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Gold! Whoever proposed the shirt should shared get a share of the credit too! (I don't remember who it was)

Sexuality jokes are the height of humor and all, but couldn't you have held those gems back from the world just this time?

I'm sceptical, to be honest, but I really agree that things have declined a bit lately. Is that because crap threads are being started? I don't know. I don't recall that many of them. To me it seems like the larger problem is both beating dead horses and poor adherence to the forum rules...

What happens to our ranking if we lose the next five tests? What happens if we only win two of them?

I'm assuming it'll be the usual a 36-man touring squad. I doubt that will be increased given the parlous state of the ARU coffers just now. So if any "fringe" players are going to make it, they'll need to fit within that structure. We MUST win most of these games -- that needs to be the priority.

McCabe. Not how I would prefer, just who I think Robbie would go for.

Que?

The leadership situation right now is dire. We all know about the Captain's Curse. To my mind, this overrides longer-term issues relating to turnover at lock. Australia has an abysmal record bringing players back from injury at the moment. If I was in charge, I'd tell Kev and Poey that they'll...

Yes. A similar argument can be made for almost every area of news and journalism. On the one hand, it's great. On the other, it's meant that traditional media groups have become less essential, but their response to that has too often been a race to the bottom rather than an earnest, concerted...

We definitely shouldn't rush back either Poey or Kev. Especially the former. Hooper has been so good I've barely noticed the absence of one of the best open sides in the world. It's a tough set of tests for the tour. We shouldn't take them at all lightly, not of we want to be on the other side...

I reckon we tend to let a lot of shit slide when it comes to reporting in general. We say, "oh, that's what the readers (sorry, customers) want". And then the customers find a better place to go and we all end up reading great stuff at places like G&GR and joints like Fairfax end up down the...

There seems to be some revisionism going on here, IMO. Growden didn't just write his gossip columns or give reports on training camps and so on. He wrote a lot of match reports too. For mine, those were rarely good. Perhaps that wasn't his area of expertise and that's fine, but they were still...

In that case, there are a couple of chicks from last season who deserve a call up.

BJ and Barb's incidents were the ones I was thinking of in particular. A few weeks after Digby's offense, Rob Horne was given a two game suspension for a pretty similar tackle on Beale. He would have received 4 games/weeks but had a clean record. Digby's prior offenses were in 2008 -- a full...

The SANZAR judiciary seems inconsistent and arbitrary in both its citations and rulings. Has the organization considered reforming its approach to citations, hearings and associated penalties? Would a points system for offenses, set periods for suspensions, and definitive rules for prior...

Come on, Cat. You of all people should know that Beiber would never re-tweet a photo of that!

Gaggs, you could make that case, sure. But he was the Chief Rugby Correspondent. He could have put some thought into analysis once a week. My view is that lots of writers fall into habits. They tend to write what comes naturally or most easily. No doubt Grumbles was better at the gossipy...

Growden's problem was that he was trying too hard to be an insider, not that he didn't attend pressers or talk to players or what have you. I'm sure he was great and dedicated at all that. What he didn't do was offer much in the way of analysis. Maybe it wasn't his job to do so, but too often...

Your mate needs to get a new hairdresser.

I'd just like to see him play one position for an extended period of time, at both Super and international level.