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The gravest mistake Link has made so far in his time with the Wallabies has nothing to with selections. Rather he's made a dangerous, serious mistake in retaining the previous regime's assistant coaches in Blades and Scrivener, combined with a lurch to the comforting known in J McKay who sadly...

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..........plus add J Gilmore as coach to the mix, overall I think he's done quite well with the mix of resources he's had this year (his first) at ACGS and it's likely he'll do even better next year when his XV will have a stronger base of forwards coupled with a very solid back line in the making.

R Wall played exceptionally well as 10 for Brothers U15 Div 1 team in yesterday's SF round at Norths (where this team thrashed the Easts Div 1 team). Fast, aggressive, elusive in the tackle, quick hands, excellent passing game, and very composed in directing the team. Btw, this Brothers team...

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Indeed. That squad is so low-risk (in terms of new players able to compensate for or fix 2013's serious attacking weaknesses) and utterly unadventurous, can any of us seriously see it beating, for example, the Cru, Bulls, Chiefs and Brumbies into the 2014 top 6? Confirms my and others...

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Then, indeed, the ARU must commence this event's proper promotion using the right methods and contemporary techniques. Last year its promotion in the Brisbane area was pathetic. To get interest built in international 7s, video and TV-based advertising (and a tightly coupled communications...

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Surprised you've left out Kalyn Ponga - a genuinely exceptional player at 15 for the 2013 ACGS 15As, in U16 repn teams selection pools, and who's scored many if not most of the 15A's tries this year, as well as place kicked well for them. Many observers have likened his skills to a K Beale at...

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I think you raise a great point of interest that will surely occupy Link who's smart enough to know that it's where the team is after his honeymoon period is over than where it's at whilst the honeymoon's still in place, that is the really important variable. How to use the honeymoon period in...

Rather, I'd consider that Wallaby/Link silence pre-Bled 2 a very good sign that we've dropped the facile PR and are getting down to the serious business of actually being better, vs claiming we might be.

Precisely Richo. To which I'd add: - genuinely confident teams and players don't need lots of raa-raa and big talk re their prospects and convictions of success and so on. They just stress their objectives, and little else, cut out all the fluff. Note the very different ways the ABs handled...

Indeed, and rightly Link is sounding a bit more measured now as he stepped off the plane in Wellington: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sportvideos/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503056&gal_cid=1503056&gallery_id=136352 He and the ARU way over-stoked the pre-Bled 1 optimism with all sorts of bold statements...

I would argue that Deans had an approximately 4 year long honeymoon that only began to seriously crack up upon the the RWC debacle, partly as the ARU relentlessly put out, and much of our gullible media (and many posters here it must be said) bought, the line hook, line and sinker that the...

It's happened again.....Madness out until 2014........Shatz's moment?: http://www.news.com.au/sport/rugby-gold/wallabies-backrower-hugh-mcmeniman-ruled-out-for-remainder-of-season-with-shoulder-injury/story-fndptke0-1226700615487 Plus of course Cruden and Barratt out for Wellington, Cruden...

Agree, wise words. Let's remember: it took both Link and Jake around 4-6 games from take-over to start really turning around their respective S14/5 teams and showing fundamental changes and improvements in the way these teams played. And they didn't really hit their best strides and get...