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i say bring back David Pocock. there's a bloke that wont stand for this type of sexist treatment of staff members (should i post this here or in the Hooper v Pocock v Gill thread?)

Another Sydney journo trying to blame this all on Link. It was so unsurprising that he mentioned how much better Cheika is at player management :mad:

That article made me sick. "The problem with the Wallabies isn't Kurtley Beale. It's Ewen McKenzie" WTF?!

Must be some nervous players in that group considering the impending revelation as to who else received these text messages.

i agree cyclo. in fact the biggest issue from here appears to be keeping the players happy and focused in the national environment. the tahs players will be, one would think, by and large, effected more than other players in the wallabies. those guys are very important to oz rugby so it is...

Yes I believe we did deal with the whole State alignment issue about 50 pages ago and the general conclusion was that this is not a state v state issue. At the same time, its not controversial that Beale's biggest supporters are tahs players

That comment (re players following Kurtley out the door) seems ridiculous and entirely inconsistent with the articles I have read today, particularly comments from AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) who was saying that McKenzie has their 100% support and the playing group got together and had a good discussion about...

To be honest it doesn't really bother me that the players are trying to campaign for Beale to keep his job. That's what mate's do. They support each other even when no one else will. The way they are supporting him though leads me to believed that Di must have been pretty unpopular amongst the...

Unlike Beale's rugby career, I can easily see this making it to 2015

nevertheless I would be surprised if Di hasn't already instructed her solicitors to forward a without prejudice demand to the ARU seeking a butt load of compensation and despite the ARU's possibly strong position at law, I would expect they'll be some settlement with a value to avoiding a stoush...

My understanding is that in the case of law suits against Employers resulting from bullying and/or sexual harassment, the question of compensation/liability generally comes down to questions such as:- a) did the employer fail to take appropriate steps to respond to an employee's complaint b) did...

I understand this point, and I realise you are essentially playing devils advocate here. However, if you put yourself in Di's shoes there is a reason she didn't want to report what happened. It's the same reason that children who are bullied at school very rarely tell school teachers what is...

defamatory publications can include any comment which has implications that will cause others to shun, ridicule or avoid you. The papers suggesting that there are rumors that Ewen and Di were in a relationship, would be defamatory in my view, against both Link and Di. EDIT: unless there was...

One question I ask is, had Di raised the issue with team management when it occurred, what would have been Beale's fate. The incident may have been mediated successfully at that time with Beale merely copping a suspension and warning. I wonder what the legal implications could be to the ARU if...

After now having a chance to read the text message exchange between Di and Beale, I make the following observations:- 1) Beale deserves to be sacked. I have no respect for people that engage in that type of behaviour. Workplace bullying destroys people's lives. 2) The ARU investigation is...

good question. the fact that the game is at Suncorp gives me reason to hope that the team will play well.

2015 could be a breakout year for him. Looking great in the NRC

My squad Props - Slipper, Kepu, Alexander, Sio, Robinson, Cowan Hookers - TPN, Fainga'a, Hansen locks - Horwill, Simo, Carter, Skelton Backrow - Fardy, Higgers, Palu, McCalman, Hooper, Hodgson Halves - Genia, Phipps, White 5/8 - Cooper, Foley Centres - To'omua, Lilo, Godwin, Kuridrani, Horne...

True. It's hard to criticise. Still a major shame that some of the biggest rugby fans in Australia (rugby journos) cant be a part of the solution rather than the problem

Just watched the press conference with Link. the journos really hammered Link with questions about this whole Beale incident. I thought he handled it all pretty well. It's a shame our rugby journalists aren't actually interested the upcoming game. Not one journo asked about who might play 12...