretty sure the primary role of this forum is to tell Cheika how to do his job, particularly retrospectively...