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It would be nice, sneaker, wouldn't it? However it appears that the ARU doesn't want to put him under any pressure. "Just keep doing your best, Robbie. We'll understand if it doesn't work out."

A very thought provoking and, for me, compelling piece of analysis, RH.

A nice turn of phrase, Jnor.

Thanks for the information, Jnor. You can't even trust Google Translate. I kept looking at the "non" in the sentence trying to figure out its relevance. How do you think it should be constructed?

Given our record against the All Blacks, Deans securing a contract extension reminds me of the tenor making his debut at La Scala. After he sang an aria the audience rose as one and roared: "Ancora! Ancora!" So he sang it again. Once more the audience demanded an encore, so he sang yet again...

The big man is really back in business, RR. His tackle count and tackle effectiveness were extraordinary. Age does not seem to mellow him though. Still as cranky as ever.

I must confess that even I was gobsmacked by the outrageously crooked 'Bok throw to the first man in the lineout which went unchallenged.

Barbarian, I presume your main issue is with my last sentence. The post was intended to be very much tongue in cheek but I have genuine issues with the standard of commentary we are forced to put up with. In my ideal world professional commentators would be chosen on their deep knowledge of the...

I am coming to realise that Australia is not the Lucky Country after all; in rugby we are very much the Unlucky Country. I try to ignore referees. As I have previously pointed out I categorise them as Random Decision Generators, so I have to rely on the wisdom of other people. The most...

Excellent slipper work, RH.

I suspect, antipodean, that should have read: I can't recall an international rugby player more shy of contact. No wonder he's so fucking elusive

There's one for The Best of LG Anthology.

It would have been a great line if he had omitted "with his infamous no-arms tackles". You don't normally tell a joke and then explain it; but maybe the first time GG read or heard it he had to ask what it meant.

With respect to administration, What2040, that thought is often rendered as "the turds float to the top".

It worked for Brock, Scarfie. Admittedly not "enhance attacking windows" but how about "crowbars through the Opera House windows"? Come to think of it that's what Australian rugby needs right now, a reincarnation of the great man to revive the spirit of "The Battle of Brisbane". "Step...

There are a couple of other connotations of the word "mudblood" or "mud blood", LG, that are at odds with the definition provided by J K Rowling. Very much at odds. Not for the littlies.

You have to admire the sheer gall and chutzpah of Jamie Pandaram. Having yesterday written a piece of absolute nonsense about the Waratahs attempting to sign Sonny Bill Williams, today he cranks out another few hundred words pointing out the impossibility of such a proposal. This man is...

The little I have read about this game really concerns me. The Australian Schools Rugby Union site lists the game as "ENGLAND VS AUSTRALIA U19". On this site we have had some further snippets of information: So this is a game to showcase NTS and Provincial Academy players, giving them a...

So was shit carting in our younger days, LG. And at least with that noble profession people always cleared a space for you at the bar.