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I thought it was just an Aussie flavour being coaches of national sports in the UK. We've got moles inside their Rugby, Cricket and now Loogie. Just need to work out how to get Ange into the FA!

Jesus, I had to do a double take at Joubers, all I can see is Ali G:

The NRC lists's Perese as 180cms. Compare that to Digby at 179cm or the benchmark Conrad Smith at 186cm's. I don't think height is too much of a problem when we've played Foley at 10 and Giteau at 12 in the WC. As long as we don't have 7 McKibbin's running around in the back line, having a guy...

http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/quade-cooper-and-maa-nonu-on-the-receiving-end-from-a-gigantic-serve-from-toulon-owner/story-e6frf4pu-1227705632526 Did Mourad not watch any of Quades performances over the last 18 months to know what he was splashing his cash on? Hell, someone should just...

Eh, it depends on how you define a "good year". If your "good year" is making the finals after the couple of years we've had then you're setting yourself up for failure. I can't think of any team that's recovered from the bowels of the ladder to reach the top rungs within a season. However, if...

Whether T20 will survive the longevity it needs to succeed remains to be unseen in my books. Sure it's 'fast and actioned' paced compared to the 50 and 5 day versions, but both the Aussie and IPL seem to be made up of teams of mercenaries. Currently, players seem to be jumping from team to...

Respect goes both ways. Quade's management didn't treat the organisation or it's fans with a shred of it by the whole "will he, won't he" stunts. Ultimately, they were the reason behind his fizzling 'departure'. I also can't recall Quade actually being in Queensland prior to the 'final'...

Well, seeing as the Brumbies have been in the news over the last couple of days about the lack of a stadium next year, a rift between the board and the UC, perhaps Squeak getting out shows the backroom isn't as well kept as we thought? Reading this article where Jones is heavily quoted about...

I've got no problems essentially writing this season off as a link year, that is, we're basically back to 2010 with a bunch of kids in the team with nothing to lose. But, where I draw the line is the far fetched approach that RG spouted all last year. He never gave realistic answers and kept...

He was also in charge for one of the darkest periods of Australian forward development. Seems like a smart move by Jones, the RFU are desperate, they'll throw whatever money he wants and after a year of not getting the results they'll sack him and he'll be paid out in full.

Word on the street is that Izzy only has essentially a bone spur on the back of his heel which causes him issues pushing off the foot. The extra "recovery" time was to get out of his Japanese contract.

Orrrrrrrrrrrrr, like most happy couples, they enjoy spending time with one another and don't want to spend considerable time apart? At the end of the day, you can't be expected to perform well if your house isn't in order. If you're miserable consistently because you miss your partner how is...

At the same time, do you hang around in your job that maybe one day you'll get that promotion you want? Cheeks has made the ARU change the rule once, I'm sure it can be modified to be X number of Wallaby caps or Y amount of Super Rugby caps. Surely having say 100 super caps demonstrates a...

He's a 26/27 year old who wants to live and work overseas for a couple of years. Seems like a normal decision that most young Australian adults make for probably the same reason. Probably helps getting paid in pounds rather than AUD and potentially any discounts on staying somewhere.

So Slips goes under the knife today, so you can start your 6 month countdown. But, I'd imagine if the Reds are tanking he won't be rushing the recovery any time soon!

Meh, the new jersey is fine. The weird lines are miles better than that bloody tacky white background the St George logo sat on for 2 or 3 seasons. With the Reds throwing around how much it cost, I'm not looking forward to see how much they want for a jersey. The $130+ mark they seem to want now...

Are the Reds going on a post-super rugby tour like the good old days? ;) Douglas may as well write off the 2016 season if he has done those CLs and aim for the back end of the NRC. Generally you want 12 months for it to really heal up, so it wouldn't surprise me if he just forgoes 2016 and...

I wouldn't have. We've seen what Lachie is capable at this stage of his career and for the type of money he wants I can't see it being a wise move by the Reds. Don't get me wrong, Lachie is a great bloke and his leadership would have been nice to have. But as he approaches the twilight of his...

I couldn't careless if that's what Hansen thinks, after all he inherited a team of champions who've done pretty much all the hard work.

All that spare coin we had from the ARU went into the salaries of Jo'N and co rather than trickle down. With Australian rugby on the up, I'm so disapointed that we wasted the B&I Lions tour with Deans in charge. So much more could have been done if the B&IL's were playing the World Champions ;)