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IMO, this article's worth a read. It certainly reinforces the view that the Wallabies' ongoing SH silverware achievements (or not as the case may be) are important for the game's economics and overall market position. Views...

I was at both and, objectively, Scotty I think you're right. Again, we just couldn't hold the intensity was often the reason as I recall. An wasn't the 2006 game at Bris the one where sloppy defence let John Rok go for that long distance try that fried us? + btw - NB how close the both AB Tests...

I am now on an intravenous drip, since the team announcement for Saturday...

Gnostic, keep at it. For what it's worth I think you will find that it's coming down to two schools of thought, v broadly: (1) One school believes that top quality coaching and leadership can make a huge, critical difference to a rugby team's capacity to win, even if the nation's professional...

From the ARU site (re Suncorp, not including the old Lang Park): 2003: Australia 29, South Africa 9 2003: Australia 90, Romania 8 (RWC) 2003: Australia 33, Scotland 16 (RWC Quarter-Final) 2004: Australia 51, England 15 2005: Australia 37, France 31 2006: Australia 49, South Africa 0 2006: New...

Agree Scotty, the enlarged SFS is really the way to go and it was kind of stupid (but hardly surprising) that League and rugby didn't come together years ago to push for this in their obvious joint interests (both are stuck with ANZ for various purposes). Part of the problem is that I believe a...

Scarf,as you'd know, I am in general agreement with you and thanks for putting it so pithily. Imagine if other Australian major sports had been so defeatist! (In fact, if I may, I recall how in the late '80s large tracts of the Aus cricketing media argued the West Indies had such superior talent...

Thanks Gagger. I've (only) added numbers above to enable a clear response. 1. No. Whilst you don't agree with me on this - and fair enough - I have at least tried to contribute on GAGR to a quite broad assessment of why Australian Wallabies rugby is where it is today and why it is there and...

With due respect to you louie, this above is one of my personal favourites from the Deans Fans' Library. As we have lost more and more games, these types of more abstract, hard to disprove, arguments for Deans have increased exponentially. (The latest amusing one I am hearing btw is that Deans...

Scarf: I've lived in both places over the last 10 years (and was just at ANZ on June 19), and, I agree with you! The Brisbane/Suncorp crowd is more a mix of all types and sizes so to say, and I would definitely agree the crowd up here is more noisy and high on intensity in Walls support than...

Good to see your confidence coming back PB, have missed your normal exuberance re Bokke around here!

+1. I also think it's likely there'll be no more yellows this time around. And, without a doubt, those two yellows really weakened the Boks' momentum and clarity of attack in NZ. ABs still deserved to win and possibly would have done as well without them, but they were the gifts that kept on...

Actually David and Reddy!, what happens in that the Aus and NZ tour companies package up remarkably cheap trips with game tickets for ABs supporters to come over to BNE from all over NZ. This time is low-season for a lot of local hotels here so they're at their cheapest, the weather is much...

I saw it then, top job LF.

+1. The other thing I abhor Naza is just how transparently and consistently GG acts as the convenient, uncritical mouthpiece for the ARU when it needs to feed a line out to the unsuspecting public, often in defence of nothing but itself. And it's all made to appear as though it's some kind of...

From rugby.com.au 19 July 2010: Returning hooker Stephen Moore says Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium has become the Qantas Wallabies' spiritual home and it's imperative they capitalise on starting their Bundaberg Rum Tri-Nations series there on Saturday.The former Lang Park isn't even the...

Gagger, I think your caution re Brisbane is justified, on these and other grounds. Let's also recall that, at Brisbane, we really did struggle to beat a way under strength Ireland that likely would have scored 1-2 more tries if they hadn't had such a dreadful night of consistent, largely...

(*Please forgive long post, I am trying my best to contribute thoughtfully to the debate ;-) ). Like us all, I have been thinking about this. When you look over the panoply of top line coaches in many team sports, you tend to find that no one is good at every core dimension of coaching. These...

iltw, I believe you are misunderstanding me here. But it'd break Rule 9 to go on, so let's move on. Btw, simply to clarify - my bracketed insert re cyber bullying and the free speech issue had nothing whatsoever to do with QC (Quade Cooper)'s social circle.

Austin, I like this side. Would argue that Ma'afu should be deleted as 17, and A Finger come in on the bench as it's critical he's given some time on to see if his potential can shine in a hard Test (and perhaps too as protection if Barnes or Horne perform poorly and the pressure is really on)...