EOYT 2014

[Tomikin]

Maybe his worried about Beale's pre-season for the Tah's and wants to keep an eye on him Might have to send the Brumbies home not many getting on the pitch *Tongue in Cheek*

 

[Train Without a Station]

What a fucking joke

 

[TOCC]

Uh oh. Beale is about to be announced as joining the tour I believe. Prepare for uproar in 3.2.1..

I fear this doesn't send a very good message to the wider playing group about behaviour and standards.
Has he even re-signed for 2015 yet?

 

[cyclopath]

I fear this doesn't send a very good message to the wider playing group about behaviour and standards.
Has he even re-signed for 2015 yet?

No, he has not been re-signed.

 

[Gnostic]

No, he has not been re-signed.

Given the stance by Pulver and by extension Hawker early on in this saga is this a declaration of hostilities or at least a statement of intent between Chieka and the management?

 

[formerflanker]

Uh oh. Beale is about to be announced as joining the tour I believe. Prepare for uproar in 3.2.1..

A poor decision. Letting sleeping dogs lie was a better strategy. We were just getting back to thinking about rugby.

 

[I like to watch]

I heard Bill is over there ATM,hope he is helping out by standing in as tour business manager.
Could be interesting if he did,how many flights do they have left on tour?
Wonder what time the team curfew will in Dublin?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

 

[Biffo]

let's start a serious campaign on a very serious matter.

ARU OUT!
COMMISSION IN!

 

[Biffo]

anyone seen a copy of the report on governance for the ARU by the soldier bloke and that retired polly?

 

[Tomikin]

anyone seen a copy of the report on governance for the ARU by the soldier bloke and that retired polly?

General Peter Cosgrove, and nope haven't seen it.

 

[Thinker]

Might have to give serious thought about letting all my rugby memberships and accreditations expire now rather than let one cent flow to this mob, but that's for another time.

Why would you even take him? The whole publicity thing aside. He's not going to get a run at 10 or 12 so unless Folau is gone at 15, why?

His performance in Cape Town was one of the most pathetic I've seen by someone who was supposed to be representing his country. No effort at all.

Can't pick him on form, or behaviour, yet there he goes.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

anyone seen a copy of the report on governance for the ARU by the soldier bloke and that retired polly?

We had a thread for it.

This post from that thread contains a reference to the report if you want to read it:

All 45 pages herehttp://myrugby.rugby.com.au/myrugby/images/docs/Gov/Details.pdf

<snip>

 

[kiap]

Might have to give serious thought

Let's not get too hasty.

After all, the bloke has got to navigate his way through a long haul flight before anything else happens.

 

[Joe Blow]

Why is Jake Shatz going over? If anything they need a big barreling 6 or a TH prop.
We also have about a thousand 10s and 12s there already so makes no sense to waste the cash on KBs flight.

 

[Sully]

makes no sense to waste the cash on KB (Kurtley Beale).

The best bit.

 

[Tangawizi]

Just on a sidenote, is there any outrage in Nz that Savea is up for International Player of the Year just a season after being up on domestic violence charges?

Imo, what he admitted to was worse than KB (Kurtley Beale), but it's been completely whitewashed.

http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/other-sport/316181/comment-sports-bodies-copping-out-violence

 

[Grandmaster Flash]

Higgers is out for the rest of the tour due to the hammy, which is a bummer.

No word on who KB (Kurtley Beale) is covering, but doesn't look for Godwin's hopes of getting a run in the remaining games.

 

[Tomikin]

Why is Jake Shatz going over? If anything they need a big barreling 6 or a TH prop.
We also have about a thousand 10s and 12s there already so makes no sense to waste the cash on KBs flight.

Well someone needed to come across with Beale too make sure he was wearing the right shirt and not threatening cabin crew. Jake seems like a calm level headed guy.

 

[Inside Shoulder]

I find this odd.
Cheika had to manufacture a structure to fit KB (Kurtley Beale) into the Tahs.
The Wobs backline played as if they had never met before against Wales particularly in defence - and history will show Wales were an unimaginative 1 dimensional manifestation of Gatland's limitations come RWC2015 - and yet TGC decides he needs to add a previously unreliable, disruptive and disrespectful influence to the mix.
He must see something here that the majority of posters cannot, but why could that not wait until next season?
To me this disrespects Godwin and whichever of To'omua or Lilo is in the frame to miss out.