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Indeed Ignoto, and one of the many reasons why the confirmation that an objective international search was conducted pre the RG appointment is a confirmation worth having. The job for CEO QRU that Jim C applied for and won was openly advertised.

Link referred, understandably, to concerns about bringing players like Harris and Lucas right back to starting positions after many injury weeks off.

Harris in The Aus was certain Lane will be in the 22, FWIW.

Will you be venturing to the game Bb? (Assuming your title implies a local component to these proceedings). It sounds odd to recall it, but QC (Quade Cooper) was key to both our last 2 victories over the Stormers (or, more accurately, his combo with WG and vice versa was). He'll be missed on Friday. Our...

I'm baffled as to why. Not one journo was able to muster the independence and honesty to ask the seminal questions on behalf of their readers: (a) when the world was there for the Reds in choosing a replacement for Link, why would you choose a coach with an ongoing poor track record in: w-l %...

Gagger and Lee: One core, and core cubed, point if I may: The demonstrated business and economic and fan-love and junior-QLD-rugby-player enrolling facts are in, over the period 2009-2011 inclusive, and they are unambiguously these: For all of QLD rugby to get into a state of motivation...

I can think of multiple ways that if they wanted to do all the 'next phase for Link and QLD rugby' stuff as per that gushing PR release tonight, the whole process (and its timing) could have been handled much better for fans, players, playing success this year, and almost certainly with a higher...

Looks like he might be headed to Munster, v interesting coach though as you say: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/6747874/Top-coach-Rob-Penney-in-line-for-Munster-job

I can't help feeling for Vern a bit when RG was quoted today as saying '...I was attracted to a coaching job in a strong rugby state...' Only a few weeks back RG was avidly declaring how intensely committed he was to the Force's success and it was so convincing and seemingly passionate that, as...

I still am in serious doubt as to how a full-time 'coaching director' and full-time 'head coach' ever works or can have useful value-add meaning within the one franchise...why two people sitting at those levels, the crucial roles for value-add are all the specialist coaches, S&C under a proper...

gagger and cyclo

++ what a shocking, almost recklessly irresponsible time to announce such changes. Reds just recovering morale and mojo and huge game on Friday, Force struggling and having to see someone who was allegedly meant to be super-comitted to them for 4 years, just walk away after 1.5 yrs to a fierce...

I am dreaming but is it a possibility that something's gone on with RD and Link's headed to Wallaby-land right now....unusual that no ARU announcement has been made on those Wallaby support coaches yet? Something is very odd and unexplained about all this, as of now...

I have never been more simultaneously: gobsmacked, staggered, concerned, upset - and just fearful for the Reds (including massive distraction this crucial S15 year) in all my years of enjoying rugby.

The 'director of coaching' role and 'head coach' model with Macqueen and Hill has been such a brilliant success at the Rebels.

Is this April 1st? Has my calendar gone haywire?

Apropos this thread, as a Wallaby supporter it is rather concerning to me that we have seen zero announcements wrt Aus/Wallaby preparations for the June Tests expect that RD expects to pick his v Scotland squad from the Reds and Force given their preceding week S15 bye. And leaks to Growden that...

I suppose it's worth noting here that only last week JO'N stated that (paraphrasing) 'one scenario remains that RD 'shoots the lights out and wins everything in sight' for 2012 and 2013, and then he might be reappointed as the Wallaby coach through 2015'.

Then, in time, perhaps you and I can both borrow Scarfie's signature which still haunts us with its brevity and accuracy ;).

An interesting scenario is building, slowly but palpably. JW has repeatably said that some day he'd like to return to national coaching. Assuming he continues the current excellent, positive trajectory he's creating with the Brumbies and that our dear Robbie parts these shores in late 2013...