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The NSWRU and ARU have, since the late nineties, tried to rationalise the Shute Shield without having to make any tough decisions. They tried to punt Uni and Wests, only to have the club presidents take the path of least resistance and punt expansion clubs Canberra and Newcastle. When I see how...

The NSWRU and ARU have, since the late nineties, tried to rationalise the Shute Shield without having to make any tough decisions. They tried to punt Uni and Wests, only to have the club presidents take the path of least resistance and punt expansion clubs Canberra and Newcastle. When I see how...

A few trials this weekend. Any results? How are the respective pre-season tours going?

I've noticed on Sione Tau's Facebook page he's wearing an Eastwood jersey. Good pick up for the woods.

Belly, all I'd say is " OK, we'll back off as long as you give us back the ones you've already taken ". Or the other one is "the players approached us. We can't turn them away". From experience, the only way other clubs know that you're speaking to their players is because the players are...

Thanks for that. Probably didn't mean to go into that much detail. But some of the answers probably required explanation. As they say, those who forget the lessons of the past are condemned to repeat them.

Couple of questions there Done that. I'll try and answer each as clearly as possible. 1. My tenure at West Harbour began in mid January 2011 and concluded in September that year. My replacement was announced before the semi finals were concluded, so it was a short run. The ability to spot...

Perhaps if teams that qualify could recruit a set number of players from non- qualifying clubs on short term contracts. The advantage for star players in lower ranked clubs is that they can shop themselves around without being accused of disloyalty. It actually gives them more choice. They...

You may be onto something there Stonecutter. In hindsight, Stu Woodhouse should not have been replaced by me. After spending some time there, I reached a number of the same conclusions as he did. The biggest problem when you replace someone is that you tend to take others opinion of what...

Come on Belly, I would have thought we agreed on a number of things!

I'm agreeing with Glen on this. When I was at Wests, he would have played a lot more first grade had he not decided that he 'wanted to play thirds with his mates', some who were disgruntled because they weren't in firsts. He has so much ability. It sounds that his head is in a good place...

I guess most of us agree that domestic rugby needs to be strengthened. A domestic comp that does not vampire the current clubs in Sydney, Brisbane and the ACT is pretty necessary. The question therefore is should we do this by promoting club sides into a national 'Cup' comp through qualifying...

I really like this idea. The fear is that consistent bottom half teams may see a player drain. The answer is simple. If you want to play with the big boys, don't be consistently mediocre.

Don't disagree at all with what you're saying. I think there are always two ways of moving forward; one is to look at what we want to ideally achieve; the other is to look at what we already have and see how it can achieve those goals. And certainly evolution beats revolution. Less blood...

I really would love to agree with you TH, but if we examine other sports, very few have evolved without a national bridge between an international provincial comp and a city-based district comp. Netball, for example, has instigated a national league to sit under its trans tasman championship...

Scotty Fava at Norths is full time, and so too is Glen Christini I believe. Not surprisingly, what clubs are trending up?

Having coached a club with a lot of Polynesian players, I reckon the argument is an absolute furphy. We trotted it out if we didn't want to play on Sunday because we knew what all the boys got up to on Saturday night! I don't know of a single current Super player or NRL player who refuses to...

Couldn't agree more Bruce. And Friday nights need to be persisted with as well. The problem in the past has always been that (among a number of clubs)when things were not an initial roaring success, we scurried back to what was done in the past. I remember once we played Uni at the...

Gee whizz, if Alan and Michael are actually leaving West Harbour it is awful. Apart from Dad Vili's long and outstanding service to the club (he and Steve James have always been there to step in when crisis strikes) I believe that the club invested heavily financially in both throughout their...

Not sure St Pats, Drummoyne or indeed West Harbour would agree with you Thierry. Lets see how the Muzzled Wolves fare in their first season in Kentwell Cup before we start talking about promotion. They are very well organised and resourced, but they really do need to dominate to come up. I...