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I watched it, knowing one of the starters for the Eagles since he was a youngster. Everyone should know my thoughts of the NRC by now and really this final was at the intensity and skill level of the Shute Shield (or the Australian Super sides) this year. The fact it was the final and the two...

I think you'll find that one of the first "war dances" was performed by an Australian side along the lines of an Aboriginal War Dance challenge either in the 1890s or 1900s. I did have an article on it before the old computer HDD crashed.

Look at the fine print of the law and take it to the absurd. I have had a look at the World Rugby Website but can't find it. My memory is something like form up on the 10 metre line and face the opposition. So do it sitting down.

My thought on the Wallabies:- The good:- 1) to my single and only watching it seemed the defensive pattern changed without having to shuffle the backline about to cover the dual playmaker rubbish. The defensive line was also far less compressed from the start and managed usually to have better...

What I don't understand is that a player following the play cannot change his line to better position himself in support. DHP should have go to the outside line in support of Speight. Savea was taking out the support player or preventing him being in position to support is the other way of...

Whish two tries? You realise that it was Hodge that was charged down? As for goal kicking, I'll agree on that point, if Hodge is good enough to take kicks from 50-60 metres WTF is he not good enough to take all of them. From 50 he was closer than a couple of Foley's.

Who said I trust Papworth? Where did I say it? I said I would accept his version before Pulvers. That is it. Trust is a bit harder to come by. I know I certainly don't trust Pulver. After Patston and the Brumbies he is not worthy of it and anything he says I look at with scepticism until it...

So it looks to me that Retalick was offside pulling Mumm away from joining the ruck and was sorted/pushed away, Mumm certainly pays no attention after breaking away and joins the ruck late. Reatlick takes a dive like Sanchez or Julian Savea.

You realise that the IRB formalised the dance and response and deviation from the rule results in sanction.

o_O Maybe have a look at the accounts Pfitzy before going all o_O. The numbers don't stack up to what Bill said/implied. I don't think Papworth et al proposal/threat has any chance or ever did, but I do understand where it is coming from. Simply a fundamental rebellion against top down...

Wallaroos using the same territory conceding narrow defence the Wallabies and other Australian teams have this year. It is fundamentally flawed and easy yards are made so often. Also with such a narrow defence one missed centres tackle and there is a two on one or open field overlap created...

so they are paying $16-$17M in salaries in Head Office. In a business with a turnover of $85M. AND they are paying the salaries of people at a supposedly privately funded franchise at another $3M or $4M. So make two lines of it and wages bill is still approx. $20M for corridor walkers from a...

Reference/source?

I think I believe Papworth about the ARU books actually. Simply because I expect the figures cited by Papworth to be the straight up out of the report figures while Billy's number will be padded out politician/lawyer like with half truths and semantics. It appears to me to be an argument about...

Considering he spent most of his professional life working for Westpac I would think he learned their lessons on how to fleece customers rather well, so its a big call to say financially illiterate. That tag would certainly be better attached to the ARU for the past 20 years, all the State...

You don't think Papworth is angry, disjointed and narrowly focussed and you think Pulver is borderline competent. Ok. :)

I recall many similar comments being made by yourself and others when other issues about governance issues and performance issue in Australian Rugby. It always seems to be "fall into line F^%$ers and support the game, if you don't do what we say at this time of XYZ you are dirty traitors."...

Frustrated, narrowly focussed disjointed and angry. None of which makes for a good spokesperson or negotiator. The main part of Pulvers characterisation though is IMO borderline incompetent for the reasons stated.

This situation has been simmering for three years. Do you think good management would go and speak to the stakeholders so clearly dissatisfied and prevent this from escalating. Do I think the ARU is incompetent. Yes. Its been that way for a long time. Is Pulver the best CEO we've had for a...

You know what the structure of a Ponzi scheme is and how that analogy would apply to this system? You know future contributions from media deals not realised being used to pay liabilities being incurred today?