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https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/09/28/ex-ireland-hp-managers-scathing-critique-of-australian-rugby-and-the-brutal-warning-of-what-is-ahead/?fbclid=IwAR2iiaOhJComU_e9_i4Jl_18XtxcNYqt3byRM__7_ql2dAE7HEdcAl9rWcw Great article. Both Byrne and Anderson have same thoughts re Super teams - not...

100% agree with all you've said. Although I think these are challenges facing the sport outside of just Australia. For example, the Poms, have always relied on territory, forward power and set piece to get results. But everytime Farrell or Ford put the boot to ball the old farts at Twickenham...

Winning rugby is good rugby. Crusaders are the only team in Super Rugby who rely on their maul as much as the Brumbies, doesn't seem to get many complaints either. Agreed fully. One thing I'd be running is national camps for the 40-50 best youngsters at U12s, U14s, u16s (and more if money allows). Don't...

The body language expert was pretty absurd. Not suggesting Eddie was/wasn't lying...But one of his reasons was "his eyebrows are high and wide"...Mate, that's just the way his fucking eyebrows are.

Sure, he was just doing his job...But he chose to release a story that could undoubtedly harm the Wallabies the day before the biggest test match in 20 years. He could have saved it till after the game and got the exact same clicks and attention. This isn't politics, it's sport. The public...

As a chookies fan I won't hear any Sua'ali'i slander. Criticise the money - fair enough - but its not his fault our games got to a point we feel it necessary to pay what he asks for. I cannot wait to watch him play Union. Ignore any rubbish peddled by Fox Sports about his character, his...

On the subject of League and given there's not much place else to discuss it on this forum...the Kiwis are gonna have a serious problem if the Warriors have gotten their act together and Horse Man does what I think he will do and grows League properly in NZ. Reckon they will have a 2nd team...

Just a little bit. Faletau is a better player than Valetini, Samu in 2023 is no better than Nick Tompkins and Josh Adams and Liam Williams would make up 2/3 of the back 3 for sure.

Don't get me started on this point. We should be looking to the NH for guidance as how to move our professionalisation and structures along. But fuck me I don't think the answer is to try and import their attitude towards the on-field product. They have an absolutely gash idea of what rugby...

Got to be Arnold for me. Even if I didn't agree with all the selections (which is fair to say!), I could pretty much rationalise them all and see what Eddie was going for. It didn't pay off and there should be recriminations, but I don't think there were many incoherent selections. But Arnold...

Thought this was pretty calm actually. The only fiery part is the Japan questions, and on that I stand with him against the muckracking crap that constitutes rugby journalists.

Ok, maybe a bit of misplaced anger re SBW. But I will stand on the ground he doesn't offer much insight or benefit to our comms team. Anyone who thinks our game would be in any better of a state if we had Rennie or Quade out there is dreaming. Which isn't to be confused with accepting Eddie's...

Personally don't think its a coincidence this Brumbies/centralisation talk is out in the air as the same time as Eddie to Japan talks. My take is Eddie has said we need x, y and z changes to be successful. Centralisation is a part of that. Now Rugby AU is trying to push it through, they are...

NZ v France to start, good. But I don't know whose idea it was to blow their wad on Week 1 and have so many ultimately pointless games going on in one weekend.

I can't stand watching our game at the top level when it's not a massive game or one I'm emotionally invested in. The internal groans and frustration every time we have to stop and replay a pointless detail phases after it's happened is fucking ridiculous.

Ronan O'Gara recently made a statement to the effect of games being won from 1-10. Well, as a collective, I'm confident we're better at 1-9. But the most significant gap of any position is at 10. The question is whether we can exercise the dominance we need to stop that coming into it. I think...

Splitting hairs between Schoupp and Nongorr anyway + TH is more important position and Bell has a massive engine. Bit of a no brainer to keep Slipper at TH IMO.

The better Pacific Islands rugby gets, the better Australian rugby gets. More realistic high quality competition at Super Level, and potential to be great spectacles at the international level. Pasifika communities in our big cities are enormous. I'm certain Aus v Fiji at CommBank would sell...

Leota at 6 is as much about Hooper at 7. I don't think it's a coincidence that we want a big body at 7 when Wayne Barnes is the referee, who is going to actually allow for a contest over the ball and not referee Rugby League lite like Andrew Brace. In fact, Eddie said as much after the Melbourne...

Can't say I'm too disappointed, would ultimately prefer not too have part of the game owned by outside stakeholders with no incentive other than generating financial returns. Progress on the centralisation front is also good to hear.