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Surely the smart thing to do, suckerforred, would be hold off on filling this role until it had been cleared by Totality. He might feel he has enough on his plate but if he has some spare time he might like to give the emerging players early exposure to his methods.

RH, your comment above, along with those of Hawko and others, brings us back to the serious issues you alluded to when you started this thread. Unfortunately, some of more flippant bent seem to have hijacked the discussion and taken it down various alleys and byways. It does them no credit. I...

In Australian rugby every year "is a rebuilding and development year working towards the big internationals in [insert the year of your choice]". Despite the fact that he said: "I’ll be dealing with the totality of the strength and conditioning", I hope Totality leaves Ashley Jones to do his...

You are a worry wart, RH. In any other year there might have been some cause for concern but that's why someone who is in some way connected with the ARU, if not its board, signed up Totality Tony. He will get things sorted out in plenty of time for the June Tests. Don't you worry about that, as...

I may have mentioned this previously but I have often speculated on how much damage the televising of Super games from New Zealand does to their inbound tourism. .

You've lifted the bar a couple of notches,rt. .

I think we have a winner, cyclo. "Partialities" is a bell ringer.

Totally unnecessary I would have thought, Scarfie. The logical approach would be to ask Totality if there are any jobs he doesn't intend to do. Assuming there are some, they could be divided up among the blokes he is going to be co-ordinating. Piece of piss really. .

Yes, RH, my understanding is that he is already on board, although this may have been superseded by the news from Ireland. We will have to try to find out the totality of his role. I have been tracking Ashley's career and ideas for years. He is an outstanding get for Robbie and for the...

I'm a little surprised, RH, that the mainstream media haven't yet picked up on the wealth of detail we've been able to unearth about Totality's history with Munster as well as some of the additional functions he's likely to perform in his new role. I can't speak for the forum administrators...

In general you are both right in saying that the player cannot use only his outside arm to deflect the ball, but there is an exception to that as highlighted below. .

It’s interesting to trace the timeline of the ARU’s signing of “Totality Tony” McGahan, the man who never sleeps. “Totality” is an absolute sponge for work. At Munster Rugby he caused an industrial dispute when he took on so many additional tasks that the cleaners and canteen ladies were made...

If we assume that the Force, Cheetahs, Lions and Rebels are not in contention we can exclude them and their matches from consideration. We then have 11 teams to examine: New Zealand Crusaders on 14 points have beaten Blues but lost to Highlanders and Chiefs Chiefs on 18 points have beaten...

I don't have a particular view either way, PB, but would just make the observation that with "Super Sarel" starting we were one from four. .

I think the Waratahs are also still very much in contention in the Aussie conference, Angry. Losses by 4, 1 and 1 could easily have been wins and they are the only team to have picked up a bonus point each game. .

I must admit, emuarse, that I have been unimpressed by the Reds thus far this season but I see no reason to write them off because of that. The points you make are valid although I try to stay away from criticising individual players. I think there were definite signs of hubris because of the...

Sometimes it feels that way, RH.

I think that people need to settle down and realise that this competition is a 2 mile event not a 5 furlong dash. No one cares who's first past the post the first time around in the Melbourne Cup. There is no reason for panic after one result, and it is far too early to canonise other coaches...

Picky, picky, picky, Kronic. You seem to be expecting the ARU to actually do some research before making a decision. It's never happened in the past, so it's a bit late to start now. With regard to your insinuation that the Gold Coast does not have "a decent South American expat population", I...

It is interesting, Ruggo, to note with respect to the players you nominate as examples of "smaller sized players who play bigger than what they are" the amount of time they have spent sidelined due to injury. Relevant to this is the fact that they are all very aggressive tacklers. Greater body...