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Sorry but Taps isn't going anywhere. When he's on form he is a better 12 than JOC (James O'Connor). Honestly JOC (James O'Connor) has never really strung together successively impressive games at 12.

Yeah, I really don't think it's fair to group QC (Quade Cooper) in with JOC (James O'Connor) and KB (Kurtley Beale) anymore. They may be pals but QC (Quade Cooper) is seemingly streets ahead in maturity at this point. How do you think the beer-dumped-on-head incident would have likely ended if it was KB (Kurtley Beale) or JOC (James O'Connor) getting soaked in XXXX? JOC (James O'Connor) isn't a test...

Not to mention the Wallabies kicked long plenty of times in the first test..

Wouldn't it be nice if we saw the Wallabies go from bottom feeders, to almost weres, to a table-topping squad in 2 1/2 years? My reference was to the 2013 Brumbies and how they performed in years prior has little/nothing to do with the discussion at hand about their current game plan and...

70%+ is the magic number for teams that win the RWC in a given year, just saying.

I don't think there are many game plans which aren't appealing as long as they are being executed with purpose and direction. Personally I think the 'Aussie Style' thing is nothing more than a myth. Regardless, the Brumbies are 3rd on the total table for tries with 41. The notion that the...

I think a lot of the grief associated with Deans has been a lack of execution regarding the gameplan. The Brumbies rarely have issues executing their gameplan.

Back around October 2009 many people had their panties in a twist over Dingo benching G. Smith in favor of Pocock. It was a very bold decision to make at the time and gave Poey the chance to shine on the international stage as an 80-minute defensive juggernaut. Then again he also shuffled AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)...

He's had the longest tenure of any Australian coach (I think he's just shaded E. Jones at this point, right?) and has done both good and bad things for Australian rugby. An issue I have though is that it seems with every 'genius' moment, an equally unforgivable act of coaching arises in the...

I have no issue with them recognizing or fixing mistakes made during the judiciary process. But to do it at the expense of a player already declared innocent is not only unfair, but outrageous. If they wanted to do an independent and professional review of the decision made and the precedent...

Check my post again. Thomson was given leniency (after being found guilty) by an IRB-sanctioned officer in lieu of the established punishment for his offense and the IRB intervened to uphold the minimum punishment for stamping. Horwill was declared innocent by an IRB-sanctioned officer and...

Bruwheresmycar How does the IRB making a mistake give them any right to prosecute a player (who they openly declared innocent by every legal precedent they have ever set) for the second time? Double. Jeopardy. It serves no purpose other than undermining the legitimacy of the entire...

Bullrush They didn't overturn a ruling with Adam Thomson - this is 100% different. I don't think they should have intervened in any case but comparing a sentence extension to an overturning of a verdict of innocent is just daft. You're rapidly veering from what could have been a voice of...

There should be no process for overturning decisions made by IRB-sanctioned officials. Their judgement should be final as they are employed with the explicit intent of being unbiased officers upholding the established judiciary processes and punishments laid forth by the IRB itself. This is...

Because reneging on an official judiciary decision that was laid down by an IRB-sanctioned official is super professional, right? I'm not suggesting that they sack him. But if they have an issue with his judgement then they need to deal with that internally, not re-neg on decisions made by...

This is, in a nutshell, exactly the reason why this appeal is so fucking stupid. There should never have been an appeal in the first place. If the IRB have an issue with the judiciary officer, his ruling, or how they came to that ruling then they should have dealt with it in-house and let the...

If precedent is the issue then why the fucking hell would they be doing what they are currently doing? If setting precedent is the issue then why are they setting precedent for every future decision that isn't unanimously agreed upon (EG: NONE OF THEM EVER) to have credence towards an appeal...

Chiefs looking good at the moment.

As of Rd. 15 of 2013 Super Rugby the Australian conference averaged 70% of attempts at kicking for points. NZ was at 74% and SA at 80%. So yeah in a very plain way, Australia has a problem.