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Ther problem isn't the format, the problem is the concept. It's dead in the water, but those with vested interests in the status quo won't admit it.

Perhaps you're being a little harsh there HB. Millenia of human instinct tells us to brace ourselves for impact. Player carrying the ball should have to accept consequences when he lowers his head below shoulder height though.

I agree with that. The silliest recent law amendment was the one which said it was a high tackle even if the tackled player fell into it.

Yes, there's an inherent risk of injury, but 3 otherwise fit and healthy young men dying playing a game is a bit more than that. There's also been 3 cases of serious spinal injuries in Brisbane school rugby and another one at a RA junior 7s training session. As far as my memory goes, the...

What do you think is the answer? (serious question, I'm not having a go)

They've all realised that going on ATAR alone is a flawed method of admission and are reintroducing prerequisites such as this.

Alas, no coal miners or blast furnace operators on the BHP board unless they've hidden their talents. https://www.bhp.com/our-approach/our-company/leadership-team Seems that the "mining experience" on the BHP board relates to running mining operations and mining companies. There's a...

Just as it's generally accepted that all great/good players don't necessarily make good coaches, I'm somewhat baffled as to why people think that people such as Eales, Waugh and Robinson who were great players would make good board members on the basis of their playing history.

Although the sheer ham-fistedness of the appointment and explanation of role description are in complete accordance with the usual ARU/RA manner of operation. I haven't read rugby.co.au aka Pravda RU to see if the Johnson appointment/DOR has been hailed at the 'saviour of Australian rugby.'...

I'd like to bet that all the schools in the top 20 (including the state schools) are also at the top end of ICSEA

The most accurate predictor of educational outcomes is the socio-economic status of the parents. The government employs as system known as ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Economic Advantage) to compare schools and also give the % of the school population in each quartile of advantage. A score of...

You'll find it's in General maths where the anomaly lies. Lots of band 6s - something like 80% of students who dropped out of Science/Biology degrees at Macquarie Uni did General Maths. You'll find that very few courses have pre-requisites as they used to. Often it will be in the 'assumed...

The sound of the pipes adds to the atmosphere.

FFor I notice that Joeys play Scots in the last game of the season at Hunter's Hill in 2019. You guys still enforce the bagpipe ban up there? For safety reasons of course :)

Such lack of confidence is unfortunately based on recent historical facts. We've seen a number of these announcements which were termed 'the saviour of the game' - Super 18, HPU version 2017 etc. While I'm sure that the thinking behind the DOR is well-meaning and it's a position which...

If we can't run a domestic professional league, then we should fold our tents and give it all away. Said league could include teams from the Pacific Islands (playing the majority of their games out of parts of Sydney and Brisbane where there is a large PI population - Cambelltown being an...

There's nothing particularly wrong in and of itself with appointing someone quickly to a position in order to fill a short term need. Unfortunately, many ARU/RA appointments seem to fit into this category largely because IMO they've never seem to have taken the time to do things with a...

Perhaps not, but you'll forgive many long term observers of ARU/RA for being highly skeptical of any announcements. We've had so many announcements of this type over the years. As I remarked earlier, I think that Scott Johnson is a good addition to Australian rugby. We still don't know...

Incorrect http://aagps.nsw.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AAGPS-2019-CALENDAR-10DEC2019.pdf

See post #4942:)