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So if that Instagram is correct and Tala Gray is leaving, that is a strange career move. You sit for several seasons behind Palu and when Palu finally announces he is leaving, you decide to leave as well. I would have thought his time on the field was about to go through the roof. Is there...

I believe Nick Mallett is available. Loads of experience Well respected Coached at international level And...... most importantly is not tied to any groups in Australian rugby and has been around long enough to NOT take any crap from the self important players. Taking Larkham or Cheika out of...

I can't believe that all these years after the humiliation of being absolutely murdered by England in the scrum department, starting with RWC France, we still have not solved this simple yet important component of Rugby. How hard can it be to find a tighthead prop who can impose himself on the...

I realise we are talking about Horwill here.... but I am still baffled as to how Owen Farrell was not even cited over his tip toe through the tulips on Ben Lucas's head, resulting in Lucas being stretchered off the field with half his ear hanging off. I have looked at this a few times and it was...

Something that has bugged me for a while is the way the Wallabies train. I have attended All Black and Springbok training sessions and there is a match day intensity and a hard edge drive to their prep. In contrast we seem to loll about, do a few stretches, jog/amble around a few cones, swig...

Quade seems to talk in riddles. He just makes no sense He talks about nothing making him happier than to be able to stay in rugby and play for the Reds and Wallabies. Then in the next breath says he wants to play with Sonny in Mungoball. HELLO!!! Then he rabbits on about the complete lack of...

You are spot on Brumbies Jack. It's a steal for Rocky. Just as his deals with the Brumbies and now with the Waratahs have been. On a paid by the hour played basis, I think he would have to be the highest paid player in Australia by a country mile. Neither the Brumbies or Waratahs have seen much...

Can someone please explain how Rocky is supposedly going to play a full season with Kobe and ALSO do a stint in Europe in the off season...... so continual rugby for over 12 months???? I'd be amazed if he comes even close to playing 4 thirty minute cameos in a 12 month period and that would be...

I find Timani a real enigma. For such a huge, strong forward he is completely unable to put in a dominant tackle. He seems to just fall with the player he is tackling instead of driving hard and straight in order to force the opposition back behind the gain line. I don't know whether it is lack...

I realize we are discussing the back line for the upcoming championship, but the guy I really think could be our long term answer at 13 is Joe Tomane. From what I have seen this year,I think he seems to offer huge potential ie good hands, great fend, big step, pace, size, very solid in defense...

Nemani Nadolo Tearing it up for Exeter. I could never understand how a guy with his size, step and pace could not even crack a game with the Waratahs. 118kg, 193 cm and at just 23 years of age would only have got better with more game time. It's not as if Australian rugby has an abundance of...

Just my observations..... It appeared to me that Longbottom was far more effective than Maafu. He should be starting and Maafu benched. He really needs to get fit and build core strength. For a guy his size he should be much stronger in the engagement. He just folds!! I think Longbottom is...

I'm not condoning Byrnes at all, but it is interesting to note that Schalk Burger did far, far worse by wailing on David Pocock's face and eye area not once, not twice but 7 times in a game a couple of months ago and was not even cited...... go figure. And Burger is a guy with big form with...

....because Kepu is a mouse with no mongrel He should have been in there like a flash to clean the eye gauging, head attacking twat out of there. Instead, the 120kg pillow stands there pointing like a schoolgirl who has just dropped her ice cream cone.

A tale of two halves... Great win ...... But 2 observations - 1. WHY do we NOT compete at the lineout? We have all that tall timber in the forwards and not once did we even jump on the AB's throw. They had free reign at every single one of their lineouts- ie zero pressure . When it was...

Sitaleki Timani ???? I know it has been suggested before by a few here.... but I have often wondered how Sitaleki Timani would go at 8? - Very athletic and fit - Fast with ball in hand - Brutal defender in the Palu in form mould - Strong ball carrier with some agro - Another very good...

...............but other than that it pretty well sums it up???????

Let me get this straight. Elsom asks the Waratahs to release him from his contract so he can go to Europe to earn the big coin. Waratahs and ARU agree to help him out in his problem. Elsom storms through his time in Ireland without any injury problems, then returns home, snubs the Waratahs...

Brumbies games...........bring a good book Watching the Brumbies has to be the most painful way of spending 80 mins. They are absolutely woeful Zero penetration. No attack in depth. Poor catch and pass. Side to side rugby with no go forward. They never ever look like threatening the...