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Just plain wrong. Todays problems are caused by the systems created in those "prehistoric" times. Such as the lack of growing the third tier then artificially attempting to magically create one. It is a bit hard to blame JON for pissing the money up the wall, it was more Flowers, but JON MkII...

In all honesty after another weekend of a total of 30 minutes of good rugby from the Australian sides (from the Reds) we really have to move past our own ideas about what is "best" for Australian Rugby and the obsession with a National footprint. The fact is that not only is the playing depth...

For me the Reds are unfit, or at least unable to think and execute properly when they have hit the wall. Last week they obviously faded and this week they did not score a point or really even look like scoring in the second 40. Their defensive line got more and more ragged and their kick chase...

Godwin has been playing Super Rugby this year. That is what I'm on about. The same people whinge and moan about the state of rugby and the in fighting and the politics but have no thought for the integrity of process and systems. I and others predicted a great many of the outcomes we are now...

Just look at the Canes V Chiefs game tonight, relatively few handling errors considering the horrendous conditions. Australian sides drop more ball on a dry night than that. I await the first "dew" comment for the Canberra game.

No Super form which is purely the reason for the policy to select Australian based players, which by you will have to agree has been always my position. I do not pick and choose or play favourites. Like I said if Beale walks straight back into the Wallabies and I was a player adviser of somebody...

Parachuting KB (Kurtley Beale) into any Australian side is a retrograde step. I said it about Elsom, Douglas and Vickerman at the time as well and they did not have the historical behavioural issues that this individual brings. Why not bring back JOC (James O'Connor) (if he wasn't under (or sitting on) a white cloud at the...

Wamberal it is shit. I went to the SFS for the Shute Shield GF '94 and '95 (working there not as a spectator though it was a sweet gig given my love of the game) and the place was packed. A sell out crowd I haven't seen at a Super Rugby game in this country outside of the very few finals in Oz...

Love the probity and the deep investigation (by an ex copper). Nothing to see here. Move along. :( Integrity is a precious thing that is so easily compromised but I have found vital in my entire working life. IMHO it (or the lack of and the loss of trust that results in) goes to the problems...

Its not just the coaches at senior level. They have little chance of correcting the skill deficiencies that senior players have at Pro level. As was said to me many times on here over the years, it isn't the Pro level coach's job to fix a player who can't pass the ball or kick and they don't...

One thing that hasn't been spoken about is the fact that does the ARU simply have the cash to fund 5 teams? Speak all you want about the Fox broadcast deal, but the fact is that since Super Rugby has started through gross mismanagement and/or plain incompetence every single Franchise has had...

Great post DAN54. I picked two parts in particular that I have always thought. Macqueen killed a lot of the skill base with his endless recycle game, I mean you don't need a great lot of skill when you hbold the ball for 75%+ of the game and just bash away until you get through like the old...

Hello Bill. Since I haven't lived in Sydney for about 25 years I doubt I think anything except certain crime groups revolves around the place. I must be a very special kind of stupid since along with others I was predicting the current outcomes in terms of financial issues, playing skills...

Good post Gel but if you had watched the Australian sides you wouldn't be regretting the lack. You may give thanks that you have retained your cash.

I have to agree with MR Cobber. The Brumbies played well for about 20 minutes. The Reds and Force struggled to find a Rugby game, The Rebels were not even amateur club Rugby standard and the Tahs little better than that. The Australian Conference is a joke and a very very poor one. I have...

My father was visiting today and doesn't have Foxtel. He saw his first Super game since the middle of last season. His comment was "What are the Rebels doing in Super Rugby? I've seen better basic skills at a club game. A lot of these blokes shouldn't be playing professional Rugby." When a...

New theme song for The Brand - Angels "Take a long line" in 7s fashion should be played whenever (if he ever) he takes the field in future.

Spot on. Eddie is a master manipulator. I think he would make a "good" read successful (not good in a moral sense) politician. What he says neatly controls the discussion and takes it away from what he doesn't want to talk about. By the time anybody realises what has happened the chance has been...

That is actually been shown to be a myth. It will improved the drug F*&%^ idiot who has been a long term user because they struggle to function at a "normal" level without the gear. A good series with filmed for TV a few years back and narrated by the late Robin Williams - Your Body on Drugs...

I won't quote all of your posts Michael but I have a simple reply to the right to use crowd. Fine do what ever you want, but ZERO medical support will be given for any health consequences. BTW I'd add in smoking to that, but when I mean zero I mean zero. If we cannot as a society afford to fund...