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I've taken a screen shot for the GAGR time capsule.

Needless to say that is 12:30am Sun 27/11 Brisbane time, Brisbane being the epicentre of most elite sports development in Australia :fishing

Let me not split hairs with you Cyclo, but in fact the ARU is in no sense a traditional 'media' business as you infer. Rather, its purpose is (quoting from the fine print of the 2010 ARU Annual Report): To the best of my scrutiny to date, the ARU pays not tax, and has no traditional...

You replace them with better people of course, or you reorganise the underlying structure(s). Just as - for example - Cricket Australia has done after a genuinely independent review of its senior structure (post too many Ashes losses), the Chairman of CA has been changed, the National Coach was...

Lance, I cannot fathom why you'd find many of these thread comments 'disappointing'. What does that mean, that you disagree with them and they have no rational base of substance? Cynicism is wholly appropriate if justified by the underlying and continuing array of facts that underpin it...

I take exception to this jibe at Gnostic. And who are you to so judge and sneer? Whether you like his commentary or not, the fact of the matter is that if you trace the majority of Gnostic's commentary on matters Wallabies, Deans etc, Gnostic's assessments and predictions from (say) mid-2010...

Hawko, excellent work. This manoeuvre of JO'N to exploit the hapless docility of the Australian rugby media via the ploy of issuing these impressive sounding goals and KPIs that have zero considered substance nor are backed by any form of credible detailed plan, is not new. We were fed a diet...

Indeed, surely no one here thinks the official press release today had this position description item in as some kind of typo? This known versatility of Lucas was precisely why Link advocated considering Lucas as RWC squad member (before the squad was announced).

What an absolute joke. Proves that Deans has learnt nothing post-RWC. And, why would he when he was effectively told by the ARU that he was so good that (a) any performance level at the RWC was acceptable and would not cause a review of his position, and (b) he'd be granted another two years as...

Mate, you're keen!

Don't get too excited; I did add an emoticon with wink at the bottom of the post.

Might be worth considering, when you can do this more than once, and with stiff winds: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/bend-it-like-thurston-kangaroo-stuns-mates-with-curling-kicks-20111027-1mkz1.html ;)

Yes, Hawko, yes. The scary thing is that the remaining rugby mainstream media is, on policy and general code management matters, totally complaint with the ARU media machine's wishes and latest 'please think this way' influences. And they're all terrified of the well-known wraths of ARU senior...

Bruce Ross, this thread needs you! Please hurry back, you've been away far too long.

I like Harris a lot, but do we know if he's formally 'registered' as a potential Aus player given that, as he's stated it, he has enough Aus heritage to do so (Aus grandparent as I recall). He came into the 2011 Reds as a Kiwi player.

OK, let's go. 1. The 2007 Wallaby team 'lemon'. Aus entered the RWC 2007 IRB-ranked a world #2 as at June 2007. Lemon-like? See IRB site, the data's there. If this post RWC 2007 team was such a shocker of a lemon, how did Deans kick off really quite well in 2008 with a solid win vs the ABs...

Indeed. And as much as I rate KB (Kurtley Beale)'s outstanding skills, after his 2011 Test season so far, can it really be said that he's 'the best 15 in the world'?

The fatal obsession - 4 years and the glorious end-moment of a RWC. This lies at the heart of much of the problem we have endured with Deans, and much of the indulgence that has been extended to him here and elsewhere. And why we fly out of Auckland today with a flawed and saddened squad that...

Related question: has the ARU shown the competence and judgement necessary to appoint the right new Wallabies assistants, with or without Deans' approval, and whether they instruct him or not? Based upon the last 4 years, and with the probable exception of Blake, the answer would appear obvious.

5 star post Gaggs.