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I cannot get this re QC (Quade Cooper) if true. Especially with our serious lack of good 10s this June, surely using him on the bench and playing after say 50 mins could make major sense, for the team and for QC (Quade Cooper)'s lower profile return? Not to play him at all in June seems really odd to me. Unless....we have...

What I find quite staggering in all this is how no board or board members of either the NSWRU and/or the Tahs have ever felt the need to properly account for, justify, fully explain, robustly analyse, take personal or collective responsibility for, apologise to the fans for, the Tahs' continued...

Hmm. I rather think the actual game on Tuesday night may provide an equally good guide.

Agree Slim, when you lift the lid and look through the whole media release, there's lot of rather odd and inexplicable things going on... And what does Deans mean re QC (Quade Cooper): '...if we can can get him game time...' clearly referring to playing outside the Tests? Brisbane Premier Grade?

Btw, am I alone in missing the 'sound' of the man most likely to revive morale around these parts with all manner of explanations and bases for hope - WJ, where art thou this fine day?

Here's the full ARU media release; I won't paste the text as it'd overwhelm Moses' server quota in its length. QC (Quade Cooper) looks out of the June Tests, at least by these statements: http://www.rugby.com.au/wallabies/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1516/ArticleID/6753/Default.aspx

There are always identifiable - and often complex - reasons for poor 'attitude'. It's not something that can be dictated via Attitude Enhancement Consultants coming in with pep talks. Or an aggressive coach just mandating it. Good attitude comes from excellence of leadership and a sound...

Qwerty, agree, the suddenly weaker scrum was the key marker of this team's inner mindset as of today. But is it any surprise this team's confidence and motivation would now be at risk of cracking?: - high level leaks to GG re serious 'repercussions' post SA - emergency board meetings to...

Brisbok will be ecstatic!

Justice for Ben. Rugby gods know better.

2040 - I find the statsguru on Espn Scrum very good, and incredibly comprehensive with vast ranges of data cuts available: http://stats.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/stats/index.html

It's been observed elsewhere, and indirectly to support Bruce's point, look at the huge impact the centre tackle-machine A Fainga'a has had since coming back to the Reds. AF is no attacking genius, but he does the other winning bit extraordinarily well, it's called winning by consistently...

Some posters may be interested - or gravely concerned depending upon your perspective - that the new Assistant Coach Blades is spouting the well-worn Deans' theory of the full interchangeability of LHPs and THPs:

That's the most sensible explanation for the split-out I've heard.

Don't forget to fly Muggleton up for just one more night with the Tahs. If the Tahs don't tighten their gradually withering defence standards, all the good forwards work in the world could be blown away, the 'Canes will smell the tissue paper.

The notion that 'suits' - that is, the composition, qualifications and calibre of the Tahs/NSWRU boards - should 'not be discussed' in a Waratahs 2013 thread as of relevance to the performance of the Tahs in 2013 is merely fp your own personal preference. It's not a rigorous assessment of the...

Hmmm. I guess I was not necessarily referring to 'super star' 10s, but very competent ones that could be developed well. So WA, ACT, QLD can 'churn out' BB, QC (Quade Cooper), Lucas, Lilo, Holmes etc in the last couple of years (noting WA is not a rugby state), but NSW (the biggest rugby state) can at best...

Lindommer: Not sure why the NSWRU would in 2010 want to replicate an ACTRU structure that by 2010 was hardly the pinnacle of rugby success in any sense, but, so be it. Why is the ARU now running NSW's 'junior rugby development' (and all junior rugby including games?)?, that makes no sense to...

Re NSW 10s. Yes. The deeper question for me is: why did the NSWRU (with the biggest and best rugby feeder system in Aus) get itself into a position whereby it deemed it essential to import a Barnes at 10, a Cross at 12/13, an Anesi, a Pretorious, etc. And then a Hangers is your next best option...

Thanks WJ. If you fans are all happy with this split structure, then fine. And I agree that to have achieved moderate total income growth 2011 v 2010 is commendable and desirable. It'd be interesting to see NSW's AFL and league revenue growth rates over the last few years and compare them to the...