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Bh, good point, as was IMO Robinson's re taking some calculated risks with fast width on the Scots' line in these circumstances. These two points vividly reminded me of the 2012 Tahs in similar situations where I felt sure it was a lack of seasoned on-field bossy senior leadership to make the...

Somewhat more benign climatic conditions forecast (as at today): Brisbane Saturday A shower or two.Min 11Max 21

Perhaps Bullrush the year the Blues have endured is forcing you to reluctantly look for positives closer to home....any positives. ;)

bh, what is the cure in your opinion for this malady of our many 'non-smart' Test players? How do you see this generic problem (as you describe it) being fixed? How do we get the players to take 'more responsibility'?

Genia is absolutely an option, he'd be my option in this case. Said so before this game and as soon as JH was injured. I studied Genia's captaincy during a very demanding period for the Reds in most of season 2010 when Horwill was out and, along with many others, I thought he handled the Reds...

(WJ, to say you 'never forgive or make excuses'....please. You treat your favourite team as though like a mother's unquestioning love for her talented but wayward child. Fair enough, entirely your right, but reality must occasionally intrude at exam time when the marks are sent home.) I made...

Rip, sadly, there is zero evidence of the parties concerned wanting to uphold the values and objectives of public enthusiasm and trust in the code. If there was such evidence neither Deans nor J'ON would have engineered lucrative contract extensions in 2011 from a compliant and obviously...

Lee: I think that's way too easy a let out for these Wallabies, a kind of geo-tagged philosophical excuse almost, to add to the litany of them we've been served up in the past 4+ years. Top quality international teams have to play in NH and NH-like winter conditions and often so as well in NZ...

Robinson in part blames (enjoys) certain elements of our game plan and tactics: http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wallabies/scotland-coach-andy-robinson-says-the-one-dimensional-style-of-the-wallabies-aided-his-sides-cause/story-e6frf55l-1226385420402?

Bullrush, agree overall (without excusing, it must be said, other Wallaby deficiencies tonight). I have said well before tonight: at this stage in his development, I just don't see what others clearly do in Pocock as captain. I think Deans and the ARU want to make him that for all sorts of...

Rubbish, stop permitting weak excuses and implicitly forgiving appalling, arrogant, reckless mismanagement that has again insulted and degraded Wallaby fans and the national jersey. See it for what it is FFS; you forgive the Tahs bosses everything and excuse all failure, but don't carry it over...

I'll be howled down, but much of what you refer to highlights Pocock's captaincy weaknesses IMO. He's the "follow me" leader type, not necessarily the "now I'll be boss and make the tough calls" type, at least for now...

That's hugely reassuring. Comfort factors everywhere, just leave it as it is. Phew.

I strongly disagree it's that different in terms of the right core principles of professional transparency, but as the contrasting viewpoints are now laid out here, I'll leave it at that.

Some video is and will continue to show up here (and on the the Home page of the IRB too): http://www.irb.com/jwc/index.html

Delighted you have no care for this issue Barb, I am sure others would. And using league analogies - of all things - as mollifying examples as to 'so what' does not defeat the issue of standards of integrity in public sports commentating positions. When you commence consulting to a particular...

I disagree. That's just when the real hope of the right type of Force revival will commence. The core structures governing Australian rugby mitigate against accountability and responsibility for results. The Boards of the RUs and ARU effectively are able to self-excuse and self-perpetuate...

We can poke fun at SZ's poor writing and all, but the fact is that in this article he's displaying a directness and transparency over previously unrevealed relationships and implied bias risk that's all too rare in the 'mates and networked' world of Australian rugby and that stands as one of the...

Rakic has his faults but his stories often prove out more than most:

Qwerty, assume you're not forgetting the other well known variable: Robbie's notorious game plan 'situation', namely either (a) we don't have one or (b) the players don't quite understand the one we do have or (c) we have the wrong one for the opposition or conditions.