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Yes, it’s only the interim role though according to that article.

Yes it’s by Jessica Halloran. The one about Coates/Carroll is by Wayne however, this is the juicy bit from it.

Apologies I’m using the Aus app on my iPad, I can’t cut ant paste quotes, only take a screenshot.

I have access to the Aus, this all appears to be the nuts and bolts of it. Dan Herbert and a couple of others wanted a recruitment firm involved, rather than just going with a captains pick. From what I can tell though Wiggs wasn’t threatening to quit, just not take on the chairman’s role. It...

Wayne Keith Smith @WayneKeithSmith · 2m Heavy hints that Peter Wiggs was only just talked out of resigning from board of Rugby Australia after last night’s turbulent meeting. Lots of drama still to play out, it seems.

Not quite, he went to the wrong GPS school. I was wondering that too. RC was up for renewal at the end of the year regardless of the virus, so perhaps he was always planning to resign after the Olympics and then challenge for the role. Could be his dream job. He’s now in a position where he...

He’s got a solid sports admin profile and lots of rugby admin experience. I gather he has been overlooked by the media for the role until now because of his current commitments with the AOC. I still think a wider search would be pertinent but at face value he looks like a good pick up, despite...

True, but my TV is clogged every night with what’s going on in the NRL and AFL.

Just some trivia on a similar note as an aside, for whatever reason I am reading Eddie Jones book. I knew Kearns was plucked out of reserve grade for his test debut, what I didn’t know was that when he came back from the Bledisloe he went back into reserve grade.

And they are copping a proper spray on the Twitterverse. “Well you haven’t uttered a word since March 15 so give us some fucking insight you twits” is the general theme.

Yes having thought about this further, I think we need to either go full blown domestic comp, or a reformatted TT/Pacific Super comp. One option that could work is a domestic comp and a shorter TT/rep season, but I’m not sure how to fit that into a season. Whatever way we go it depends on a)...

Ok I get your point, and that’s probably the logic behind his proposal having one team based in Qld and one in NSW. Canberra just isn’t big enough and Melbourne and Perth just have to accept they are still emerging markets.

It’s all good, it didn’t really hit a mark with me, I was just having a bit of difficulty trying to get my point across. It doesn’t really matter, as I’ve said I agree it was a good way for her to leave on a positive note, it wasn’t really about that. I’ve stated I’m impartial, so will leave...

No it doesn’t, the Reds for example in your case, or Qld Country, would be your team that you support week in week out. The amalgamated team is essentially a rep team which you’d support like you did Qld in the old days. It just takes a bit of getting your head around the concept, like I did...

MDiddy should rock up to RA with his proposal and his doco when he’s finished it. The variation I would make would be not to call the two top sides NSW and Qld. Rather, to begin with amalgamate the Reds and Waratahs players and call them the Northern somethings, and the Brumbies and Rebels...

Obviously it makes no sense to leave the Brumbies out as it stands now, however his model in principle is not a bad concept and the article is worth a read. There is no reason for the two ‘top’ sides to be called Qld and NSW though, and there feasibly could be three teams in the main comp...

I’m just going to let this lie. I didn’t suggest anyone was offended, and for the record you didn’t pay her a complement, you made a sarcastic jibe. Which was the point of my post, but evidently that’s going straight over your head to try to better your own argument.

I think the expectation is to run our own comps this season, perhaps a winner plays winner game at the end, and then a TT/Pacific comp for 2021

I certainly don't have an issue with it and agree it demonstrates dignity and professionalism. My point of contention is that pretty much anyone in the same situation would have done the same thing. It's a bit like giving Rennie a plug for not selecting KB (Kurtley Beale) in his initial virtual squad. Its...

It's 6 months away so I'm not ruling it out. The government also said these restrictions could be in place for up to 6 months and we are already seeing those starting to be lifted, after about 1 month. Word is they are going to announce some guidelines for community sport to recommence later...