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He sure was in something in that general vicinity.

Oh well, drop a note and vid highlights reel re that better SS 10 to MC and maybe he'll change his mind. MC must see something good in the young bloke.

The talented young QLder - Mack Mason - drafted into the Wallabies squad. http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/nsw-waratahs-mack-mason-called-into-wallabies-squad-by-michael-cheika-20170605-gwklpt.html The QRU and he just couldn't quite work out a deal together, he wasn't a real, or...

Hahaha - it could be something else - can Cooper, and I say this with sadness, be a viable Wallaby 10 ever again?

Could not agree more. And surely 'Kick and Chase' has to the silliest, corniest, more trite name of them all. A bit like a schoolyard lunchtime frolic for 5 year olds. The mind boggles at what goes on inside Foxtel's rugby department. I think it's run by the hand-me-downs from the national...

We've been singing the praises of this 'on paper' team for a year or more. It's delivered the cube root of fuck all for fans. It means zero zip nothing if the coaching resources cannot extract net winning points from it. No, not more tries, more wins. The Brumbies with a far less good 'on...

You were half in jest I know, but not a bad point at all. There are a number of top sporting teams who change coaches quite quickly when it's assessed they can't deliver top results.

Torp he's categorically said he doesn't want to coach against NZ teams. And I think as well he's said he wants a break from coaching.

Agree Dru. And the vast majority of the funding and marketing for many of the amateur layers you rightly note comes from Super-related income. And that income - over time - correlates closely with onfield performance. See the massive +ve impact the Reds' 2010-12 seasons had on the QRU's...

Is there such a thing as 'minus expectations' whereby quite a lot positive has to happen before your zero expectations base line is even reached? I think I am a 'minus expectations Reds fan' as we head blindly into 2018 and, no doubt, another late 2017 barrage of QRU hype re how 'boy, things...

Yeah well Torp I'm on record as saying that things only perform adequately or indeed well at our QRU when (a) total crisis hits and, related, (b) the QRU is consequently forced to drop its disastrous implementation of its 'Queenslanders' Good Rugby Men First and Foremost' perpetual and...

S2050 - You failed to additionally mention that M Cheika has pronounced these 3 June Tests (and the next 2 after) as an 'Everest' for the 2017 Wallabies.

swing, completely agree. You might have seen my posts over the years severely doubting McGahan's HC credentials and capability and if he pitches up for the QRU we will know for sure that the next QRU bankruptcy (last one late 2009) just got that bit closer.

Gee I just looked and there's large numbers of GA, Gold and Plat seats available just this morning and it looks as though quite a bit of the stadium is not being marketed for sale (but I could be wrong re that). GA is a big part of the overall seat plan for the match and in almost all bays...

Some long-awaited comments (to the media of course, not to we fans) re the QRU Chairman's assessment of the outstanding performance of his and his board's 2017 Reds' coaching group assembled with meticulous care after an extensive world-wide search (extracts below from today's The Australian, by...

Isn't it just totally fucking staggering that they would consider this is in any sense a priority, financially or otherwise. Particularly as they are so loose with their condemnations of parties 'pissing it up against the wall'. Most full corporate renamings and rebrandings cost well into...

From Wayne Smith, today's The Australian online, the key words extracted (my emphasis): "Wot’s in a name, as CJ Dennis once asked? Well, plenty, if the Australian Rugby Union is to be taken as a guide because it apparently doesn’t like its name and is attempting to change it. The ARU is in...

How is this newly promoted-to-CEO rated 'on the inside' of the Rebels establishment? Instinctively I would have preferred an outsider to rebuild the Rebels' business, coaching and playing roster. But you all locally have far better knowledge re what's required and who's equipped to do it.

After a 'disappointing' Super Rugby season posters here will have their spirits uplifted to know that our ARU is expending resources on an imminent 'rebranding and renaming' program. Compounding the ARU's already excellent reputation for good marketing and astute strategic judgement. See...

Alternatively (or additionally), I reckon there's a lot of Aussie rugby die-hards that (a) are sick to the back teeth from watching poor Aus Super performances and especially us being mostly thrashed by NZ teams and (b) would rightly expect to see an overall higher standard of play BIL v NZ...