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I'm with your line of thought on all this Richo. And let's recall: numerous Kiwi commentators highlight this very point re 'better coaches and a better coaching environments yield better skills and performances' when they routinely observe how the S15 'Canes players (whom are considered to be in...

Perfectly sums up GG's career in terms of factual capability.

Another extraordinary revelation = ARU: 'the semis were (secretly) a pass mark'. The ARU, JO'N and Deans _explicitly_ said from early 2010 and thereafter that 'the real' goal of Deans' whole 4-yr plan was 'winning the world cup'. The clear inference was that Tests along the way were...

Couldn't agree more, Scotty. But my fear is that the 2013 BILT will soon be categorised as a new Deans/Wallabies 'building' project, that 'strategies' and selections will be designed for.

Can't wait for the passionate reactions on this board if QC (Quade Cooper) and BB turns out to be a great combo as run ons.

IMO, good article from Cully re this tour as it's roughly shaping up post-RWC 2011. Sort of ironically amusing headline: "...the next big test for the Wallabies...". http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/lions-will-be-the-next-big-test-for-the-wallabies-20111019-1m6wx.html Btw, here...

Dear 'ol Ma'afu. You could trust Robbie to slot him in at the end game.

Brilliant! FFS, please, please, send it. It needs to be said, and sent. Just the very act would be therapeutic release for all of us here, suffering as we have from GG's sloppiness and mediocrity all of which is really bad for the code.

Is that really your Dad? Top stuff from him, could not agree more. Gee it's great to see the passion and acute insight in and from so many of Australia's multiple rugby generations.

LF, i have no idea what you mean. As I have posted under Gagger's excellent blog essay today, this article just highlights the duplicity and deviousness of JO'N, for all to see. Just one example: where was all the suddently-now-declared Ewen respect and alleged candidacy in succession to Deans...

Austin, will perhaps post some thoughts on this later, but for now, just to affirm what you say, many 'insiders' state that their relationship (Link's and JO'N's) is of the 'toxic' variety. To add anecdotal evidence of that, it was really noteworthy and obvious how little praise or recognition...

Noticing this little gem in today's media reports re JON's 'announcement that wasn't one': Marvellous. Nuci will be evaluating himself, along with others, of course.

Scott, if all this keystone cops 'complex extensions and mysterious succession plans and then possibly more extensions' was not so damn serious for the future of Australian rugby, frankly it'd all be just laughable.

LOL! This is all smoke and mirrors. JO'N said when Deans' shameful - and now infamous - 2 year extension was announced earlier this year that he JO'N would also be granted to 2-year extension as ARU CEO (funny that). (The ARU have never issued a clear, robust justification of these two...

Riptide, a chill went down my spine today with Deans telling media he'd actually like to lead the Wallabies into RWC 2015. Does this man possess any humility and a sense of direct responsibility after no less than 4 full years in this job? He was quoted as yesterday noting that 'the Wallabies...

As a number of us whom have taken an interest in assessing the calibre of Deans via the calibre of his chosen coaching team would attest, and noting the highlighted phrase above, it could credibly be argued that little has changed since that (for Deans) fateful 2007 day in front of the NZRU.

Or, maybe even wiser, early 2015 when an improving Tests w-l % was demonstrated in each of the preceding 3 years. And to this very point, but another way round: who would have thought after the Wallabies trashed France and they played so poorly in November 2010, that they'd be in the RWC 2011...

Amongst all the downbeat vibe from the Wallabies' current position, there is a big beacon of light for me that, in such a context, must be sincerely congratulated for its: - quality - spirit - good, regular rugby analysis, in depth and of a type far exceeding the mainstream rugby media in...

Key point RR, almost deserves a thread. The concocted ARU and Deans obsession with the 2011 RWC as the be-all-and-end-all for the 2009-11 Wallabies has ended in tears and flatness. As it was almost always bound to do and, now, worse, the everyday casual Wallaby fan, so crucial to annual $...

From the Reds zone and if a biggish squad, I wouldn't forget Shipperley, Lance, or D Murphy. Major talent there, for the future.