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Doesn't that description of Foley apply to most Waratahs big wigs? David Pocock had decided to go to the Brumbies a long time before any coach was announced and Foley's name even cropped up. I have no idea why Dave prolonged not announcing it. Maybe he was giving the Force the chance to pull a...

Don't complain about beer prices until you've been to Perth...

Surely you could give the rights to a third tier rugby comp to one of the commercial channels. We didn't have commercial digital channels back in 2007 so you'd think they would have space to fill. I think if it got off the ground people would watch it. Televising the 'match of the round' only...

So the Force have taken the Waratahs coach and the Waratahs have taken over the Force thread. I think you guys got the better deal.

Fainga'a sucks. We have depth at hooker because Moore and TPN are very solid and James Hanson and Nathan Charles are developing well to step up in the next few years. Great depth at 7 too. I think our props are doing all right. Some good looseheads at the very least. Good wingers. With Kurtley...

If they follow the same pattern of pools as the last RWC, you could use nib stadium. It is about to be upgraded and I think expanded to at least 25,000 seats. That would be enough for some of the smaller pool games.

He did have a great year until his injury. Makes me wonder if Deans would have picked him if he wasn't injured. I personally rate him above Alexander as a loosehead. I think Benn Robinson is pretty much glued in, although he didn't have a flash year this year. James Slipper would also be ahead...

Last year was a good year for WA Schoolboys. We had a hooker in the Australian side and a prop, lock, flanker and scrum-half in the A's. Those guys will be future prospects. Just a shame we had noone in either squad this year.

Definitely a good option. But then who do you put at fullback? Kurtley is far and away the best fullback we have.

I'd want him as a lock. He has the same build as Sharpie and is definitely taller, heavier and more aggressive than Sammy Wykes. I'd sooner have Wykes return to the backrow.

I would love it if the Force just wrote off the next year or two success wise and concentrated on developing a quality playing list from taking a bunch of under 20s and using as much local talent as possible.

If money was the issue, we'd happily have him at the Force. There is a lot of spare change here with Sharpe and Pocock gone. It'd be great to have him back somewhere in Oz at some point in the next 12 months. Once Sharpe has played his last test we are left with Horwill and a number of other...

Haha. I doubt they are that clever.

RugbyWA has released a statement indicating that Pocock is officially gone.

That's a good question Tiger. And I don't think there is a realistic answer of anything they could do. Probably giving space for an extra one or two developing player concessions is it. I think the decision to make two academies rather than have each team have its own academy was a sharp swift...

You have grossly misunderstood what I was saying. I would not have Cooper as a bench option for the long term. Just for the first game or two of the RC. I would always choose a fully fit and prepared Cooper over a fully fit and prepared Barnes. Cooper hasn't played an International match in 9...

I have watched plenty of games of rugby this season. Elaborate. Or shut up.

Fotu Burger. Done.

Only if the question is: Who will lead us to the promised land? And only if by promised land we mean bottle-o.

The ARU are to blame for those problems. I'd be interesting to know what the difference between WA and Queensland is in ratio of player numbers to funding from ARU. You also can't argue that that two 'Super Academies' aren't massively biased towards Queensland and NSW. There are plenty more...