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Guys, we need to move on from the 90's Look at just about everyone in the upper firmament of Rugby administration and journalism to now and you've got to say their best days were last century. It's time for a new generation of pros

What's so nice is how Jay let this one slip while defending Paddy O'Brien. It's some sort of karma, surely?

We need this framed or made sticky in some way for future use.

If the other two have grown, I could maybe live with that our growth would be a smaller number, even maybe that we had a lower growth %. But there's no logic that we should have decline when they have growth because of our market - which has always been difficult. Otherwise we would have...

Major announcement at ARU just about to happen

Yep podslam-80-rofl-with-sanzar-ceo-greg-peters

Anyone know where these stats came from?

I'm not sure that's ever changed - if you're the tackler and there's no one else involved you could always get on your feet and play the ball?

IMO the problem is (like with all law making) trying to legislate for all eventualities. One man breaks away, he gets chased down and tackled. No-one's near them. Should the tackler be able to get up and play the ball without having to do some strange dance? Yes Then go to this McCaw break...

This is the dancing on the head of a pin bullshit drives me nuts. It's clear - if you're a tackler on the ground, get the fuck away from the ball and don't impede others getting to it. McCaw put his back between the Ball and the saffas to obstruct them as he got up. That's why he got pinged...

Well, the year before when we won the whole super tournament and the Tri-Nations he still managed to turn out the World Cup

Good one - can you give me specific example with weeks etc...

McCaw had a clear choice which way to lean to get out of that ruck and chose the direction that would slow the Saffas down, which is why he got manhandled out of the way and Rolland pinged him. Top Bloke - Read comes from the right side of the ruck and is ostensibly counter-rucking rather...

I'm also interviewing James O'Connor Tues at 6pm Sydney time. Any questions? Forget Quade and the Toxic Environment - ain't gonna happen

Interviewing him at 5pm Sydney time Tues afternoon. Got any questions?

He's had five years. Surely if he was taking us somewhere we woulda got there by now

He's a reporter, a correspondent, not an 'analyst' or even 'expert'. He gets the news, hopefully with a scoop or interesting twist and dishes it up for you. I'm not seeing the same level of animosity for Georgina Robinson who does exactly the same thing, but with much nicer hair. Now don't get...

That they didn't have someone else to do the analytical stuff is the editor's fault, not Grumbles'. I'd say it's unlikely you'd find the right person to full both roles

What happened to Barbers?

Speculation - 2nd in the TRC and World Rankings to a team that is simply invincible (according to 'accepted wisdom') with a billion injuries that are no-one's fault - now's not the right time to change, too much destabilisation - yadda yadda yadda