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This post might be better placed in WJ's positivity thread, but it seems to me that out of the dross of this season there could yet be some major positives. In 2007 the Waratahs won three games and came 13th. Only the hapless Reds were worse. But the fairly inexperienced coach, Ewen McKenzie...

Just flipped over to my fantasy results. Thanks to Brown's leniency, Alexander was the second highest scoring prop this week. I watched the match and I still don't get that.

Some random thoughts on the game, some of which others have raised in prior posts: The Tahs should have won that game based on their domination but they didn't. That they failed to convert their dominance into points (again) is a coaching/managing issue. Axel needs to get a good mentor who...

On the Rugby Club last night Foley A. explained that Douglas and Timani were in competition for the one spot and Mumm was set for the other due to Mumm's lineout skills and type of play. On balance, given the good season that Douglas has had, they had chosen him over Timani. Given Scott's...

This may or may not be true. But Fitzpatrick has had massive criticism on this forum for his lack of size/bulk/muscle, particularly last year. Even LG cast a critical eye over his physique, if I recall correctly. With everyone on his back about bulking up, why wouldn't he spend more time in the gym?

Foley's problem is that he has done the right thing, but four rounds too late. He needs to learn to be able to tell the difference quickly between bad form that will fix itself and bad form that needs surgery. Four rounds ago it was obvious that Barnes at 10 was not working in the Tahs set-up...

Why Pyle and Douglas have been cast aside is a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Sharpe aside, these have been the form 5 and 4 so far. But, obviously not Deans' favourites. Douglas is one reason Kepu has been so good at THP so far and Pyle has been excellent in the air and round the park...

So lets posit what Deans should have decided to do when the Scottish game was announced: Make the first two games of the international season quasi trials. Choose the squad so that there are enough players in it to have completely different starting teams for Scotland and Wales 1. For Scotland...

I thought the latest scientific evidence suggested that alcohol and rehab are incompatible. So what the hell were the two of them doing out after midnight drinking alcohol while supposedly in recovery? And don't give me that "we've all done it, just boys being boys" crap. Wallaby players...

Chose a really great time to take an eight week European holiday, couldn't have dealt with the distraught angst at home. Waratahs gone bad, Wally's lose to Scotland. Some days it has been great to have no internet access! Thinking back to my article at the end of last year I wanted five...

I reckon you are right, but I doubt that much time will be spent on why such backline work does not happen all the time. It was a thing of beauty, but not to be repeated all night. Why it is not the modus operandi of the backline for the whole game is beyond me. If you can do something once...

And the answer to your Dud question is "I don't think so."

With the proviso that we don't know who are carrying what niggles (apart from the TPN concussion) this team seems to have the forwards rotating almost by rote. Surely after last week's brain snap Mumm should be riding the pine and Timani and Douglas should start against one of the best teams in...

I've read all twelve pages without posting once. I think I deserve a medal for forebearance. WJ definitely deserves one for taking the fight up to the haters. I think that some posters fail to recognise just how much pain the genuine Waratah supporter felt on Friday night. "I told you so"...

The way the Rebels are playing right now you would not think their coach would be sacked. I suspect you would need a series of catastrophic losses to do that now. What a difference a world class fly half makes. I think you would need a major revolution in the Tahs back office before Foley...

You'd think it was November if you read the last three pages.

Here we go again. Kaplan twice in a row. Followed by Pollock twice in a row (Bryce Lawrence lite). To add salt to the wound Ian Smith is AR and first reserve if Pollock is out. We all remember him from last year and the wrong call on the forward pass this year. Why are the Appointments...

As soon as Foley's back I'd like to see some radical changes and a backline that looks like: 9. McKibben/Pretorius, 10. Foley, 11. Pakalani, 12. Horne, 13. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), 14. Kingston, 15. Barnes, 22. Halangahu. My reasons are as follows: All year Barnes has been our first choice 10 and the...

Well observed Fatprop. If you were asked to say what the score was by looking at the stats without knowing the score you would probably have predicted a Tah win by a couple of points based on the possession/run metre stats maybe. And yet it was a walkover on the scoreboard. Sometimes rugby is...

Excellent. That should mean the Waratahs have a ten point head start.