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If each franchise had a high performing 10 you might have a point.But we don't. NZ 3rd & 4th pick are well established Super players. How highly performed are our franchises 10's? He can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

You also have Hingano in the centres Knuckles, I would have thought you guys were covered there as well.

And in that thread there were numerous accounts of the creativel accounting used to support the fallacy of a strong grassroots . Schoolboys who played both School & Village were double counted.Anyone who participated in ARU one day events were also counted. The problem for me is if the CEO is...

Checkout his forehead.It's Botox Bill And the same barber as JON.

Well, most played better this year than they did last year. The side they were in this year was much better performed than their Colt's side the year before.Is that a wrap on Sam or a condemnation of the colt's coaching staff?

Yep, he's got to be seen as rock solid behind Robbie at this stage. But that can change.

I think the women were working on the drinks cart IS

Straight out of Phil Gould's coaching manual.Works a treat for a season or two, then the joint implodes.

I think Harris did a good job with the players at his disposal.1/2 of the previous years colts played regular first grade last year. The Colts side in 2011 were barely competitive, so such a large % of that crop playing regular first grade is wrap for Harris.

Really? About 1/2 the current NSW Schoolboys squads are GPS boys. That's a big influence.

You think there will be an empty seat in any of their matches? I would been more impressed if he had said they were going to get leverage from the tour for and were expecting massive increases in participation etc etc.

Settle petal. No one has said he was a poor choice, no one has said he will do a shit job. What people have said is that nothing at all of any substance came out of the presser. It was standard corporate bullshit, and no one should be surprised. People are still entitled to call it bullshit though.

The only performance measure he mentions is the makeup of the crowd in sellout matches. hardly a priority is it?

All motherhood statements which mean nothing. Except for the last point which is just wrong. If we maintain the current standard of high performance culture, we will not be the no 1 team in the world as he states.We will be doomed. I now await the customary follow up presser where he highlights...

It's a negative that Calcraft has no up to date knowledge of the sporting landscape in Oz, it's also a negative that he has ties in the game that can be perceived at bias down the track? (Look at Cheika & the Tah's...lot's of tough talk, but already examples of favouritism with his former club...

Are you suggesting that the shit kicking in RWC was a tactic of RD? Or is it poor coaching that QC (Quade Cooper)'s kicking game deteriorates from Super to Test level? The Reds did beat the Saders who had plenty of AB's, but that is not the same as playing the AB's is it? In any event jet lag won the Reds that...

Awkwardly. QC (Quade Cooper) will have to be the standout 10 to get picked IMO.If he is playing as well but no better than others, there are legitimate reasons to pick others(squad culture,defence).

Not quite the same. Elsom was an OZ Schoolboy and still had a contract with the Dogs. This bloke was discarded by the Roosters in 2011 and couldn't get a gig anywhere last year or for this year. There are plenty of guys who played at the same level in Mungo as this guy, filling up the lower...

I heard that they pay them around $80k per year.

Results would indicate that he wasn't a JWC level coach.