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We watched it again. It was a well deserved win, nothing fortuitous about.

Okay, you have devised the plan, now you are the one we want to lead the implementation. Come on. Get to it!!

When can you start?

Nor can it be a free-for-all. We do not own rugby as a sport. If we want to retain a seat at the top table, and take part in the hugely lucrative international market offerings, we have to have terms and conditions. Or rather, we have to ensure that we comply with the game's terms and...

I would be pretty confident that all these options, and more, would be being canvassed behind closed doors. I know that the prevailing wisdom is that RA is populated with dimwits, but I actually suspect that they are all, or mostly, very capable people, who know and love our sport, and are...

The only major drawcard we have is the Wallabies. If the Irish tour had gone ahead it would have brought in a financial bonanza. We had the chance to build a national competition back in 2007. It was flawed but it was worth persevering with. But it was sunk by JON as soon as he took the...

We all need to cooperate, we all need to be willing to make sacrifices, and to accept less than ideal compromises. Our game is a great one, but it is under enormous pressures here, as you know better than I do. Often the best in a society comes out when it is under threat, in wartime for...

Dave, The NRL was built on traditional clubs, mostly. Neither they nor the AFL started from scratch, they both had very popular and viable competitions on which to build. The AFL was built on the VFL, the NRL was built on the NSWRFL. With additions in both cases. But the NRL in...

A fully professional club rugby competition? The MLR model is okay if there is a wealthy consortium who wants to fund it. The great thing about club rugby is the tradition, the traditional rivalries, the traditional grass-roots support. They would all have to be swept away, and replaced by...

Geez, how did you survive the stress of the Ireland game? Fortunately, I missed it. Not sure I could have avoided a heart attack.

Watched the Waratahs beat the Crusaders again for the title. One thing that really struck me was how good Foley was, including his kicking. What went wrong? The only thing I can think of is that he was misguided by a succession of kicking coaches? The rest of his game would be expected...

For all those who love bagging RA, there is an article in the Sydney Morning Herald today headed "NRL spends $500,000 a day before any payments to clubs or players".

Only a Queenslander would get away with saying that. Nobody else would be brave enough. Not sure what the Hookers' Union would have to say about it.

The RWC Final in 1991 was pretty exciting for me. I was living and working in HKG at the time, and a group of my fellow executives had booked a venue to watch the game (they were all Poms). I lived just a couple of minutes walk from the venue, and decided not to go there until just before...

Far better for our mental health to just ignore the old bugger.

. Here's a tip. If you want the truth, try to find a proper and unbiased source. This man is a farkwit of the highest order. When is the last time he wrote, or squawked, something positive about our game? This is not a media report, it is an unverified, and biased, opinion piece.

Yep, so would I provided they were playing rugby. If, and it is a big if, hybrid rules could be developed that allowed us to keep our current advantages, without the leaguies being able to tackle high, I would be interested. But it will never happen, because adequate and equable hybrid rules...

On the good side, they also have the opportunity to do a lot of strength and fitness work without the chance of being injured. They can also do a helluva lot of skills work. Rennie (if he can get in!) will not be forced to rush things, he can spend a lot of time getting to know the players...

In the context of the game, the conditions, etc etc it certainly was a stupendous try. Many aspects of the game were totally different: heavy, leather footballs, basically amateur players, heavy grass fields. Clodhopper boots, with heavy studs. Heavy clothing. I could go on. I was playing...

The greatest try of all time is the one that Gareth Edwards scored for the Baa Baas against the ABs in 1973. That was so sublime that I have always thought of that as the greatest game.