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Most of those are fine and come under the category of coaching curriculum and standardizing how those skills are taught and communicated, but defensive structure isn't one of them. There are multiple different ways of building and running an effective defence and it's an area of the game that...

I really don't get the hate for Decent for writing what was clearly a newsworthy story, but whether you hate him or not he didn't leak it - he's not an insider and broke no confidence. Yes, it was potentially a leak from either someone in the Japanese setup or Eddie's inner circle, but Decent...

I don't think there's actually that much benefit of a wholly consistent play style across the super sides and it can potentially harm development and innovation within the game and from coaches here in Australia. What should be standardized is aspects of coaching, particularly around core...

Aside from taking the tee from the start of the season the best thing for Carter will probably be getting the 9 and 12 settled sooner rather than later. It's a tough position coming into the season with a fair bit of doubt around who is going to be inside and outside of him, particularly if...

Look he has, and plenty of other coaches would've done well there but others regularly fail to deliver in those environments too. More importantly the setups he's been involved in have been exactly the ones you want to see a coach developed in. He's also got a very good career trajectory and I...

Yeah, I'd be happy to see Cron involved as an assistant but I don't think he's anywhere near experienced enough for the top job. As a left field option I wouldn't mind them going after O'Gara though I think Ireland will be keen to snap him up as soon as possible. I think the more important...

You'd have to think so, it was billed as his captain's pick and he was out there crowing about it as much as he could when he thought it was a coup for Australian rugby, so it only follows he needs to take responsibility for the failure. Off the back of this in addition to the failure to find...

If Eddie is set to quit, which is looking more and more likely, the big question now is what sort of non-compete clause did they put in his contract that'll mean Japan will need to buy it out?

Can you really blame Marinos for ignoring such wild suggestions as "the appointment of a National Coaching Director", "resurrecting an effective Youth Development Programme" and "repairing the deficient Coach Education Programme"? :rolleyes:

The flip side of that is that the Irish side is also reflective of their large diaspora, with players like Hansen and Bealham returning on ancestral ties.

Interesting thoughts from Dick Marks here: I'd love to see his full report they reference but I really like his three key pillars of participation, coaching and competition.

This is what was on offer last year, I assume it will be pretty similar this year:

Theoretically, or you'd do Canberra for a history of excellence and relative neutrality. But I think it's more likely to end up as Sydney under that model because they're lazy and cheap rather than particularly conniving or malicious - if you run everything out of Moore Park with all the jobs...

I think it's probably just coins no notes at this stage, but aside from that making a painful shower it's still great to see. Building an increasingly diverse set of revenue streams off the back of all the work that has been done to steady ship and return the operation to (a modest) profit looks...

Brisbane Roar men's side are moving back into Ballymore for their training base: https://reds.rugby/news/brisbane-roar-relocate-training-base-to-multisport-highperformance-hub-at-ballymore-20231011

Because Irish centralisation is and always has been a hegemony with Leinster at its head. As the most populous and richest of the provinces to start they crafted a system where Leinster sits as the tip of the spear with most of the pathways pointing there first. That's also part of what feeds...

Hey, at least there are plenty of worse places to drown your sorrows than France.

I thought you lived in Melbourne?

Short version is a blanket no to relinquishing commercial control but they remain open to better alignment and centralisation from a high performance perspective. The key part of that is probably this: Basically, "show us a plan and how you arrived at it before we can come to an agreement"...

It's a great video but also a slim field, given world rugby's approach to sharing match footage.