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Given we have some great rugby statisticians here, I reckon a table of key openside stats would help the discussion (across all of the Oz number 7s). I have always believed that the key role of the 7 was securing the pill at the breakdown, coz I was taught that it's very hard to win the game...

What we need is a coach who can take a young, largely inexperienced squad who are losing by cricket margins and turn them into a team of exciting ball players who still lose , but by closer margins and whose endeavour starts to bring the fans back. Then we can hand the reigns over to , say, an...

So we are saying that in the modern game we are more in need of a 7 who can run the ball than one who can win it? Cool, so how do we get that ball to run with? Are the backs gonna start catching passes? More poorly thought out irrelevant noise Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Can we afford it?

Is it true that both gents were trying to push the signpost over, but failed when they both started meerkatting to see how they were going ?

Certainly an enjoyable game to watch. Congrats to the Paddy's on the win. Although the result didn't go our way, it wasn't a complete shambles. A couple of observations from an armchair expert. I was always taught that the fullback's primary role is the custodian of the line. He is welcome to...

Would have been nice to bag Tuttle the Elder as well, hopefully he'll return to the game after some time under Bennett... More poorly thought out irrelevant noise Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Agree Huge. I have ranted about this before on other threads, and mate it is just going to get worse now that they have control of club registrations through the new online rego system...gouging here we come... More poorly thought out irrelevant noise Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Fair enough, I stand corrected ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And I think you will find that the kit being provided to the junior juniors is being provided either for free or a discount by the vendor Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

With regards to the tin rattling and membership fees...what happened to the gate takings , membership sales , merchandise, sponsorship and television rights monies? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So the BJRU , who organise the junior comps for all the grassroots players in their region , get money to do so. And the ARU, who will only ever have anything to do with less than 1 percent of those players just should? Just trying to understand the logic here... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Another question is about financial management of the union itself. Why do we keep seeing the financial woes cropping up again and again? In the corporate world , where there is at least a modicum of directorial responsibility , we would at least see some blood on the boardroom floor. Who...

Okay so lets step back and have a look at this from a number of angles. The first I want to consider is what benefit is there to junior rugby union clubs to pay this levy. What do the ARU provide in return for this $20 per player? I am going to suggest not a lot. Don't tell me the Wallabies, cos...

Maybe the answer is to reduce the importance of the schoolboy system with its short season and lack of finals program and increase the focus on club rugby? At club players are less impacted by socio-economic factors and players from all strata can provide a group from which our top teams can be...

Cool, as long as they aren't gonna be competing in a club based comp in their school jerseys:-) good luck to both schools and boys that are approached.

Firstly I am not related to the boy I have mentioned. I am not even friendly with his father. I do however acknowledge the skills and abilities the boy possesses as I have watched him play on a number of occasions. Can't even recall seeing the incumbent...didn't know his name till it was...

Thanks for posting the CVC programme, it was an education. Especially in the halves for the under 14s. How does a kid who has been dominant in a clearly dominant side in club, and also kicks the final penalty to win the state champs not even get selected? I note the managers name is similar to...

Why would that be the case?

Shark, Mate I espoused almost the exact sentiments myself when my sons' team copped a belting from a team from a couple of divisions up in a grading game that weekend. After a similar result from a similar scenario the previous weekend. In retrospect, however, and after talking to a few of the...