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Can Stan just find some commentators who aren't bitter and won't spend 80min + stoppages hanging shit on the game? Command of the English language is not essential, but would be an improvement over the previous lot (with the notable exception of Clarko). The last 20 years of Australian...

And there I was expecting Pocaw

The IRB clearly agreed with Pooper.

Trouble with the season structure is that you can't just drop 'em to the Shield after giving them a taste of the intensity and quality of a test match.

Out of frame: Obligatory portraits of Sir Joh and Lady Flo

That red room reminds me of Twin Peaks

Torp I think we're more like minded than you realise. The comp is there primarily for the enjoyment of the players, whether the parents, old boys, etc like it or not. More than that, school's meant to be a place for kids to learn and (within reason) make mistakes. The transactional nature of...

One of the major issues with the 'quality' of the AIC comp is that its two largest schools have been in decline (one dramatic, the other far more subtle). The major upside has been the improvement of the schools that were mainly in the TAS red comp last century before the AIC breakaway (similar...

Refs look specifically at this - TH bind on jersey behind the sleeve, and keep their elbow up. Dropping his bind is always going to attract the penalty. I reckon Ledesma would have died a little bit inside, he turned Sio into an excellent prop. Don't get me wrong, I think he had a cracking...

I see your point, but I don't think our defensive game was particularly weak - then again it wasn't tested as the only times they really got their hands on the pill was from rubbish tactical kicking.

At least straighten up, try to commit a defender or two (draw and pass), and give your outside backs a red-hot go.

Facepalm.

Eastman, there will be games where we fail to crack the line, particularly in dour northern 'spring' tours. It's being able to cope with that and keep putting pressure on their D. We didn't do that despite having the ascendancy in nearly all stats. Argentina taught us all about resilience...

As I've crapped on about earlier, we did very well for 60 minutes. It was the crashing thud of the last 20 that kills me. It's as if suddenly our footy heads came off. And I'm not talking about mistakes in execution under duress, which I think are signs of a side getting the hang of the speed...

I actually don't mind Hooper going for the meat pie at the end of the first half. It's the abject failure to set up for the drop goal with six, two, one minute/s left that drives me to Dismal levels of rage.

What a shitshow. They set theirselves up with 20min left and then shat the bed. I mean, the aimless kicking is a coach killer. I also don't understand Gordon as the replacement half. Somehow managed to make front foot ball look like back foot ball. And WTF was Hodge doing calling for the...

Fuck's sake. Scores tied, two minutes left, you field a kick on half way. Why would you kick the fucking pill back?

Fuck man Matthew Burke has taken over from Filbert Kearns tonight

I was going to name drop JB Sullivan, but I figure there aren't too many 1990s Easts Tigers aficionados viewing this thread

Starstuck Wallabies meet Nicholas Cage circa 2009