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Gagger, I believe in love, apple pie, free speech, human kindness overflowing. OK, that's over. Now we have to deal with the 'problem bits', humanity's less than fine moments, and the dark parts. This is why the pure vision of completely free speech, whilst it warms the heart, is naive and is...

Gnostic, agree that what leaked in that article was worrying, both in itself and in terms of what it shows about what exists inside this team today. When I read it, I thought it was more about reported unhappiness with the whole set-up rather than a chase for money later. If it's true - and I...

Naza, I agree with you. But I am just completely befuddled by why this obvious 'lack of the right stuff' goes on and on in major parts of Wallaby land. IMO, it was just as obvious in, say, 2008, as it is now. I keep searching for answers. There's no doubt the coaches have a big role to play in...

Scarf, thanks for fair feedback. I assume you would like me to attempt an answer. First, has it been properly verified that in fact QC (Quade Cooper) definitely made a payout in some form of compensation, or is that just dear ol' JT (or others) in the Courier Mail + ' a source has said...'? I note you have...

+1. Or, just as a perhaps and purely speculative but nonetheless quite possible, the claimants/'victims' had pertinent other, not payout related, facts of the matter that they wished not revealed.

Getting in bold and early this time mate ;-).

I'm interested in the mental skills element of top teams' coaching, and how mental skills development partners raw talent and experience to produce the best outcomes, and players who can endure disappointments and dips better. I see this discussed a lot (in fact more and more) in many global...

Scarf, of course, I agree, we apply the same standards to all codes, or we should! My argument with you is this: unless you have the important _verified_ facts that really cover the entire spectrum of this case in detail - from all perspectives, not just the claimants' - I struggle to understand...

Tiger, whatever we end up believing on this matter, let's not for goodness sake take what's speculated or argued in Courier-Mail as fact or as the baseline truth from which all conclusions or inferences should derive. It is far from a newspaper of consistent, reliable quality, and like all...

I hope Austin is going out as he always returns with astute observations that have often predicted what we see on game day.

daz, very sound arguments. But not necessarily without regret as a consequence of their correctness. I think what Ruggo and I perhaps had in mind is that there is in fact something vaguely cheapening and a bit degrading about a genuine 'pure' (or once was pure) sporting icon of this country -...

You won't mind (I hope) if I ask you to reflect upon the particular 'cultures' the 'noted hard man' likely had in mind?

Yes. It's also disappointing that, on the one hand, we can have a GAGR post essay yesterday effectively condemning the broader culture and poor value system of League, yet right here we have no less than 59 posts most of which are determined to speculate wildly, judgementally, harshly, and...

If, as the ARU has hereby stated, bringing negative publicity upon the game is finable by the ARU, the current Wallabies need to consult their bank managers real quick.

Ruggo, great deal of truth in what you say here, it hadn't quite occurred to me in this way, you made me think. You would never have the 'Tooheys' Australian Cricket Team' emblazoned across Ponting's cream Test shirt, for example. Qantas could still be a major sponsor, without the Qantas...

daz, I definitely think there's something in this. Not the whole explanation by any means, but a factor. It is especially true if a Wallaby thinks - 'well, there's not much depth, they need me, people don't get fired much here for poor results, and I get paid more the less the same win or lose...

I completely agree re on-field leadership. And I'd go further: it's very significantly because this type of, let's call it for the moment. 'the right stuff' of real, hard, super-gritty rugby leadership has been (largely) absent from elite Australian rugby for at least 5-7 years now, that we have...

All noted above Cyclo...but why do you think more of the 1991 events you reference, and the Tom D utter dedication/80 mins of intensity, and the 'senior guys mongrel', are not there in the Wallabies today (or not there with any reliability)? Are you in effect saying, to explain these absences...

Well, that is great news. I feared for the Wallabies this year without him.

As I've said, IMO, with a player of this (historical) calibre who's still well sub-30 yrs old, we must include the possibility that his best, or near-best, can be revived if he's helped and guided in the right way....in my view, he needs time right away from the game, and thereafter there's a...