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Yes, the AAGPS, CAS, and Qld GPS schools deliver great youth development benefits to the ARU, which is scarily exposed to small number of participating schools there. It is certainly not in ARU interests to try to interfere with what they are doing. My fear is that in the main centres the...

The Soap Dodgers should be in a rebuilding phase next year. To continue development of the Men In Gold "brand", and to prepare properly for the TRC, we probably need stiffer opposition than a Minnow Team in rebuilding phase. Is there any money in the kitty for a decent game or two for...

Scary parallel thought that the ARU has almost totally contracted out the youth development part of the pathway to about 8 private schools in Sydney, and 1 schools association in SE Queensland, with the ARU Junior Gold Cup programme playing a distant second fiddle.

Provided players don't relocate across State Lines, I agree that the "Played NRC" issue is not really a big one for Colts 2016, but it should factor in Shute Shield Player Points Calculations. NSW only had the following folk who will be Colts eligible in 2016 play one or more NRC games: James...

Disappointing that Player Points haven't been adjusted to accommodate NRC and State U20 selections. I think that they are "better" indicators of current playing abilities/form relative to others in Colts than making State or Aust Schoolboys team two years previously. Quite a few...

& Sydney 7's. Don't forget that our blokes still haven't qualified for the Rio Olympics, and for the real tragics, the NRC Barbarians will be having a go at the NZL Heartland XV in the next week or so. Club Pre-PreSeasons are about to get underway in earnest, as are the State U20's squads. For...

Will some good "fallout" be an extension of The Pulverisers contract as ARU Supremo? Despite being on the receiving end of plenty of incoming about the Shore Old Boys Starchamber, I think history will look kindly on his time at the helm of ARU. Does he actually want an extension or, like all...

What did Adam Freier do to deserve a World Cup runners up medal?

Jaysus. Some people are quick to get the tin foil hats on. If this was a media stunt, then there were so many moving parts in it that it was bound to go all pear shaped. Can't you accept that humans can be spontaneously nice? Even a former Loig player who famously walked out on a Mungo...

It's Halloween. Nearly all the young folk are wearing fancy dress of some description in the entertainment precincts in the city. It is the Final Match of the World Festival of Rugby and it involves out national team. A young lad lobs up to a venue in the said precinct wearing a Wallaby...

^^^^ I reckon Sam Cane is the long term Captain in Waiting being groomed by the Lords of Darkness. That will not be fall out from RWC but part of a long term succession plan.

Normal service will be resumed by about week 4 of Super Rugby 2016.

Looking forward to seeing what TGC can do with the Men In Gold (and Australian Rugby in general) when he is doing the gig full time, and able to concentrate on the task at hand with no Super Rugby distractions.

Shameless Repost. This may help some of the more emotionally charged Gaggerlanders to construct posts in the aftermath of the game. Just tick and flick and fill in the gaps. Rugby World Cup Squad Outrage Template (Australian Style) Why are there more ◻︎ Reds ◻︎ Waratahs ◻︎ Brumbies...

Hard to be cross with The Darkness for too long when their players (and Coach) conduct themselves like this. Better Men make Better Rugby Players. Just another reason to love Rugby.

After being away from home for a long time, there's a bit of work for Sir Richie GOAT to catch up on in the garden after the Victory Parade circuit is completed.

Looks like Boris Johnson isn't the only Pom that likes smashing into little kids. Shame. Classy response by both Sonny Bill and Shag Hanson. Footage from Brazil's Alma Rugby.

The video vision shows the ball was long gone from Carter's boot before Retallick made any contact with McCalman. Put the pitchforks away.

It's an 80 minute game, and often the efforts in the 10 minutes either side of oranges, and the last 5 minutes dictate who wins. Little surprise who the winner was given that the 3 tries from The Darkness happened on the stroke of Oranges, 2 minutes after oranges, and in the final minute of...

As long as he wants.