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Etsebeth and Retallick did okay, both 19 on debut. If they're good enough, and mentally and physically developed enough, they are old enough.

We will never, ever, create a viable and lasting national competition. We have tried. But what we have always lacked is the advantage that both the AFL and NRL had. They built their national competitions on very strong domestic competitions, in Melbourne and Sydney respectively. So in an...

Neville has been around for a long while, which is not to say that he won't make the grade. But he reminds me a bit of Luke Jones, and they both played for Manly Marlins. Jones was always a bit more committed and went harder, it seemed to me.

Big crowds at the SFS for the Shute Shield. Those were the days.

He played in a Premiership winning side, and was interviewed after the match (on the ABC). First time I ever heard the magic word on live television. Wonderful stuff. He came to us from the Central Coast.

BBC First has some great stuff. Fox Classics is okay, they show some old stuff that we record. Sky News UK, CNN, and the Fox movie channels are all useful to us. There might be a lot of dross, but there are also some jewels. The History channel, National Geographic, and some of the other...

Hanigan is a whole-hearted player, gives everything he has got, every week.

The ABC is better than any other single channel or source. One reason that people (like me) stick to conventional television (via Foxtel) is because we have sunk a fair bit of money into equipment, including in our case, some expensive speakers. We have a comfortable set-up that works, and...

Newscorp are scum.

What matters is not what is out in the open, what matters is the real negotiation that, as it should and always will, take place behind closed doors. All this public posturing is just clickbait. And I wonder what Telstra thinks about the possibility of Optus getting the rights?

Okay, Joe. What is your ideal comp?

The buggers have some of the best talent in the world now, thanks to their deep pockets. Check out the number of "imports".

I assume that the Tahs should be primarily recruiting from local talent. Are there any "big, strong, hard-hitting forwards" in the Shute Shield? The only one that I can think of is Pat Sio. Swinton used to look big and strong in the SS. He is not exactly dominating the exchanges now...

It's impossible to make wholesale changes to the squad now. We are very thin on the ground for locks in particular. Simmons is here to stay for the season. Beale is a current Wallaby. Rightly or wrongly, he is worth his place, even if it is on reputation. At least he has one. I do agree...

And the Bloos cannot win a lineout apparently. Wet or not, kick the frigging ball into touch, time after time, after time.

The earlier start is for the benefit of New Zealand viewers, not us.

What is your definition of "grassroots"? Do you assert that all clubs are elitist? Or only some? There is at least one club that might deserve a spray like this, but it is not mine.

Naisarani.

How about big and mobile???