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This is really chicken/egg stuff isn't it? Some believe the players are shite solely due to Deans. Some believe it doesn't matter who the coach is, cos the players are shite. Not many think it's a bit of both,which is strange.

Where did Parra come from, to earn a finals spot? Where did the Wicks come from? Is one going forward? Is one going backwards? It appears to me that one club is improving and spending within it's means. The other one is your club.

that's the wrong measure. How many age groups represented in June? How many village clubs? How many registered junior players? These are better measures than how many games one under 12 team won. They would not compare favourably in these respects.

HJ, I think you will find that Private schools have a longer day than Public schools ( start earlier,finish later). that's how they get longer hols.

come on, Beale does not get picked before that game, there would have been a riot. yep he played shit but that's hindsight. He was an automatic selection, in everyone's opinion.

I would be flabbergasted if the IRB had not scheduled a series of meetings at around that time.

Jiggles,I'm not disagreeing with the thrust of your post, but how does giving funding to Club Rugby help 14 yo's? The better kids will still wander off to prestigious private schools on their scholarships. What would funding to clubs change?

By what measure?

yep, is it me or are they also going out of their way to ''upsell'' Gaffney to us. Every time they seem to mention his name it is always in a positive light.

Maybe, if it hadn't been the root cause of QC (Quade Cooper) unravelling in front of the world at the RWC. Knowing the Kiwi's. they will be lining up to give to QC (Quade Cooper) again if he is selected this week.It would take a special person not to be negatively affected by this.QC (Quade Cooper) was a dismal failure when last confronted...

People been knocking off their gear, and showing it off on facebook?

So the case against BB is his debut game and a game 3 years ago? Don't forget to mention QC (Quade Cooper)'s last match against them, at the same venue where he was a rabbit in the spotlights. Nothing is ever black and white.There are definitely shades of grey as to QC (Quade Cooper)'s right to selection for an Auckland test.

Exactly, everyone says they don't care if we get beat by 1 or 60. Until we get beat by 60.

The only player that Deans could have picked that would have made any significant difference is QC (Quade Cooper). Given the last time he played the AB's he was embarrassed,and has only had limited game time since, do you really believe any coach would have selected him in this particular game?

When you have the blindside winger and the fullback running lines, if run properly always results in an unmarked winger.It's how your defensive pattern deals with this scenario that matters. This week we had KB (Kurtley Beale) on the job. it was not a systems or tactical weakness. Bear in mind in the super 15...

My original post : your reply: On Saturday he showed Dagg the sideline and got shamed, then made a poor defensive read for the other try.He made another atrocious effort with about 12 to go, that was snuffed out with a great tackle near the corner post by another Wobbly. I made no comment that...

It actually did work, two tries to two bad errors from KB (Kurtley Beale). Take out the brain farts and you have a game plan that worked despite our forwards not getting parity.

great in theory, poor in practice.

I can't see how anyone was disappointed with A Finger. We all knew before the game he had one KPI: stop/limit SBW. He did a pretty good job I thought. No one has ever accused him of being of being a threat with the ball in his hands. Same as Horne, in what scenario was he ever going to be in a...

I agree with liquorbox, how many of the starters last night would make a possibles/probables trial with the AB's? QC (Quade Cooper) is the only one that will made a big impact.The problem with him is that can can single handed win or lose the game. Given QC (Quade Cooper) was a rabbit in the spotlights last time they met...