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It is funny that we talk sustainability but the same question isn't asked of the Brumbies. Put Brumbies results in Perth and I'd wager you'd get 50% to 100% bigger crowds. The Brumbies lead the Oz conference and yet it still doesn't seem like they are financially viable. They had a lifeline in...

I thought the reason we are all struggling is because all the Super Rugby sides are on the breadline and can't afford decent assistant coaches (or head coaches!) to add that top 2%.

I often wonder if there is a longer term wear and tear issue. Maybe England are in better shape because they got to put their feet up for three extra weeks in October/November.

Mark Hamill has always been good with the Force.

We've had a couple of line-out misfire games this season. I think Coleman has the potential to be the line-out general but you'd want to ease him into it and give a lot of support.

I was having a cheeky peak at the ages of the players of the team and a large core of the squad will be available next year and at least more than last year. 14 by my count. I know injuries and form come and go, but you might see: 1. Harry Chapman 2. Jordan Uelese 3. Sham Vui 4. Harry...

And if a player or two were injured during the captain's run? It sounds stupid, but these things happen. Didn't AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) get called in to the Wallabies 22 in 2005 in Perth at the ground? Word has it he was a few bites into a meat pie. Flatley was showing signs of concussion and I think something...

I meant dropped to the bench. Give it a season or two and there will be three or four other good (better?) options.

Yeah but he does a lot of dumb shit niggle that would piss off most referees. I'd have dropped him after last week.

We'll take whatever we can get :)

You'd guess for a referee who has been around as long as Nige that he has reffed us about 10 times (say once a year since 2007)- so maybe 3 wins?

I think Rona was a 50/50 between league and union back when he was around 18 or so. Unfortunately there was no NRC back then so the U20 League competition drew him over East. People talked about him being a big loss back then. Another promising young outside back called Chance Peni also left at...

It may have escaped your notice but Melbourne are essentially copying the recruitment strategy the Force used in the first 5 or 6 years. That is recruit highly talented junior players and hope they develop into long term stars. We had the likes of PAE, Siliva Siliva, Luke Jones, David Pocock...

It almost seems like you are saying you had direction with Richard Graham. You tread a fine line, sir.

I believe that is our first ever piece of silverware.

Unfortunately, Gnostic, I doubt we have the money to pay for decent assistants. We need a pretty hands on head coach. I am not totally against the idea of Lancaster. He might have some ideas that are fresh to Super Rugby. We could certainly do worse.

I don't want to sound grim or reactionary, but what really is the big deal about Cheika? He came into a squad in 2014 and did nothing with it. He won a contracted 4 nations (which I will point out Deans also did in 2011) and he finished the RWC exactly where we were seeded to finish- 2nd. So...

World Clubs 10s has kicked off. The ACT Brumbies have posted a 15-10 (or 17-10?) win over Toulon while the Western Force have posted a 38-0 win against the Italian All-Stars. Brumbies and Force go head to head in the next game in 2 and a bit hours.

Thats a maybe. You don't know what it is like being a Force fan. We go into games expecting to lose. We generally don't mind losing- we just want to feeling like we are going somewhere. Playing risk aversive rugby will not develop our local players, will not inspire the fans and will cause a...

I wouldn't play Magnay again this tournament. If we want him to be a useful player going forward and maintain a proud culture of not being a bunch of thugs, he needs to learn that there are bigger consequences than two games on the sidelines for being a complete jackass.