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My take on what the pass mark should be and IRB rankings shennanigans to boot http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/wallaby-euro-tour-whats-your-pass-mark/

The "old boy" thing is a red herring. Who we must have as CEO and MD is someone who has transformed a large commercial sporting operation in a fully professional and competitive marketplace. Who we don't need is another passionate aussie rugby soul (player/coach/grandee) who's also...

And which powerhouse Australian rugby franchise would that bloke be currently running?

I agree swingpass (and welcome to the forum BTW) First and foremost we need a top notch sports administrator. JO'N learned on the job with rugby - in this day and age we can't afford that time again. I don't agree that they need to come from rugby, or need an overpowering love of the game to...

Except that this gameplan started on the eve of the World Cup, where we pretty much had all our threats. I think it was a conscious decision and the injury toll has just re-enforced it. Actually, re-reading my article there's a third option that I guess I just assumed everyone saw - this isn't...

See if you can get your head around these stats. Mindbending. http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/freakish-stats-tries-really-do-mean-less-to-the-wallabies/ Question is it good or bad for Aussie rugby?

Big ARU announcement 2pm today with Hawker and Cosgrove in attendance

Did this get put to bed?

It's all sounding ominously sensible, so far.....

Here's why I reckon we came 2nd http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/infographic-how-the-wallabies-came-second-in-trc/

We scored 5 out of our 6 TRC tries in the 3 matches we won this year - so tries would seem pretty important to me. Defences may be strong - but then you would expect to still have a decent try scoring rate relative to your opposition. The technical term for ours was 'shithouse'. Try scoring...

Who said it was hard or tough? I think just about everyone said it was dumb - not that it was niggle, but the dumb ways he chose to try it.

What's the difference between a "cheap shot", "niggle" and "the rough and rumble of the game"? Seems to me any act on RM that's not a straight out tackle is a Cheap Shot in Kiwi eyes - such is the MCawe. A cheap shot would be a gutless king hit, or what Richard Loe did to Paul Corozza's nose...

Clearly they didn't take Muttonbird 's Saint Richie sanction multiplier into account. OUTRAGE

Richie's now known for two things 1) Being one of, if not the most important players in the world 2) Being rattle-able through niggle If you know you can just dislodge 5% of the "best player in world ever bro"'s attention, you're mad not to do it. Reds have been doing it for the last...

That's over the top. He's a hard running and hard hitting centre - see Nathan Grey and Dan Herbert. They use a certain skillset that others dont and vice versa. He brings something this backline sorely misses without Morty

Reading back, the intention wasn't to be "a tonne of bricks" on a reasonable poster like yourself Athilnaur - apologies if it comes across that way. Truth is we work hard and sweat over getting a balance right - so maybe you hit a nerve! Please do give us feedback - both here and via PM.

Athilnaur Thanks for piping up. If you're happy to step forward and say - "I don't like how things are being handled" though, then yes you will need to back yourself up with some examples over and above "it's just the vibe I get". The vibe you get is very important, but by definition is a...

Yet another game lacking the finesse of execution made up for with just pure guts. A fitting send off for Sharpie - shows what we could be. Higgers clearly baited McCaw because the Reds know it works. Let's see what the citing roulette wheel spits out. And I actually made the joke on...

Mate - excerpt and a link pls, no whole articles