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What will be intriguing to witness is whether the Reds recruit some major new backs talent from non-Reds sources using Digby-gone-$s, or we solely opt for the further promotion of known home-grown timber. In this could be a decision of destiny for the Reds' fortunes 2014-15. We'll know soon...

Quite a bit of Reds-related gossip from GG re Graham having issues with senior Reds players etc, and more........posted FWIW: http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/story/181862.html

Sorry to be cynical, but the suspicion grows that Digby and his manager trumped up or wildly exaggerated the alleged Reds 3rd party deal reneging - for which they produced zero evidence to justify - in order to mask the hard mercenary fact that simply Digby wanted to take the extra c.$800k for...

I find Cheika's recruitment of both Lance and Phipps really perplexing. Neither of these players strike me as 'just waiting to be outstanding in their next phase of development'. Rather they're just 'solid' players at best that are being surpassed by others on the rise, and IMO Frisby (for...

Ioane The Great - based upon his 2013 performance level - is gradually evolving into a myth. Yes, his line breaks and tackle busts are excellent, and valuable. But rugby stats so often are wrongly focussed upon 'events' in isolation (such as possession %, run metres, etc), rather than the more...

I vividly recall Peter Cosgrove (ARU director and co-supervisor of the recent ARU governance review) when, around the time the new ARU governance report was issued, he was asked 'will this new governance regime herald in a change in directors for the ARU?' His reply (paraphrasing): 'Oh no, there...

The other consideration we Reds fans must all be mindful of is this: not standing still, other S15 teams are evolving and improving their attacking capability. For the Reds to not die away post the glorious recent past, we must renovate and innovate further to ensure we are not only equal to...

If we can't deliver the general sort of intensive attacking dominance and large PD the Brums achieved vs the Force, and merely scrap out a narrow win, it'll be a negative omen regarding us having any chance of catching the Brums on points and securing top of the leader board come finals time...

This is the truly telling point. All the governance reform guff - very significantly undertaken not from a sincere motive but rather to secure ongoing Fed Govt $s via being 'governance compliant' - has led to....... ........an absolute zero change in terms of the ARU board's composition...

J Lance is a loyal journeyman with great attitude and (mostly) sound defence. That's it, he's not good enough to really optimise the Reds' attacking potential when an outstanding 15 is called for in broken play and on the counter. If the Reds are truly serious about 'building to greatness' and...

The bigger issue being I would hope such journos professional shame and embarrassment that they had not attempted any such analysis themselves, despite being paid to focus on rugby, along with a handful of other sports.

Is it not an exceptional achievement that the Reds: - are the first ever Aus team in SuperRugby to beat all NZ teams they faced in one season and - after the Stormers 2010, only the second ever team to do this?

In all of these massive 2012 payments to JO'N (for manifestly poor performance), I am recoiling when I think back to my suspicions when, very oddly, in April 2011 the ARU board awarded JO'N and R Deans pre RWC simultaneous 2 year contract extensions. Why did they need to be simultaneous, this...

Surely one of the most staggering facts buried in the 2012 ARU AR (page 25 of the financial Notes) is as follows: ---> JO'N presides over 2 recent years of large ARU losses, a failed RWC campaign, gradual ARU revenue shrinkage, a Wallabies' gate attendances level falling and a very mediocre...

To be blunt, we may be seeing the reckless but not untypical combination of a player's contractual or commercial naiveté, his burgeoning ego as a self-assumed 'star' deserving a unique approach to his needs, and a greedy and manipulative agent acting only is his client's short, not long, term...

Is it not obvious that with his excellent track record at achieving positive results in virtually every aspect of the Red's' business outcomes, including a central role in player contracting and retention, it is highly unlikely that J Carmichael or his management team would be acting negligently...

And thanks for that! Ahhh, that was one of the sweetest days there ever was to be a Reds fan. Exhilarating: the combination of sensing a moment of team destiny unfolding, and doing so by means of truly champagne rugby.

Good debate re Rocket. Though as I've said before, look closely and, intercepts aside, you'll see that typically Davies' best work requires even better work from QC (Quade Cooper) in setting him up. Of course, when QC (Quade Cooper) finds the holes and space for his wingers, then raw pace to the line becomes handy ;) ...

Barb - perhaps a tad selective above? 2010 was, for example, the year of, again, no BC, and the year v England of 2 losses out of 3 Tests played. Were we summarily so 'tearing it up in the backs' that year?

Just to add to this, as a Reds supporter. As I've noted elsewhere today, and a point in this particular debate to Braveheart's argument above, it was an essential indirect element of the Reds' hyper-attacking game plan that they executed all of 80 with a very, very high level of discipline in...