Mate, see the fishing rod, but I just have to say: I find all this relentless, petty, sniping, obsessive bias, cat-calling, muck-racking, abusive, our-players-are-all-better-than-yours, our-team-is-truly-better-than-yours, our 6 is better than your 6, 'we really beat you (even though we lost)'..nonsense between some Tahs and Reds fans on this site:
- all of short-sighted, boring, typically puerile and stupid, ultimately demeaning of the person going on and on and on about it, and frankly after a while it just very badly detracts from enjoying what is mostly a bloody well run and constructive set of rugby boards here at GAGR.
Yes, let's have some fun and friendly rivalry within reason, but for the good of Australian rugby IMO it's rather sad that today this forum is not more filled with mutual generosity of spirit and a celebration that our code here has just got two solid teams into the top S15 6, and one as No 1 (and, yes, I'd be pleased if roles were reversed and No 1 was a Tahs or a Force, etc).
From where we have been in the last few years with S14 rugby, that is progress indeed! Would our code be better served if the Reds were deadbeats, and only the Tahs could ever scrape into the final 6, or vice versa? I don't think so. Would that be a better outcome for our RWC chances, I don't think so. Would that inspire more young people in our top rugby States to want to be inspired and play the game? I don't think so. Would that be a good outcome for badly needed rugby code $ income and commercial viability, I don't think so.