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The offside thing is weak innit. I love the balance that rugby provides by allowing the offside line to be at the ruck (as opposed to 5 metre retreat in league) but it needs to be enforced. I'd like to see the offside line enforced for BOTH teams. If you are not bound to the ruck or playing as...

Cheika was on a base salary of $1.2 million a season. A figure commensurate with the coaches of other tier-one rugby nations https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/inside-the-relationship-breakdown-that-cruelled-the-wallabies-20191025-p5347d.html

So you don't think previously uncapped players are prepared to play for the $10,000 per match test for their first year? As if this is relevant anyway. Give all the players that are off contract and the termination of Folau, we probably have less than half the wallaby top-up payroll we had...

International jobs are prestigious, even our one. That provides us with some bargaining power. Also, it's a very high paying rugby coaching job. Additionally, the way the team has been so poorly coached, it is almost a unique opportunity to make some easy gains. The next coach is not going to...

Well for one thing, this is a 1.2m a year gig for a tier 1 test side. Let's quit acting like any coach we hire is doing us a favour. How many other tier 1 test side jobs at 1.2m a season are actually on offer at the moment? It's perfectly reasonable to include some 2 year KPIs so we can...

I agree with much of what you have said - especially re offside defences, but isn't the constant contest for possession what separates rugby from league? I don't think it's supposed be a game where you get automatic quick ball at every ruck. Really, the modern ruck has been so watered down now...

There has to be some risk that England played their final already, given all the 2.5 years comments and the fact that they beat the And.

What is your view on playing in Japan (I.e Willie playing for Toyota)? Might not be the best prep for the RWC?

I actually like the diversity of styles amongst the teams. Many sports lack that, and all the teams become homogenous. In any event, even amongst teams thay run the ball a lot, there plenty of tests thay are far less exciting than Eng V NZ was. Any one that watched June tests in the 10 years...

Boks understand tournament rugby, even if they don't impress us with their play. They did what was required, and have a LOT more in the tank.

a bok outfit that was largely this side beat NZ in NZ. if they make it through, they will not be easybeats

don't mind the occasional kickathon but this is absurd now

Um......these guys put 40 on the wallabies. What credit have the wallabies actuall6 earned? I stand by my comments. Both those sides are obviously better than the wallabies in every facet of the game, and in some facets they are obviously a lot better. I think the english stepped up another...

There's a natural gap in proceedings immediately following a try, which means the flow of the match isn't disrupted by the ref having a look. In any event, the assistant refs can and do provide information all over the pitch which results in changed calls. I'm pretty sure Owens saw the forward...

Imagine how much of that has gone on undetected in mauls in the history of rugby lol. Still, I endorse ruling on it correctly when the cameras pick it up

The english played better last night than they did against us, and this is consistemt with Jones' remarks about preparing for 2.5 years for the match. Theh probably didnt prepare for 2.5 hours for us. Last night was a clinic. Defence aside, the pom attack was precision footy. The way that prop...

This made me LOL

That was so cringeworthy. Honestly he acts like a fan that won a contest. That he was even in the discussion (if he was) for CEO tells you how far from a professional outfit RA is. Horan said something too. I wish they'd leave it out and just offer their analysis. Of course, Kearns would have...

Does it really add fuel to the fire? The ABs have stormed home plenty of times after the opposition gave the haka the apparanrly requisite respect. The fox sports team love mentioning that the wobs got crushed after ignoring the haka in the 90s. Oddly, these discussions never note that we've...

Or devoting the occasional resource to defence? But no. His response would be fuck England really is that good, we would have beaten the ABs too and we are basically deserved to be ranked 2nd. Then we beat England in 15 so we really deserve to be ranked 1