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The facts I was drawing upon are principally not mine at all or 'selected' by me. Rather they are those alluded to by the rare event of a loyal player pleading publicly for change in his employer's approach and by the way Rugby WA is or is not supported by the ARU. Read his article above, and I...

BR - you missed one, very unlike you. See my last post re Saturday's Test.

Handling a deeply discounted Echo Entertainment $454m capital raising and a material profit downgrade with a complex bundle of new shareholders would faze even Totality Tony, perhaps not our fearless ARU CEO...

The highlight for me in Wales 1 was absolutely, incontestably, the whole calibre of the Wallaby forwards work. Aside from the The Little Master, that's all that got me excited, yet I was very excited as this area of Wallaby play has been 'the lost zone' for years: low intensity, poor technique...

That whole input from Hodgson confirms a prior analysis but with 100X the validity of any of us here: The Force is strategically failing. It's been doing that for some time. It's no fault of the fans, no fault of any player, no fault of WA Inc. It's in the vortex of an unimaginative and...

Jake's view: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/rugby-news/2012/06/14/wales-face-big-ask-to-level-test-series-says-jake-white-91466-31177413/

Yeah Tiger, friends commented to me on how expensive they felt Wallaby tickets were for Wales 1. Some went of course; some decided not to.

What's the level of ticket sales like in MEL for this match, anyone know the current status? I was disappointed that Suncorp was far from sold out for Wales 1. I think the number was less than last year's S15 SF there.

For those above who seem to argue this will be nothing other than a minor, temporary distraction for J'ON, see below in today's Australian. Get real people. "John O'Neill May Take a Long-Term Punt on Echo"...

Some good updates here, and quotes from Lucas as captain: http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2012/06/13/reds-take-it-seriously/

For anyone who doubts that the actual Chairing of EE is not, in its present turbulent and volatile state, a seriously time consuming exercise, have a look at: http://www.afr.com/p/business/companies/macquarie_group_takes_stake_in_echo_fWan2gsgvNPiWyuwPNj9pO Having to deal with Packer, Lim...

What does this U20s debacle do for Nuci's coaching record? He was a senior assistant coach to Deans in the RWC and coached large parts of those plays. He coached all the recent Australia A games (e.g. v England at home 2010), and the mid-week EOY away games, and last year's JWC U20s, yes...

Yes, but isn't the core issue behind this particular debate that there's no obvious better player to place in this important position? Neither Horne nor AF really inspire as a national 13, despite their varied qualities. Now if Tapuai hadn't done his collarbone, the discussion would have been...

Gee guys, Samo has looked 'as though retired' in many of his 2012 appearances, and he's delivered some highly expensive defensive shockers too. I'd worry greatly over his taking a starting lock position in our last few finals-destiny-defining games. Wouldn't you?

Bh, IMO worth noting that if you spend just a little time watching NZ rugby blogs there's huge amounts of argument over AB selections, both before and after the AB team is announced. This is despite the fact that The Cartel was held in much higher regard by NZ fans than RD is esteemed here...

Gee, what of QC (Quade Cooper), thought he'd play this for sure, to build match fitness. Also, with JH out for X months to come seemingly, what are our lock plans do posters think? Who'll replace JH to start for the S15 Reds - AWH? - and then who'll bench up in support. Is Van ready? tl12, what's your...

Bh, btw, what is wrong with this? Isn't the beauty of these open fora/blogs etc, one where we can all challenge the status quo with our own views and argue our cases re selections, tactics etc.? Your perspective seems to infer that the sounder approach we should all take is: Robbie probably...

Scotty, personally I agree with you. And, interestingly, I note that leading coaches now talk of the criticality of building the right squad of players (in terms of both quantity and quality), vs solely the right team of players, which aligns with your point. But we know that RD applies a...

Re 'the (BC and 3N) sound like a doddle' as you state it. I did not say winning a BC and/or full-strength 3N/4N was easy, absolutely nowhere nor did I infer that. What I said: these comps are my defined goals for genuine Wallaby achievement over a sustained period. And why on earth should they...

Gee, that's an understatement IMO BJ. I thought this hastily combined Brumbies A team did phenomenally well in offence and defence to put 15 on and hold to a 10 gap vs an extended national squad build around 6N winners! A great credit to the new ACT RU coaching (and selection and development)...