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Scarf, we always knew you were a pretty good guy...

RR, did you leave out Van the Man for any reason?...he's back from injury now, isn't he? I know he has detractors via age etc, but if Thorn is the Rolls Royce version of what's possible at that age, Van H is a credible BMW. Deans' seeming rejection of older players - almost for that reason -...

Scarf!! Have you heard?! Hearing of our 'resignation' HRH Richie and the NZ PM are poised I am told to make a statement today to the Kiwi Parliament speculating that your departure will uplift the spirits of the nation in general, and AB supporters in particular. However, as they read on, and...

Awh gee, sorry FP, for posting 'crap' mate, your posts are always outstanding and correct in very detail, and you know best. Whatever, your post above changes nothing of my assessment, so no, it's not 'OK'. First, there was open, undenied speculation by the Wallaby coaches and others in April...

You must be fishing DPK ;-). It's the job of the senior medical and physio staff to prevent these factors driving an injured player to 'play for passion' when the result will be damaging - very damaging - for the team in that (a) they end up playing well below 100% with all the risks that...

Scarf, adding to this: I was incredulous when recently both Hynes and Ioane have come out and admitted they both came back from serious injuries in recent times, too soon and prior to a full, properly proven, recovery. Hynes knee, Ioane last major shoulder injury (before the latest one). Genia...

Intriguing, isn't it: there's Mitchell with this excellent ABs record, but he's not done a fine job with the Force. They've not come on well overall, and have achieved an 'OK' 5.5-6.0 out of 10 score I would argue for the last 3-4 years, certainly not a 7-8. Some parallels with Deans here, one...

rsea, there's a lot in what you propose (or some variant of it). IMO it's absolutely an ideal ingredient somewhere in what's required to radically reform the Wallabies. Trouble is, it's very hard to implement now when it's not been attempted or even started in any form in the past. All of the...

ILTW: Yes. It's amazing me that many posters are indicating surprise and new dismay at this the latest style of Wallaby debacle. This format of Wallaby loss in big 3N games has recently been more constant than exception. Just go back to the 2008 and 2009 core pattern of Wallaby losses v ABs...

TT - your points about this 'business of rugby' being a fan-led, fan-paid business, and where we fans should - with every right - demand excellence of performance and results, are extremely important, and valid. Unfortunately, the current ARU is a kind of citadel of self-flattering complacency...

Austin, a mirror of the multiple AB losses in 09 and 08 when we led, quite well, in H1, only to deteriorate in almost all departments in H2 and hand the game back in a convincing manner. There's been around 8 or 9 of these, from memory. But the biggest crime tonight was the unforgivably reckless...

Well, if we had come out of the 4 of them 3 W - 1 L our favour, yes I would have been happier, and rightly. IMO, it's patronising to charge Aus rugby fans good money to see, allegedly, Australia A (incl Wallabies), and then somehow say, 'oh, those games have no significance'. Anytime any of our...

Oh, did we win that first one? You accept we lost at the second one, right? Then see, for the final score of the first one: http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/australian-barbarians-vs-england-live-chat/

2 X Baa Baas v England. They were billed as serious games, were in effect Australia A (incl some Wallabies) against England's A team, and fans were asked to pay to see them. The point is that we should have done far better than just 1 win from these 4 total games. If these were not serious games...

FP, as I think you and I exchanged some months back, I believe Barnes is a fine, fine player. But his confidence and relaxed mind have badly deteriorated in top games, and that is absolutely taking its toll on his competence in those games. He clearly needs an elite sports psychologist to work...

Cook Cup retained DPK via 1-1 Tests draw here. Though let's recall: 4 2010 games vs top England teams at home: Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 2. Disgraceful by any standard, and certainly by the 'old, high-and-proud expectations' school of Australian rugby, not the new, now-fashionable 'injuries, lack of...

Couldn't agree more Groucho. We need to analyse global 'modern success stories for rugby' and see what we can perhaps leverage from them for the sake of Aus rugby's improved prosperity. France is really interesting, hence the mention. Part of it is that soccer there is gaining a bad rap for...

TBH, generally agree re Rebels. Yes, re yr Melbourne points and the hope therefrom. But the thing that really excites me is this: Macqueen in the south, Link in the north, squeeziing the obvious mediocrities we have running the Brumbies and Tahs. That's what's IMO needed - a bloody great clean...

Gnostic, take a bow, your knowledge of your hero coach's plans is near-perfect.

Sorry DPK, big myth. Whatever your Tahs' loyalty and passion, you are a smart student of the game and the massive revival of the Reds this year to very respectable crowds and gate income levels @ Suncorp shows precisely what the everyday rugby fan wants to come and see, and why. There was no...