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I'm saying that anyone that thinks he gets fired after losing to Wales needs to get their head examined.

Jorgo to be replaced by Joseph Sua'ali'i is my mail.

Jones is an emblem of the clean out that mclennan thinks he is doing or at least claims he is doing. Losing Cooper and Hooper was likely as much about move-forward symbolism as it was about having a 'young squad'. Even if they lose to Portugal, he isn't going anywhere unless it's of his own...

I think we need to give a coach 20 tests before we can really judge their impact. It's not ideal for the RWC to occur during the first 10 of those tests but I don't think Rennie had demonstrated that we were a realistic chance of winning it. Always a step forward followed by a step back, or a...

he'll probably get appointed captain now

Wasn't John Muggleton a leaguie? He was certainly credited with good defensive outcomes for the wobs in the 90s.

how does 3 teams being on equal points work? we could (hopefully) have that with W def F, F def A, A def W

i do like that we're now contemplating a game plan that ensures we put 4 tries on a tier one oppo and also win by at least 8 after we just spent 80mins kicking the ball dead 30m from the oppo try line against Fiji i think they need to make sure they win - whatever that looks like - and hope...

I havent rewatched it but my inclination was that arnold got away with murder when he batted that ball back whilst on the ground, leading to our first try?

there goes the bonus point too?

I only caught the final 30min (think the ABs were up 13-9 when i turned it on) but for the period I watched the French were operating at another level. They weren't entirely error free but the intensity and speed with which things were occurring was materially above what I feel like I've seen...

doesn't want to show that the backline has a basic grasp of defence in rugby football

Not sure about "quite likely". Very hard for me to see us get through Fiji, Wales and whoever from Pool D without at least one loss

we've all backed his ongoing selection

So every fullback with the attributes you note are can make the switch to be a very good 10? Ok I guess. But that's really not how I remember it. The rugby public and journos were fairly sketchy on the call before the English series. I'd also note that the brumbies played Pat Howard at 10 that...

Do you accept that there's such a thing as winner's mindset? A culture of success? A winning culture? Can a similar thing not potentially exist in the minds of people that have ground away for a decade not to have any meaningful success? There is evidence that shaking up losing formulas leads...

They'll still be doing all of that though.

I think the value of the "experience" and "mentoring" qualities associated with 30-somethings that have played >60 tests yet have barely participated in the winning of a meat tray is vastly overstated/overrated. What sort of mentoring or coaching is Cooper expected to provide Gordon exactly and...

A lot of interest here in which mediocre back that hasn't demanded a spot beats which other mediocre back that hasn't demanded a spot. Whilst i don't think Jones is necessarily planning for the Lions as part of his selections, he probably does appreciate that the optics associated with sending a...

it gets assessed by the neutral tournament doctor, Morne Van Botha