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Follow up question: How many outstanding backline players have gone on to be outstanding coaches? And how many have been duds?

Why is it that those who have picked a dud coach, which is what they conclude he is, never fall on their own swords?

I think a very important element in Carter's importance to the team is the fact that there are normally two opponents who have to be fully or partially committed to tackling him. Very rarely do you see him brought to ground by a single tackler. Then as you suggest, WB3, Horne is so forceful...

Another musing. The idea that the Crusaders will be inspired to rise above adversity would certainly make sense if this game were a final or a one-off Test match type fixture. But they have a long season ahead, so there is no particular reason to put it all on the line and produce a truly...

The wisdom of Kafer: "What you need to remember in 15 years of professional rugby, there has only been one Australian team to win the title, that's the ACT Brumbies. Perhaps it's an opportunity for other organisations that if they wish to be successful, maybe they should look to their players...

This is a very difficult match to predict for obvious reasons. One thing that occurs to me is that the Waratahs have played a very aggressive and up-tempo style in their first two games. There is uncertainty over whether they can maintain this pace throughout the season. However the players...

I haven't noticed any mention of John Eales's comments in Monday's Herald: The Waratahs showed once again, however, that Queenslanders don't have a mortgage on passion. They were outstanding. Well led by Phil Waugh, while he was on the field, they were clinical and ruthless, precise and...

Did it not occur to you, MM, that the players he was filthy on may have been those who were leaking details of the plot? Around that joint it would be a good idea to wear a bullet-proof vest - back to front.

Wouldn't Williams be playing 12?

Hangers and Tom Carter are perhaps the most experienced 10-12 combination in Australia via their club appearances but I think they have only been chosen alongside one another on three occasions for the Waratahs.

My mail is that the Tasmanian Government is trying to persuade the Brumbies to relocate to Hobart. The Apple Islanders know absolutely nothing about rugby but the feeling is that they will instantly identify with an organisation with an even more restricted gene pool than they are used to.

Jack De Guingand is a Victorian who came up to Sydney Uni last year. I am unashamedly biassed but I firmly believe that the "conditioning set-up" at Sydney Uni is unmatched at any level in Australian rugby. It is one of the great attractors for the Club.

Where did you hear that, Torn? Maybe a generation or two back, but the idea of deliberately de-skilling a player is total anathema, particularly now that Todd Louden is back at Uni. He places huge emphasis on skill development. Anyway, thanks for the tip-off. I watched Sam many times last...

Waves, I think that as usual it will take time to resolve who will step up to fill the various positions in Colts. I do know that Head Coach Todd Louden and Director of Rugby had prioritised recruitment of front rowers well before the Joseph Welch tragedy, and that the young blokes who have...

Have I made the appropriate correction, Ruggo? My only concern about being alongside Phil in the trenches is that, with Howitzer shells whistling overhead and the enemy machine gunners having a clear line of sight, the bastard would prod you with his bayonet and insist you join him in a...

I think that yours is an intriguing and brilliant extension of the analysis, Lincoln. I have seen people awarded PhDs for less insight than that. Friday night's game might at first glance appear to refute your thesis in that it wasn't the Tahs who lost. However if you hark back to the...

I agree, Ruggo. He's obviously regarded as past his use-by date by the Deans-Nucifora people, but look how he shines when he's leading a pack that has the same murderous intent.

Oops! My mistook. Thank you, kiap. My rather limp defence is that I try to ignore most things American.

Drilling deeper into the superxv.com site we come upon: The winner of each geographical conference will qualify for the finals/playoffs. The next best three teams on the overall Super Rugby table will be awarded wildcard entrances to the finals. In week 1 of the finals the two conference...

How typical of Warrior Waugh that he thinks the "conservative approach" is to play with a torn biceps tendon.