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Brisbane BC (Aus QLD) bt Scots College (NZ) in the SF 34-8 4 tries to 1. BBC to play PRG in the F.

Indeed, but other reports are today circulating that he's also got a 'lingering groin niggle' and that too may prevent him playing on Friday. Surely his time will come?

I must say that Reds vs Crusaders matches hold a lot of emotional and 'down memory lane' value for me and, I'm sure, for many others here too. The superb and 'smart rugby' manner by which the Link-coached Reds started to convincingly beat the Crusaders from early 2010 (maybe IIRC even the...

Obviously Reg the QRU's 'carefully planned ROI curve' for KH will have to be 'restarted' from a February 2016 baseline.

A btw. Re this forthcoming 'new support network the QRU puts around him'. RG has been with the Reds since September 2012, and it's now, some 2+ seasons later realised that he needs 'a new support network'. I suppose that all the best insights take time to mature. This has of course already...

Re the Wayne Smith quote you highlight above, it was followed by something even worse: "At the moment it’s “hats off” to McCall and Carmichael for having the courage to back their judgment in the face of the near-universal belief they’ve got it wrong." I mean, really, how does he craft this...

Haha gel, after being 'captive' to the incompetence and madness we've endured for 2+ years, is the first hint of Stockholm Syndrome now creeping in? ;). Re the points above you and TWAS have been debating: - look at the compelling pattern: if we take the recent results from 3 successful...

^^^ I would hope you mean: THE NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL REDS COACHES IS TOO DAMN LOW In all seriousness, Sully's list was arresting. For the good health of QLD rugby there were way too many poorly chosen coaches and/or coaching instability issues between Knuckles and Link. RG has re-ignited...

Or Mrs Graham. Seriously, the bloke now has a 28% w-l record over two S14/15 teams (one of whom unarguably possesses a top-drawer playing roster) over 3 seasons, and an at best mediocre coaching history prior to all that, and the QRU are still making multiple excuses and get-outs for him...

That's an excellent question HJ. I'd had intuitions of this, but never had time to do the full analysis of such recent trends. What can be said is this: if a governing body fails in one of its most critical, primary jobs - namely to get the core coaching and S&C staff right for their most...

Here's the article in full.........my highlights. (Btw, My new personal favourite from the QRU Excuses Think-Tank is that RG's record at the Force really wasn't so bad after all as it's no worse than for anybody else who's tried to coach there - now, that is a classic.)

Article (W Smith) in The Australian late today based upon: - leaks from the QRU that in fact RG may well be re-appointed next year after all, 'despite the risks of a massive fan backlash' and - QC (Quade Cooper) may stay at Ballymore after receiving a 'massive' ARU-driven offer and a strong personal pitch...

Yes, as I've sadly had cause to say here and before, I think that horror-show scenario remains a distinct possibility. If so, the script from the QRU PR machine will run something like this: "Reviewing the 2015 season in depth, the Reds coaching group had to grapple with a very demanding...

An incidental point along the way: I have to say that for a player thrown into the deep end as a 10 ring-in for QC (Quade Cooper) and having barely ever played there at elite level, relative to that history Frisby gave a quite decent performance v the Canes and such was one reason the whole team performed just...

.....and another thing: some weeks back when R McCall Chairman of the QRU was excusing RG re a very poor season start and really bad losses v Tahs etc on the grounds of 'so many injured players', he went on say that RG would much more fairly be assessed when more core players came back and thus...

Another very bad choice at S15 level as Assistant Coach for defence, demonstrably so. The Reds in 2015 have so far conceded an average of 26.1 points per game played. The Cheetahs are the only worse team on that stat with 30.0 but their points won average is 20.4 whereas the Reds' average for...

The QRU chooses RG, QC (Quade Cooper) chooses Brisbane International airport.

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-24/quade-cooper-signs-with-toulon/6420090

And as I recall he was increasingly injury-prone at the Suns too.

If that is correct - and I don't doubt you - it's simply mind-blowing that it could be like this. Not only is such a state of affairs - 'there is no S&C' - extraordinarily negligent to team competitive goals way before the season's even finished, but just as importantly there's a major player...