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This quote where he sounds like he's speaking about coaching the Wallabies in the past tense doesn't fill me with confidence: "I would have to say I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience and the players and the staff, and the challenge that it's been,"

Yeah Schmidt's quotes to Iain Payton certainly sounded like a man apologizing for leaving Him leaving was always the most likely case with his sons health, so you'd hope RA have a plan in place for him not being there post Lions

While I agree JAS was impressive, there is noting wrong with critiquing a professional sportsman. It's part of the job and no one should be above criticism (valid or not)

Huh? How is he damned if he kicks the ball better? Fact was it was his poor kick from the mark that led to Irelands 2 try and it was his poor goal line drop out that led to Irelands 3rd try. You cant give Ireland so much ball from broken play and hope to stop them

3. McReight 2. Wilson 1. Wright

No, I’m well aware of the little flowchart The problem is it’s not a law, it’s completely up to the discretion of the ref. What one ref views as low risk another ref will view as high risk. That’s nonsense, the same action should not have 2 different outcomes that are both correct And despite...

All head contact is foul play the problem is we have been told for years that head on head contact was always a card and it was always reffed that way. Now out of the blue that’s changed and no one has said why it’s changed and there are no clear rules around it only refs making inconsistent...

But he does miss touch from his open field clearing kicks, quite a lot

Maybe, maybe not. There is no evidence to suggest they both won’t cause brain trauma Does brain trauma only matter if it happens at speed?

No, they lost to Ireland and Argentina this year though

which is surely the most important part? The whole point of all this was to come down hard on direct head contact to “change behaviours”, instead now refs have become amateur physicists trying to determine the velocity of every hit Just like when he penalised Jorgensen for running into Doris...

Yeah but as Argentina have proved this year, you don’t need a box kick if your 10 has a boot

Yes agree, but I look at a 10s kicking game as a must and a 9s kicking game as great to have but not totally needed if your 10 can control the game You are right we don’t have a ready made solution. That why I’m for trying others as IMO we are a top class 10 away from being one of if not the...

They don’t win the game without his monster boot

Noah’s poor kicking game was literally the difference between the teams in the end. His clearance kicks were either way too short or not out and his kicks from penalties barely went 5 metres. Compared to Ireland’s kid at 10 that made every penalty a virtual 5 metre lineout and cleared pressure...

Really frustrating loss. Game was there for the taking Our inability to clear our line with a big punt means teams can build immense pressure in our 22

Agree No one can overanalyze unplanned events quite like old Squidge

I hope not. Great in his day but he's well past it and with Pietch, Jorgenson, Potter & Toole I think we are all set for the left wing

Wilson's work rate has been ultra impressive. Will need to get Valetini more involved with ball in hand this week While we don't have as many bashers, it's a very agile pack with guys like Williams, Frost & McReight. Ireland seem to have bulked up their midfield to protect Prendergast so should...

Fair enough, although I’d argue Corey Toole is far and away the unluckiest man in Australian rugby I just want to see Noah show some growth. He has a lot of experience now and it’s time he started repaying the faith of the coaches. I can’t remember any player that has become such an automatic...