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I'll save you nothing Newter. Stick to your own guidelines for your own work, and I'll stick to mine. Just as it should be on an open forum permitting free expression not subject to the instructions or stylistic imposition of any one person.

I was ready to be very critical of Jake should he have taken this England option, to leave a previously solemn moral and business commitment to the ACTRU and the Brumbies. And he himself declared, then reversed, his flirtation with this northern siren song; unapologetically, I was aghast at this...

Go the 'new' Brumbies. What a fabulous win! As it always is and always will be, talent chosen and then liberated by fine leadership, coaching and selection. And the cleaning out of the forces of mediocrity. Credit must be given to a heretofore fragile ACT RU, in 2011 nearly on its last legs...

Fine win to the Tahs (mojo intact version), deserved in every way....plus, as another positive for them, the decisive impact of excellent place kicking.

Moono, I sense and empathise with your pain and frustration, you come across as a great fan of your team and good on you. Believe me, in the 2007-2009 period I was aghast at the Reds' mediocrity and chronic failure despite the great rugby talent and local 'rugby feeder' systems in their midst. I...

Proves once more - if it was ever needed - that a good scrum capability is a necessary but by no means sufficient attribute of constructing a consistently winning S15 team. In fact, the Reds won in 2011 with what I'd term a 'just good enough' scrum, way below best in class but their individual...

Over to the grandchildren of Carter and Byrnes, it'll be like 'the troubles' in Northern Ireland.

P O'B should have been sacked immediately over the 'apology to ABs' incident. An appalling breach of integrity, independence, good judgement and public trust that has poisoned fan confidence in aspects of the IRB's refereeing ever since.

Just don't get why you'd feel heartbroken Gaggs for a team that's been 7 years in the making, has essentially spun its wheels Year 1 to Year 7, and after all that still hasn't assembled the capability to put away a 1.5 year old team that tonight lacked all its best backs for most if not all of...

Moons, do you not think that the entire Force backline needs reconstructing? IMO, over recent times, your backline has been neither well recruited, selected or, in a specialist sense, coached and mentored. A true reconstruction of it, and the Force could genuinely lift, progress and secure...

Bruce, there is gold, and then there is platinum. As you imply, but perhaps cannot bring yourself to say, this understated but nonetheless candid description by McGahan (prior to his arrival) of his coming complete responsibility for almost everything Wallaby, offers JO'N a cunningly conceived...

Gotta hand it to the Rebs, big time. 1.5 yr old team with all its backline stars out and Cips off as well and an ex NSW premier grade coach defeats a 7 yr old team with a far more experienced coach and with its two stars well and truly in. And an indirect double humiliation for the Tahs; just...

We all await with excitement and bated breath for the public release of the 'independent' review the ARU has conducted (via ARU Board members and Nucifora) of/into its own and the Wallabies' RWC 2011 performance. This report was 'discussed' at the ARU's Board meeting of February 24. As GAGR's...

Could this go on like '....the secret gunman was on the grassy knoll in Dallas....' ...and still be alive 50 years later? ;)

Post them bro, and let's clap. Anywhere there's good evidence that rugby is solidly growing in Aus, is cause for that. And a State by State analysis would be best.

Bb: I said above: '...the Tahs will out, by a handful of points...' Subject to a few 'if, ands and buts' that are forced upon me given their variability of the recent Tahs (and not so recent Tahs) and that BB really can have wonderful games (a la Wales RWC bronze match) and some very...

Bb, as I mentioned in other posts, my view is that if the Tahs regain the combination of inner mojo and very competent cohesive play they showed in Rnd 1, and BB does not start his dangerous tendency in S15 to kick poorly and too often under pressure, the Tahs will out, by a handful of points...

He's thus got the polarities the right way around, yeah?

d54, hey, well done. That's a terrific uplift. At my son's inner Brisbane club, Brothers Juniors, I believe their 2012 regos are up very significantly, and they are barely going to be able to cope with their new numbers in terms of facilities, etc.

Just a BTW: was not Bismarck de P an outstanding ambassador for his team and, more generally, SA rugby on last night's Rugby Club on Fox. Gracious in victory, humble and light hearted as a person, fair to the beaten Reds in a game context, and generally coming over as a warm and decent person...