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FWIW there has been a Stan crew with the wallabies, I think since Eddie took over: https://www.rugby.com.au/news/stan-sport-confirm-wallabies-documentary-2023717 Should make for some interesting watching, assuming they're brave enough to still put it out. Ideally it'll be a entertaining but sad...

Yeah, I'm all for it. The tahs started doing a style day thing each week this year or last year that I thought was great, but only really got a bit of play on social media out pig athletic club and the like. It's exactly the sort of personality we want to be seeing more of, not less.

6. Will Harris 8. Harry Wilson 9. Teddy Wilson 10. Will Harrison 15. Harry Wilson

I think we fall in a trap of asking a lot of our young players, partly influenced by our lack of depth/struggles to keep it in Australia, and then are very quick to write them off when they don't arrive at the international stage fully formed. This is particularly an issue in the forwards where...

Yeah, given his desire to spend more time with family I certainly wasn't expecting anything at a wallabies level. There is plenty of value having him in Australian rugby at any level though, whether that's schools or club setup. A lot of room for him to be further involved down the road too...

Raiwalui finishing up with Fiji at the end of the year: Seems like he's pretty keen to spend more time with his family after spending a lot of time away from them in Fiji the last 4 years. Assuming that means he's coming back to Australia I hope someone in Australian rugby is reaching out to...

Both because he is the best and it means England won't be there.

That probably means Raynal gets one of these games which is a bit disappointing, he's well down the depth chart

For those hanging out for the Eddie press conference it will be tomorrow morning: Seems odd to publish the time in AEST for a press conference in Sydney so I'm guessing that was a misprint by Jamie and it'll be at 9:30 AM AEDT.

I'm not sure why Fin Prass went to the Force, but at I guess I'd say he signed with them looking for more opportunity with Lynagh and McLaughlin-Phillips (amongst others) ahead of him at the Reds. As far as changes go I think the Aus schoolboys games from a couple of weeks ago have had an...

Not really, or at least not beyond RA having a much greater hand in appointments, which is something that has already been in place on an ad hoc basis. Like everything else around RA's proposed model there is an almost complete lack of detail, at least in the public sphere.

Good to see that article end on a positive note for Australian coaching: Early days in his coaching career but I hope RA and/or the super sides are keeping an eye on and staying in touch with Brock James. Without some sort of third tier there's not a hell of a lot of opportunity for Australian...

I don't think anyone is contesting that, more observing that this generation looks a step down from recent ones even

I hadn't thought of that but it makes a hell of a lot of sense. That and missing the interstate competition which really holds back the top guys and set piece development in particular.

I think it all comes from Jones' comments when he returned to Australia - this is the specific quote: So I imagine there is a planned meeting with RA on Monday and some plan to call a press conference after that's finished, but nothing booked in.

I'd hoped they were just rusty last week coming off the bye and integrating the schoolboy reps but it's not looking much better this week. I guess they don't play too many games together which explains some of it, but not so much the quality of catch and pass and other basics.

Probably a bit dependant on whether Eddie wants any sort of centralisation or some specific flavour. I can't see them being too happy about him resting players from their lineups on a whim, for example. Otherwise though I think they probably want stability and certainty going forward, so all...

Ireland wanted to go deeper than ever before at a world cup and I guess they did, by about 3 minutes

Ireland by less than 7 but leading by two scores until the very end when New Zealand scores a consolation try

Field hockey is probably a classic for strong grass roots and amatuer participation with absolutely nothing going on at the professional level. They do go very well at the highest level of competition though, they've just never been able to convert it to any sort of commercial success.