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More importantly, out of the 30 odd man squad, 7 blokes weren’t required on game day and could have gone without worrying about any impacts on preparations. Cheeks comes off extremely bad here and Castle seems to have done him a solid.

Interesting to see the fall out shit show between Castle and Cheika get written up by Georgina. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-...d-clash-at-tokyo-embassy-20191023-p533jz.html

If we sacked Cheika in 2018 and paid him out, who would you hire instead? I'll give you Folau's handling. This NRC season would be Ralene's second rendition. What cash is available for RA to invest and why is it solely up to her? Phil Kearns was the only other candidate at the time from...

I'm afraid that's not good enough. What would Kearns who was the only other candidate have done that she hasn't done? Specifically....

I understand why Cam should be stood down. But, what about our failed RWC campaign is Raelene's fault? Is it that Izzy wasn't able to be picked? Or was it that Chieka should have been able to pick overseas players? It's a genuine question for anyone calling for Ralene's head. What didn't she...

I think Barbarian is saying, the selection of Genia for the Welsh and Poms was silly. Both teams knew exactly how Will takes a couple steps from the ruck to pass and took advantage of that. However, White predominately passes from the base. So, if Chieka and his assistants did their homework...

Which Aussie team has better depth in 6 - 8 (including reserves) than the Reds?

You can have a halfback like Genia who takes a couple steps in the direction they want to pass, but you need to do it when you have a player on the inside making a run. Digby used to always pop up on the inside after Will would draw the pillar and post out of position to make a nice hole...

Eddie is on something like 735,000 Euros a year. Hansen is on 400,000 Euros so Cheika would have been somewhat closer to Hansen’s salary. So Eddies salary comes out to a cool $1.2 million a year (not including bonuses). I don’t think RA can afford to pay what Eddie will want.

Man, I'd love to know what Chieka thinks Castle hasn't given him. Outside of removing the Giteau's law completely, what has he asked for that RA hasn't given?

I don't mind a flawed person, because everyone will make mistakes in their lives. It's the people who never learn from their mistakes and continue doing the same thing over and over again is where you have a problem. Hopefully that entire coaching backroom gets overhauled because outside of...

Marika's try and then the Poms hitting back through an unmarked Sinclair broke me. For a brief moment, I thought we were going to do it and then it was snatched away ever so quickly.

Hopefully there’s a journo in the post game interview who’ll ask Cheika what he was thinking with that clearing game plan.

Second time we haven’t cleared our 22 after a restart, second time a stupid error occurs. I cannot wait for Rennie to be appointed. Stupid rugby in do or die games.

I dunno Kob, in my line of work, they call what they forced on Cheika with the selection panel as 'Performance Management Plans'..... Generally reserved for those 'special' employees.

Has Impey watched this years RWC at all? Sure, the Kiwis smoked the Tongan's but when he says this: He demonstrates that he hasn't watched a single game. The gaps between the Tier 1 and Tier 2 countries is getting smaller and smaller which is demonstrated in the closer score lines and only a...

Nahhhhhhhhh, I reckon Garces and Skeen will be shitting themselves not to have a repeat of the first round and will try to 'correct the record' by compensating in our direction. Otherwise, they'll probably need a bodyguard escort out of the ground to ensure Chieka doesn't have his own Jack...

Just chuck solar panels on the roof and ask Elon to give us a battery. In all honestly, I could think of nothing worse than watching rugby in Summer. Tell the Northerners to play their rugby in their summer if we're concerned about having a similar playing schedule. But even then, why do we...

Interestingly enough 5 out of that 11 were/have been plagued with injuries throughout their career with the first two spending more time on the sidelines than on the pitch. A simple stat, but to me that highlights the need to not push 18-20 year old bodies too early in their careers.

We could be 5-1 up against the Poms and the 03 loss would still hurt like Ned Starks death!