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As per normal, Fox comms delivering the excuses for poor skills and errant passes - 'a very slippery surface'.

Crowd must be < 7000 So far QC (Quade Cooper) looks as though he's not played for 12 months, mistake after mistake.

The overarching question is surely whether that 'putting (defence) destiny in his own hands' is a sensible, well-considered decision in relation to the resulting odds of team failure, or not. Surely it is way beyond being about experiments re Gibson's talents or otherwise, but rather about the...

I don't agree in any way it's 'just as simple as that' to get an elite pro football team winning comps in 2017+. But delighted to hear Tahs fans like you think that's all it takes. Just be clear: Gibson himself stated (in what I read) that the Asst Coach cull was down to cost cutting, he...

Which of the two are you referring to? ;)

Oh, so just a few side issues then to get the Tahs firing again. I mean, in all the circumstances of the Tahs' 2016 and 2017 seasons, including yr comments above which look right to me, why on earth would you start culling Assistant Coaching positions as a deemed smart way to save costs...

Though I rate the managerial capabilities of both the NSWRU and QRU at 'deeply degraded' levels, I was utterly gobsmacked when Gibson announced that, due to cost cuts at the Tahs/NSWRU he had to 'cut back' on Assistant Coaching positions at the Tahs and so in effect he would not be replacing...

Rugby is experiencing excellent growth in the USA. Of course this must be due to the fact that there are no major competitive sports there to forestall this growth, unlike our 'uniquely unique' Australian sporting markets where there is all this overwhelmingly wonderful 'simple' football via...

If ever any of you posters go to RSA, do go to Stellenbosch. At every level, exceptional physical beauty, wonderful wineries, warm and engaging people of all walks, deep rugby history and more, the place (and surrounding areas) is just magnificent.

Dru - your points are all very valid. SANZAAR's unforgivably ill-thought through expansion in Asia, Australia and RSA has been extremely damaging to both Super Rugby, and more deeply the code itself, in many respects.

IMO, this issue in Australia has got little or nothing to do with the brand 'Super Rugby' per se but everything to do with (a) the clear decline in skills and general quality of play by Australian pro rugby teams and (b) relatedly, the consistent degree to which we are losing at home to...

Dru - not at all meaning to nit-pick but the figure above for PE's population did not gel with my recollections. The links I have found put PE's population at c. 1.2m, e.g.: http://population.city/south-africa/nelson-mandela-bay-port-elizabeth/ It's only of relevance given the topic here of...

Incredible, isn't it.

This is interesting from many angles, including the material re SkySport losing huge numbers of viewers from/via the Super 18, and the money they are proposing to infuse into the Pro12, and more:

In many ways I feel very sorry for Rob. I hope, in his private moments as his time with the Reds ends, all that is ringing in his ears is the roar of the 52,000 fans crowd in July 2011.

Oh, so that's for you to decide alone is it, despite reams of genuine contributions in this thread that has been, by and large, quite constructive and thought-provoking and clearly yielded up by many good rugby fans with a sincere passion for the code and their local club or Super team. If...

I beg to differ somewhat, but, whatever. What is a fact though is that the first try of the match - and it was a BIL beauty - was in minute 60 when the teams were 14 men each. The ABs scored no tries in that period, not even close. So IMO the theory that the BIL won solely due to a player...

Just for balance: the BIL did an outstanding job of conceding a near-absurd number of kickable penalties in 2H. Most were unforced. This alone nearly lost them the match.

Why not, I'm fine with that. The Tasmania RU has already sent me a not very flattering 'Request for Clarification of an Incorrect Analogy'.