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Yeah Dru - ‘I being facetious. I don’t have any serious concerns Jones is going to revert to his scrum tactics from his first stint. It should be noted that initially it was quite successful until other countries complained the Wallabies were cheating and World Rugby issued directives to the...

It’s funny - I can forgive him for what he did at the Reds, but what he did to the Wallaby scrum first time around was the real sore point that still sticks with me. You’d hope his time with SA & England would’ve definitely cured him of that.

One really good thing to come out of this - if there was any complacency at all in any of the players who were in Rennie’s sqaud, they will now be feeling a little less comfortable. At the same time, as you say, all the others who missed out will feel they are right back in there. Should be...

I get that a lot of people don’t like Tupou (well - actually I don’t get it, but it sadly seems the case) but I’m still surprised how much people seem to take issue with that comment. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Tupou do a serious interview and that one was no different. I’ve no doubt he’s...

Too many Beavers

On a seperate note I’ll be interested in the style of attack we play this year. There was lot’s of discussion last year about the difference of in the time the ball is in play in the Northern hemisphere vs Southern hemisphere and I’d imagine all teams would be focused on lifting that metric...

Paisami’s problem of international level isn’t his size. Sure, it would help if he was bigger but his footwork and speed gets him over the gain line and his timing produces plenty of dominant tackles. His issue is decision making. In any case it if Flook can’t make it as a 13 I’m not sure on...

Was Rennie being stubborn though or just realistic? Rennie is contracted as head coach - I don’t think there are any head coaches out there who would invite a situation where their message was fractured or compromised by adding another voice to the mix with a significant difference in view. So...

Why - the Brumbies don’t have a back up for him do they? I’d imagine he’d be more in demand there than here. I’d never say no to a quality recruit but I can’t see why he’d want to leave the Brumbies to come here. If we decided we wanted an additional option to what we have I would have thought...

I don’t see it as likely either, but I thought I read recently he played 10 for a lot of high school. He does have good hands and a kicking game. Seems though he is very much an outside back now and is doing well there. From what I understand his preference is 13. We now have O’Connor...

From all reports, O’Connor is fit and firing. He’s head and shoulders still our best 10 - but at least we have better experience behind him now. Rennie mentioned only last week he’d been on the phone to him, so he’s clearly not out of the World Cup equation. Agree with the plugs for Tupou & LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto)...

My last word on it as we are going in circles. No one that I’ve seen disagrees Jones has character flaws and it is well known his personality has driven/ridden numerous people to hard. It doesn’t mean he isn’t a great coach. Despite his flaws he has an outstanding professional coaching...

Eddie Jones has publicly admitted responsibility for the injury toll his training approach took on the Qld team. He has always been known to be a tough coach but have there been any further periods in which his training methods have been considered to contribute to player injury? Genuine...

I find it a bit odd the level to which Qld seems to have diminished in people’s calculations. Tupou’s loss is massive - no doubt. And the injuries to Hoopert and Nasser also significant as it takes out what conceivably could have been our starting front row. Is there any other spot though...

Yeah - but can he prove it

Of course not. But anyone who knows rugby knows that it is rife with people with less than perfect records. Jones admits that he made massive errors in his time at the Reds and learned from the experience. Rugby is full of guys with past failing, controversy and redemption stories including...

That’s fine. I’m far from convinced he’s the right option either. But he can coach.

Sorry. Fair comment. I more meant that Cheika probably should have moved on after a shorter stint. But it is probably still a tenuous example to the point I was trying to make.

Sure. But maybe a short term hit of Eddie is the right move at this point of time. I don’t believe that myself - but you could make a fair argument that a personality like Jones is exactly what we need. Personally if we are looking at the best option for the long term, I’d argue the governance...

I dunno - you could argue he’s better head coach at international level than Razor on any metric you want to throw up. Despite his last 2 yrs he still ends comfortably the best England coach. But he’s a coach (like many) who has a set shelf life in any given gig and he appears to have passed it...