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Thanks TOCC. If we keep highlighting these facts, perhaps gradually it will come to be understood that if the majority of the Australian rugby franchises don't start running their businesses much, much better than they have been for about the last 5+ years, there will soon enough arrive a very...

Daz: The actual numbers were posted here some weeks back (I forget the thread), but it's a fact that Force home crowd averages in number have declined significantly from 2006 to 2011. And it wasn't just the "honeymoon" first year (of existence) to second year drop, the drop continued more or...

No, US. Artist is: Fort Minor Feat. Styles of Beyond: "Remember the Name". See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lsitWKrpvk

It may be old LG, but if one examines the substance of what is being sung about, it is fundamental. '....they seemed not to have practiced passing...' Your points above are very similar to those B Dwyer has been making in his observations of the Tahs in 2011.

Or, more like: "Gagger, you and your fucking statistical analysis of 6s is not going to keep me out of the Wallabies." :lmao:

Given (a) the excellent overall player resources the Tahs possessed as of February 2011 and (b) the way they came out of the gates in the early S15 rounds (which I thought was formidable and quite outstanding) and (c) my belief that, surely, all of the Tahs and their managers would be desperate...

Oh well, I guess if you come to the view as a Tahs' supporter that 'oh heck, as we end 2011's season, every important outcome that we did or did not achieve is principally explained by these multiple injured players' and that is enough for your rugby heart, then, OK, that is 'realistic...

It looks like some work-in-progress artefact that may have started life in the props department of Transformers 3.

Gee, fp, that from you (and endorsed by LG, which surprised me) strikes me as a very low level of expectation of Australia's premier state rugby team. Of course, like opinions, we're all entitled to our expectations, but I would have thought that a man who posts here many times each day would...

Good post Groucho. That whole 'Sydney phenomenon' argument that, in fairness, is often as much propagated (as some kind of defence) by Sydney Tahs observers as by anyone else, is largely bunkum IMO (btw, I have lived on and off in Sydney for over 25 years). The characteristics you note are more...

Ah! That explains why you are such an admirer of our QC (Quade Cooper) :lmao:.

As I've noted before, there's only so much disposable $ income large groups of fans (most of whom are not the rugby mad passionates) can and will spend on going to games, many fans saw the Blues at Suncorp v Reds not long ago, I think many are positive that the Reds will make it to July 9, and...

Reading the very good analytical (and admirably objective) posts from passionate Tahs' supporters here, I deduce a number of themes that appear to be fundamental 'buried truths' that help partly explain what Gnostic (as a 30 yr Tahs' fan) months ago coined as 'the tragedy of the Waratahs' by...

Goes to show then just how important (based upon history, at least) winning that Minor Premiership actually is!

TOCC, confused here, sorry. Is the word 'not' missing above between 'has' and 'continued'? Only ask as you then quote the fact that the Sharks - which in brackets you indicated were the minor prems that year 2007 - were in fact dethroned by the then No 2 in rank, Bulls.

Tom Carter certainly has fond memories of them after his try last Friday ;-).

Apologies in advance, this is a tad off topic, but not totally (as kicking excellence will matter much for the Tahs in 2012, and their prime 2011 kicker has now departed). Seeing LG's latest account of Beale's 2011 place kick % success ratio, I am wondering: has any Aus S15 kicker produced an...

Agree lb. No one said these stats 'were a revolution', but they are incontestably huge, tangible progress for the game (vs other codes) in QLD. For God's sake, Reds rugby was on death's door by 2008-9! And the free TV point re league is not as simple as it looks to water down these improvements...

Just a btw Hawko: is there any evidence that this cumbersome and expensive separation, with its two distinct boards, separate accounting, etc, has been anything other than a complete waste of time and money in relation to the cause of materially enhancing 'the business of the Waratahs team and...

One assumes the Tahs were hoping to address this with BB from early 2010. Then disappointment struck, BB's form in 2010 was inconsistent at best, he never seemed to settle that year, then we all know what has transpired for BB in 2011, and we may never see him on the grass again. (I'm...