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Surely its on the coach to take into account his players different attributes either through selection or game plan.

eg Alan A Who actually went Ok in that scrum.

Dean Mumm's lineout going as well as Rob Simmons' did.

First bloody play and its another bloody kick straight to their back 3 and they have the ball in our half against an unset defensive line.

Foley having at absolute mare with the boot

Add one more to the shit Foley kick count. And another!

Terrible clearing kick from Foley, followed by another shocker from Gits and then hands do it for the ABs

ANZ stadium was expecting 70,000 on Tuesday. Lots of seats still available on ticketek

Anyone already getting paid by the QRU will surely get a look in ahead of anybody new - if only because of the finances.

I see where you are coming from but To'omua made a big difference when he came on against the ABs in Sydney last year and won the game with that little kick for AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper).

Fardy can't cover lock in the scrum at test level.

Yeah, that wouldn't cover salaries of 250+ 7s players and 500 women you'd imagine. Maybe it pays for the comp and expenses and the clubs cover the rest as a price of being part of the Top 14 comp

Translation from French source €28m (A$41m) over 7 years to enact the strategic plan which would include a sevens team for each Top 14 side, a woman's team for each of the Top 14 sides. Thirdly,help for sides in the non-rugby areas to produce a pro-D12 side fourth, development of a third...

Where are the Rams playing home games this year? Any matches at Parramatta?

To be fair that was the target for level of funding from the ASC based on previous results - not the ARU or Sevens team's target for themselves

? ave pay = 60% x $10m / 4 years / 20 players = $75k Seems a bit more realistic..... Seen other reports - the ARU spends $3.5m on the sevens program which includes approx 40 mens and womens players and coaches.

After a little investigation it appears the ASC gave rugby 7s $1,040,000 for high performance and $660,000 for participation last year. Compares with nearly $6m that hockey receives. The ARU spent $3.5m on the sevens' teams last year. So yeah - despite the poor performance of the men...

It seems incredible that a full time Pro like timani couldn't develop into at least a competent 2 jumper.

Reports that the Hockey teams will be losing funding given their disappointing performance. Presumably losing quarter finalists mean that the Men's Sevens team will lose funding too. Might make expansion plans more difficult.

If I was one of our women's team I'd want to see some pretty thorough and convincing return on investment projections if the ARU is going to be spending money on maquee os mens players.