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Ruggo, understood. But the core business fact here is this: rugby viewership effectively declined to a level where the free TV boys simply couldn't make it pay, namely the cost of producing it live would not be sufficiently exceeded by the likely income from advertisers given the declining...

This isn't just obfuscation, this is a complete reversal. All rugby media interpreted RD's first comments on the JO'C issue as 'he won't be 12 in this year's Wallabies'. Now it's 'he will be 12 possibly, probably, but he'll be subbed as he won't play 80'. Good consistency here. And a btw: why is...

From: http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/rugby-union/queensland-reds-now-most-watched-rugby-union-team-as-television-ratings-double-in-two-years/story-e6frepm6-1226065912324 Perhaps some unavoidable truths (re the game's revival strategies) are emerging here...

To have any value at all in terms of a genuine, proper refs and 'who benefits/who loses' analysis of these issues in a single game, a team of seasoned GAGR analysts - video, audio, rugby-law - would have to meticulously go through every single borderline or ambiguous ref-controlled or...

Guys, you needn't have gone further than the comments on our own GAGR blogs from Bob D this week and Mr T's Sunday game report: if you were writing the long overdue "Universal and Definitive Guide to Kiwi Rugby Moaning, Sore and Sour Loserdoms, and Ref Bashing and Blaming (Only When On the...

Yes indeed tl12, the memories of dear old Mumm last year. Working away yes, but never impacting anything much, never game-changing, activity without true effectiveness. Many of us threw up hands in abject frustration, but he was picked over and over again. Deans has enormous confidence in his...

AC: Just an add-on to your very good post on the game: at the game, my observation was that a number of Reds' players seemed very nervous and error-prone (especially in its earlier stages), as though 'the occasion', crowd size, the prestige of the opposition, the pre-hype, etc, really got to...

I don't think it is that axiomatic and obvious re the 'deserve factor' - with a 1 point margin - but thanks for answering.

So AC, given all of this, are you saying that you think the Reds deserved to win?

OK DPK and Godfrey, point taken, but it is now (and has been since 2010) ARU gospel that the Deans era was 'really' all about building for an RWC win, so it's just a tad inconsistent (to me anyway) with this doctrine that 2 months before that RWC, we'd make 'regional rugby development...

Just as a theoretical aside: no disrespect to the Samoans, but does anyone think this single game will really simulate full-on 3N rugby and be highly useful as a test bed for Aus 3N and RWC squad selections? What really came out of last year's Test v Fiji (except the revelation that our scrum...

And his old school - Churchie, Brisbane - 1st XV recently wore black arm bands for him and his family as well.

Yes indeed Richo, and even if we accepted there was a problem of 'weak conferences getting more easy points' etc, what would be the viable antidote? What, we'd appoint a Panel of Esteemed Experts to Assess Weak S15 Teams in Advance...and each S15 Weak Team played against would only yield 75% of...

Agree. The other obvious thing to be said about Higgers is his excellent acceleration, pace and agility, especially for a bloke of his dimensions. (He started his rugby life in the backs, and whilst Spiro was derided for even suggesting it, the idea that Higgers could have been developed to be a...

I took Scarfie to be saying something re the Tahs' core game strategies (and player attributes) that is IMO both central to their situation over many years, and also very astute: namely, the Tahs have developed a formula for winning more games than they lose, and, yes, often making the top 4 or...

Some of you might find this interview with the S15 CEO of interest....notably his statements that the core S15 format is largely hard cemented in via the lengthy deals with the S15 broadcasters: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=10728912

A little aside: isn't the very latest Reds' home page graphic a cracker: http://www.redsrugby.com.au/