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When Coleman is back (given the other 23 top players can stay fit) I think this Force team is going to seriously start asking questions of the top half of the Super Rugby table. Can't wait for this.

I think people often view players as black-and-white, without accounting for any sort of development or regression, and this doesn't help the situation either. Reece Hodge made the Australian schoolboys at the last minute as injury cover for Lalaki Foketi (whatever happened to him by the way?)...

Holy moly Australian rugby and this forum has officially broken me. I now know how Dismal feels. Edit: you replied to my post with another and I saw your first post and assumed it was aimed at me. I feel somewhat more sane but the Doctor that's wheeling me down the aisle isn't convinced.

1. I said Pulver. 2. a. Implementation of a much needed 3rd tier (NRC) in a fashion that is cost-neutral (see the ARC and the financial shambles that ensued) b. Pulver taking a self requested ~40% pay cut relative to JON. c. Pulver negotiating a pay cut for all players with RUPA. d. The entire...

Bob Dwyer's views from that article: "The ARU, a resource poor organisation, needs to be giving more resources to things it doesn't even control, community rugby, and not the resource-intensive arms of Australian rugby that generate its resources in the first place" Contentious, but at this...

Fuck me Bob Dwyer is a hack. How would that help anything? Yep, lets get another CEO and ~10 board members, spend the next 12 months getting them up to speed on where the game is only for them to achieve the exact same results because, like it or not, theres not much more the ARU can...

With the equity crowdfunding bill passing the Senate, given you needed $10 million to launch the competition (an arbitrary amount), you could set it up so that: + The ARU commits $3 mil. + The NZRU commits $3 mil. + The Japanese Rugby Union commits $x mil (if they are included in the Oceanic...

I'm sure you mean in terms of broadcasting and other revenue, the technicalities and the logistics but I was thinking last night that if the ARU / NZRU replicated the "Own the Force" campaign with a "Kickstart a Trans-Tasman Comp" campaign I'd happily chip in a grand to help initially prop it...

Bored at work, so I thought I'd have a crack at my Wallabies 23 thus far this season: 1. Kepu 2. Latu 3. Sio 4. Coleman 5. Arnold 6. McMahon 7. Hooper (c) 8. Timani 9. Genia 10. Foley 11. DHP 12. Beale 13. Kerevi 14. Folau 15. Hunt 16. Slipper 17. Polota-Nau 18. Ala'alatoa 19. Simmons 20...

Pretty good video from last weekend. Have to say Horwitz has grown on me this season, as has Skelton. I thought Mack was hard done by - Hegarty hasn't shown much. Otherwise I think thats close to the best team we've fielded this year.

Perhaps its time you walk away then. Its very rare I see you post anything constructive or positive in these places. You clearly don't like what you watch anymore, or a lot of the viewpoints here. I think this constant "us vs. them" mentality is so acidic in Australian rugby. How is the...

Participation fees have been discussed pretty thoroughly on this forum with some good analysis. They are lower or equal to almost all sports for children. Fair point re: Pocock though. Not many people I know outside of hard core Rugby fans know that Super rugby now has 18 teams. I...

I was actually reflecting on this the other day. At the Tahs atleast so many of our players come from Sydney Uni / Randwick / Manly who walk over sides week in week out. Perhaps if our Super players were more evenly distributed they'd have more of a thirst for hard fought games.

An array of skills drills, touch football, opposed sessions etc. aren't under the same conditions as Super Rugby or Test Rugby. People use them because they simulate certain environments or situations which can be beneficial for training purposes. The fact that a try isn't worth the same...

Your belief that it does not serve develop core skills != the NRC doesn't have benefits. If nothing else it serves as a prolonged trial for the next wave of Super rugby contracts. Naisarani had a great game on the weekend for the Force. Would he have a contract there if it wasn't for the...

For me Perese is worth persisting with that much more than Kuridrani. I've got to say - Higgenbotham is one of the most consistently impressive players I've ever seen at Super Rugby level. He plays so confidently and always seems to make an impact on the game. I'm hoping he gets a good go...

Thats a very odd reaction. Bill Pulver is doing a good job given his resources (especially relative to his predecessors). The Rebels need a new coach and a stronger squad, but I scarcely see what Billy Ps got to do with this.

Fucking Hurricanes and their dinky little kicks. Rebels need to be a bit more composed in defence and they need to capitalise on their chances / line breaks otherwise this could get ugly.

Rebels looking quite promising. The boots of Bachop, Debreczeni and Hodge have got you guys out of a few tricky situations. Lomax looks like a really powerful ball carrier and Mafi / Timpani have been very dynamic.

Almost off the main page - this can't be. Carn the Tahs. With McDuling and Tolefoa on the bench we're super short of back rowers. Where do we go from here?