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I expect better from the Guardian, which has done a great job of exposing the Murdoch family's trashing of journalistic ethics. No, Shaun Edwards, "just over 15st" does not equate to "105kg". 15 stone or 210 lbs is equal to 95.5kg, a very significant discrepancy. Try dividing the number of...

Definitely one for the anthology although I would wager that LG still has file notes on each of the players in the 1992 Narrabeen Tigers Under 8s.

Thank you, Chronicle, for your suggestion that I provide a few appreciative comments on the Rugby Week article reproduced above. I confess that I hadn't actually read it, mainly because it is written in a journalistic style that I would categorise as Name-Spotting. By this I mean something that...

Budding young journalists could learn a lot about writing match reports from the one above from the Brumbies Media Unit which is a classic of its genre. "Reds sneak home ..." is quite a courageous opening for a game which finished with a seven point margin. Then of course there is the time...

I'd like to see him kick on. I've always thought he was a good bloke with sound rugby knowledge.

Over 40 years ago, Brisbok, I was foundation president of a Wollongong club that I still identify with. Consistently over the years I tried to persuade that Club’s officials that it would be in their interests to encourage some of their best young players to try their luck in the Sydney...

I am very strongly in support of club rugby, Brisbok, and not just club rugby in Sydney. I applaud efforts to try to "develop a stronger local rugby competition in Canberra" or Melbourne or Adelaide or the Illawarra for that matter. I just feel that the Jake White edict is a singularly stupid...

One would have thought that before signing on with the Brumbies, an ex-national coach would have done some research and realised he was coming to a rugby wasteland with no equivalent of the Currie Cup with its senior, Under 21 and Under 19 players all contracted; no Vodacom competition and no...

In the article from The Australian from which that quote is taken the self-effacing O'Neill goes on to say: "I've been a CEO continuously for 25 years. I've made plenty of mistakes, but I do have the courage of my convictions. If I'm committed to a course of action, I've got the courage to carry...

Many thanks, LG. You may return to base.

Lift your game, LG.

Like a White House intern, LG?

I had quite a bit to do with Jeremy Sua when he was playing Colts at Uni. I remember him having to get up at some ridiculous hour to catch public transport long distances to go to Waratahs Academy training. Not much wrong with the kid's dedication and I didn't get the impression that he...

Wow! That was a close-run thing. We almost lost a national treasure, the Mr Fix-It of Australian sports administration. I refer of course to the article mentioned above by Gagger titled “O'Neill misses out on one of world's top jobs as Man City boss “. Gagger’s source was the Sydney Morning...

Hodgey has built himself up considerably during the off season. It's good to see that he has abandoned Sevens to focus on real rugby.

This is not a topic, rv, where I would claim any special expertise. My guess would be that perhaps people reach their speed potential by their early twenties, but for collision sports like rugby they seem not to reach physical maturity before their mid twenties. At what age they could be said...

My view is that Tom will be playing professional rugby for at least the next three seasons. I also believe his best rugby is in front of him. Three years ago Todd Louden who coached him in 2008, his initial Super season, said: “Tommy can play both a passing game and a block-busting running...

"Referees have been asked to scrutinise the Brumbies' front-row tactics heading into the Super Rugby season after their 25-0 trial win over the Western Force in Darwin on Saturday. "The engagement is always a contentious area and former Springboks World Cup winning coach Jake White and his...

One of the less remarked pleasures of old age, LG, is that we are constantly learning new things. Of course a lot of them are things we knew yesterday.

Ergo it didn't happen.