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Seems no consensus around your conclusion, suppose in the end only he and RA know. Good luck to him and all the best in his next crusade.pretty sure we have not heard the last from him. The idea he needed a break was understandable , always putting body on the line etc. The bit that gave me the...

Good on him, loyalty not dead yet.

But was fresh enough to give it a whirl in Japan between land care courses and Super Rugby seasons I will stick with my version, at least hooper kept fronting up Great player Pocock, not sure he will be missed as much as should Sort of got used to it.

Whereas Pocock would be on is next sabbatical with the Dalai Lama, before playing somewhere in Asia for mega bucks Hooper at least had the decency to keep turning up

Excellent start

Would not be many NZ qualifiable players who would knock back playing for them either. In fact I’d say it would be near zero.

Showbag had one objective here, support for some one Jones(Alan not Eddie) is critical of. He couldn’t give a rats otherwise Puff piece to let out the critical information that Raelene sent Eddie a text! Outstanding journalism. We are so fortunate as a community to have the Showbag family...

Comprehensive , did you you use a red font? Won’t respond in kind this could get to ridiculous size pretty quickly. A couple of observations and a rant. Players flying in for tests is no big deal. Happens all the time in work, other sports etc travel isn’t the ordeal it’s made out to be...

Against, we need more players in professional programs. We don’t need to create and perpetuate protectionist policies we need the best playing. Imagine the Socceroo’s if they are only picked onshore. We are not deep enough in talent. We may develop more if we expose more of the young players to...

Spot on. This will not work long term. McMahon is an instructive case for the potential issues many of these young stars may have to deal with. They can’t all play and some will need to be patient. I’d be curious as to how many countries had other than their First XV, notwithstanding injuries...

The arbitrary hurdle is the 60 tests Why not 40, 70 or 100? Was it set there to keep O’Connor out?

Outstanding logic, so we set an arbitrary hurdle to allow some to go and shackle the rest or accuse them of choosing $ over country The upside for us is we go to the biggest dance in the game without our best side. Yep that makes sense Nothing like shooting yourself in the foot and proclaiming...

100%. He might even volunteer to be part of the solution. FFS this never ends

So he needs to reduce his earning capacity at the height of his career to play for AUS? If we have 30 players in the UK and France playing high level we can accelerate some of the young guys into Super Rugby and give them a proper grounding. Not the contrived bollocks of the NRC. There has been some...

If we want to copy anything that seems to be working this may be it. We don’t have enough genuine test players that can make a difference to be not picking those that could help. Skelton the perfect case. He is superfit and in form. If the Saffers can make it work where is the issue?

There is some delusion going on here , there is no process planned. It will be retro fitted and explained as required. Expediency and being sure to have secured the best available candidate (Rennie) as determined by the DOR will be the rationale. Castle has signed Johnson to a multi year...

Persistence Pays Off.

Correct, the insurance industry is awash with directors representing every badge of diversity and inclusion at the expense of actually understanding how the underlying business operates. Unscrupulous management had a free reign.

The financial services industry is littered with directors of such general experience, it is the lack of specific industry experience knowledge that has enabled the proliferation of issues it is dealing with. Your view holds that general experience is sufficient. It has not proven to be the...

At 16-17 the game was up for grabs and even briefly AUS was on top. ENG sorted that out and reasserted their dominance. NZ were never on top. Only try came from their 1 lineout error. NZ looked old,slow and predictable. It was a joy to behold