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Played league until he was 15, apparently.

Of those three, I reckon O'Connor could have, should have, been the best. Cooper was just too outrageous in his approach (fantastic when it worked, tragic when it didn't), Beale was wonderful in many ways, but his defence was so iffy, and he flew solo a lot, whereas JOC (James O'Connor) had most of what those...

Talking about reviews and consulting. I worked in consulting for a while. My boss taught me that on just about any assignment the consultant will find the answer or answers in the first couple of days. The rest of the assignment time is spent proving the answer is correct and selling it to the...

A lot of investment. I struggle to see how we would have enough product to justify in-house production facilities and all the resources.

Outrage sells clicks. Sane, measured, reasoned reporting does not.

And on the subject of Reg's article, there was a suggestion in another forum about the "Green Bay Packers" and their model of community ownership. How many hard core rugby supporters would be willing to invest (?) a grand or more to buy a share of "Running Rugby Australia Unlimited"? We...

It is possible that a vaccine will be available within 18 months, maybe sooner. Or never, of course. But if no vaccine, there will surely be medication within a couple of years, again, maybe considerably sooner. Reminds me of the good old, bad old, days, companies like Coke, Wrigleys, WD...

Sounds like a bob each way. Hooper was the incumbent captain, the Coach had obviously decided to go with the Pooper, Wright has earned one cap (cannot remember whether he had earned it at the time?) Would you have negotiated with Hooper at all, or just shown him the door?

None, except in the historical sense. We will know if and when Rennie picks his first 23.

How does the bunch of very capable young players, you know, the ones who almost won the Under 20s World Cup last year, not to mention the Australian Schoolboys who are also pretty successful, fit into this piper paying stuff? Folau was paid a lot of money. Without going into the horrors of...

If one criterion is a winning record against New Zealand (or New Zealand teams, in general) no country or team on earth is successful.

There are some pretty competent people involved in club rugby. How much first-hand knowledge do you have, and of which clubs?

Got any plan to truck in some spectators? I still remember the total embarrassment of the Western Sydney Rams playing in front of a couple of hundred or so family and friends. Admittedly the ground is a lot better now. But..... IMHO the best place to start would be on boutique grounds close...

What about the village where the Whitelocks live? Or just a couple of Meads in a village would do the trick.

To the outsider it sometimes seems that any Enzed village with 23 adult males could put a competitive rugby team onto the paddock that could beat most of our outfits.

And yet there are still those who claim that Super Rugby was always a disaster, they always knew it was right from the start. I know my memory is not as good as it used to be, but I remember it being an absolute sensation. Big crowds, lots of media interest. If we honestly believe that...

He would say, that, wouldn't he? He wanted to take it over. Lock stock and club rugby barrels.

How much, though, I guess that is the nub of the matter.

And it would have presented some significant difficulties. Fiji is the best candidate, and even then there have been significant diplomatic issues, coups and the like. Samoa's rugby governance has been pretty shonky over the years. Tonga's infrastructure is third world, and apart from the...

Nah, I am still trying to understand your earlier reply to one of my posts that everybody else thought was hilarious.