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Broadly agree with all your points. But the thing is WTF, a generation ago junior club rugby was played on a Saturday, i.e. at the same time as CAS and GPS games, so there was virtually no crossover of players after 12s. The kids playing club rugby were those at state schools or catholic...

It dropped off in the early 00s when JON introduced the top down policy and put all the cash into elite rugby and ignored the rest of the game.

Think you'll find that the decline was greatest under Hickey and crowd figures during Linnk's time in charge were fairly stable. My main point being that a successful coach was sacked and replaced by a person who had no professional rugby experience and as it turned out employed a dire style...

Unfortunately, this never stops RA or state RUs from appointing people: R. Graham, P McCutcheon, M. Foley, C. Hickey. S. Larkham et al. The Brumbies attack seems to still be suffering from Larkham's handiwork - he who is Wallabies attack coach and the annointed successor to MC. I point out...

Game 2; New 46 def York HS 0. Off the highveldt and now at sea level in George, Western Cape.

Still beating the drum that none of this decline is down to poor management and/or poor decisions I see.

I noticed that they played a home game at Lidcombe Oval and I was wondering if it was a permanent move or work was being done at Granville. Hope you guys end up with a great facility out there, you deserve it.

What is happening on the field is a reflection of what has happened off the field in the past 20 years. All the nepotism, cronyism and jobs for the boys has finally caught up to the game. It was always going to happen, just that the speed of the decline since RWC 2015 has caught some by...

I'm sure they will, just as they were pulled out last year after the Scotland loss (whose BIL players were unavailable). You may recall the metaphoric dancing in the streets after scratchy wins against Fiji and Italy (as if the Scotland loss could be explained away as an aberation. Then we had...

Burn a goal post, put it in an urn and it could be the trophy for the new domestic league.:)

Let the die be cast.

That's where we are alright. Maybe RA really stands for Rugby Azerbaijan.;)

RA remind me of the type of cabal running African dictatorships. The leader and his hand-picked cronies live high of the hogg while the country descends into poverty and collapse. These sorts of cabals don't give up power, they have to either be blasted out by a revolution or are eventually...

Less than two pages of posts on the Brumbies v Jaguares thread. Tomikin seemed to be the only Brumbies supporter there. Half of the first page taken up by a photo of the team sheet.

Is two pages a record low on this site for an Australian rugby side? And most don't even seem to be Brumbies fans. EDIT: and half of the first page was taken up by Braveheart's photo of the team sheet.

And the coaching gets no better at the next level down Gen Blue being coached by Pat McCutcheon - no doubt a nice bloke who has played some pro-rugby, but he's had no coaching experience whatsoever.

I see that Penrith won the 4th grade 5-0.

Early days, but Penrith, Gordon and Parramatta look set in the bottom 3. Eastwood, Souths and Wests slow out of the barriers - probably the slowest start by an Eastwood side that I can remember.

Pulver was the gift that kept giving for the Kiwis. Can't see Raelene being much different.

First grade results from yesterday Norths 38 def Eastwood 15 Randwick 26 def Easts 19 Manly 23 def Souths 15 Uni 42 def Wests 30 Gordon 43 def Penrith 10 Warringah 43 def Parramatta 15 I don't normally do the lower grades but: 4th grade Penrith 5 def Gordon 0