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Must have been reading a different article, couldn't see that sentence on the SMH. 100% agree. I'd take another 10 years of McLennan because ultimately he's just 1 gobby little shite who can be ignored over more incompetence from the fuckwit states running the roost. They all belong in the bin...

If he is replaced though, I hope its not by some lackey for the states who lets them keep the run of the mill. I am just as tired of them as I am of McLennan. Incredibly self-serving class of rugby administrators in this country.

Voting breakdown is: QRU + Reds = 3 votes ACT + Brumbies = 2 votes Rugby WA = 1 vote Rugby SA = 1 vote That is 7, which is one short of the majority. The article says it is unclear if the Force are aligned with Rugby WA. Not sure where you are getting Tasmania and NT from Sully, they aren't...

I don't know why people use the pronoun "we". We don't look silly. The only person who looks like a mug is the Hammer. Don't let his big gob embarrass you, its a waste of energy.

I absolutely see the benefit re the public side of things and the perception of the role. I don't know if there needs to be tension in the DoR-HC relationship. Its a pretty normal structure that is common practice in most rugby clubs in Europe + sporting organisations more generally. Cheika...

'SLAMS'...the greatest verb in modern sporting journalism. Where would our press pack be without Eddie Jones...agree fully with Manenti btw.

Not one of these players is from the ACT though they are just Brumbies... You are a very sensitive bunch sometimes my gosh haha I think the original question was just genuinely wondering how many rugby players are from the ACT. To which the answer is about as many as you'd expect given it's got...

If we are picking 35 year old Kurtley Beale (regardless of what happens in January) we are in deep deep dogshit.

The funding does come from revenue generated by Rugby Australia though. I think this is the part that annoys me most about the state unions. They run themselves broke to the bone, come begging on their knees for a handout and then cry foul when the free money pot they were receiving isn't as...

Anywho from the recent Roar article: "That (head coach) appointment is not likely to occur any time soon, with the national body intent on naming a new head of director of high-performance by Christmas before moving onto choosing Jones’ replacement." Good news IMO. Seemed to be framed as a...

It only serves to highlight the myopia in McLennan's thought process that he thought he would lose Eddie to the USA (or another Tier 2 nation). Anybody with a sense of the man, his massive ego and his proven willingness to walk out on a contract would have known if he wanted to come to Australia...

Not really what's happened though. Every other state has entered into good faith negotiations and things seem to be progressing well. The Brumbies have shut up shop and are forcing things down a legal avenue out of the siege mentality/victim complex they have adopted for most of their...

None of this answers why the schools should be responsible for keeping players in the game and should share facilities and IP like you insinuated though. Are those issues? Yes. But if there is a systematic problem with the way schools develop talent and help retain it then the bodies who...

The schools bear no responsibility for the health of Australian Rugby Union though. If the best path to a career as a rugby playing professional athlete is in France or the NRL, the schools with all their resources wouldn't doing best by their students if they didn't help them into that pathway...

Look, very fair reasoning why he may not be a suitable captain (if that's what your suggesting). But you pick him as often and as possible as you can, because he's your best player and one of the only world-class operators we have. Don't want to get dragged into Giteau Law discussion because its...

Why do you say that out of interest? If I'm honest this was the one thing Eddie did I really liked. Obviously it didn't work out because of injuries and we only saw it for two games. But there was no way of knowing that at the time. And the burning through of captains in the Rugby championship...

Usually I'd agree. But Nick Bishop is just about the only person on there worth reading, its actual analysis not crappy opinions. Having said that I don't think it reveals anything we didn't already know. Pone not up to muster at scrumtime & Richie Arnold a bit useless. Doesn't go very deep...

Even if Jake White does coach boring rugby (which he doesn't) we have no grounds or time to be demanding for exciting, attacking rugby at the moment. We need to win. Cheika might be slightly less petulant and combative than Eddie, but he's barely an improvement.

There are a lot of league people around in Union. Edwards and Farrell stand to mind most prominently, Kevin Sinfield also. The problem with Hodgson wasn't that he was a leaguie, he was just shiy. Truly baffling defensive structure, the placement of the wingers was so confused it wasn't funny.

Foster without good assistants, no. Absolutely not. Foster if he came with Schmidt, I might have some interest.