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How did Nemani Nadolo become the polished player he is at professional level considering he had abysmal skills at everything when he started at Pro level. Your argument is fine Pfitzy in an ideal world, but it simply isn't going to work in a Australian Rugby situation. If Chieka and Co don't...

@Galumay - I can't be bothered going back and looking, were you saying this when Redshappy, Juan Cote, myself and others were posting these things over the last 6 or 7 years? I do believe we have plenty of players with the talent and potential to play at the highest level. It does require an...

Our Governments would sell it to China or Singapore for a loss and tell everyone its foreign investment.

I think Moore, Kurindrani and Simmons need to go regardless. The rest is window dressing unless the basic structures are fixed. The Larkham attack model is rubbish, as it was at the Brumbies and against England, and Grey's defensive patterns were exposed at the Tahs. The two play into each...

Come on Fitzy, if the coaches aren't going to create improvement where are they going to improve. Oh that's right the 8 week NRC? FFS. Compare to last night's opposition, players like Savaea couldn't pass, kick or even catch when they first came on the scene. He improved and achieved...

In all honesty it has got to the point and seen obviously with our Super sides this year that going overseas is a better development opportunity.

You've missed the point, just as the ARU missed the point year on year. The systems are shit. yes, but your attitude accepts that it is beyond fixing. If that is the case just give up. F^%$ managing expectations. Play to win or don't bother. That means accepting that you may well lose but at...

What do you mean. It improved. In terms of quality of ball and in simple % won as opposed to lost. What is hard about it?

Interesting comments about Grey's defensive structure this year. If you go back a few months and look at the Blog articles after the English debacle there was a very good one by the Dead Ball Area that illustrated what the Wallabies were doing in attack with their structures. Given the...

Yes. But given that these players are professional and they are skilled individuals I have to sheet most of the blame home to successive coaches at both Super and National level for the total lack of skills. Like I said they are all in danger of getting charged with Fraudulently accepting...

Well these are supposed to be professional players. Some with over 100 tests, most with more than 30, yet they cannot kick for shit (as I and others have been discussing for the past 10 years so it shouldn't be a secret but then our deluded coaches think that is "running rugby"), their passing...

There's somebody running it? Holy shit I thought the committee hadn't managed to vote on that yet.

Horses for courses with defence. Against a side like the Tahs, Brumbies and Wallabies who have a pathological aversion (and inability) to kick you can commit 13 to the line without fear and keep your 9 as a sweeper and just the 15 at the back for the unlikely kick. Makes the defence pretty easy...

Lets not forget Maloney as well had exactly the same results there but couldn't even get a start in NSW under Link and then Foley/Hickey. Dan Parkes also. I think it says something about this mythical "running" game that Australian coaches are chasing, instead of developing the more complete...

League Journo "So it was just about the money....?" Hayne - "No mate, it was never about the money" Awkward silence from media gallery....

The statement to me read like an argument to exclude Phipps from the squad. The fact is for his limitations nobody else has his speed to the breakdown or his workrate. His cover defence is also the best from a 9 since Gregan. I'm hoping that Mick Byrne has been polishing some major skill...

So what are the options? A Brumbies reserve 9. A Force reserve 9. Both in craptastic attacking backlines. A Reds 9 who was in an even worse attacking backline that was surely in the negatives for running metres gained past the add line. Or a Rebels 9 in Stirzacker who was knocking on the door...

If its true a formal suspension should be the punishment and depending on the context and content banning could well be appropriate. Just far beyond acceptable if it came from a player, if it comes from a coach and official of the club its exponentially worse. If true of course.

If I want pure speed I'll watch 7s. I want to see good 15s rugby, which I used to see at pro level in Oz but find I can only see in NZ from Southern hemisphere teams now. "Development" is Pulver's key word and he holds up Hunt as an example of 'coming out of the NRC" FFS the bloke was signed...

Did the NPC, Currie Cup, Top 14, D2 etc etc etc disregard the history and following of the foundation teams? The NRC is cut from wholely new cloth, there is a base following of the rusted on supporters and those with some skin in the game. They are trying in a ultra competitive environment to...