Recent content by Eternity

Oh, as a Tahs fan you just 'know' that, do you? Because Quade has just been all over the news lately, huh? Yeesh.

I'm not overly optimistic, but Graham won't last long if he doesn't produce. McCall and Carmichael aren't fools. On the other hand, Foley's preference for limited journeymen over youth and talent looks incredibly frustrating. Combined with a narrow, conservative game plan and it'll be a wonder...

I'd take RG over Foley any day...

If that side is accurate, one can't help but wonder if Deans is really going out of his way to try to piss off Queenslanders after the whole McKenzie/Cooper affair. Three Reds and seven Tahs, really? And Barnes of all people? And at Suncorp, of all places? Way to make it as hard as possible to...

It's far more than JOC (James O'Connor) has ever done at 10, that's for sure.

So we have an Australian coach available with a 14 out of 18 record against New Zealand teams, but somehow the New Zealand coach who can't coach victories against Samoa and Scotland is the ARU's preferred option? The entire ARU board has to go. How can it become any more clear?

So, reports are saying that there will be 11 Tahs and only 6 Reds. How could even the most biased New South Welshman agree with that proportion? Obviously Deans isn't part of a New Zealand conspiracy. Rather, I suspect he's someone who simply won't or can't stand up to the ARU's instructions to...

Almost every time that Quade has played poorly at test level, he's had McCabe inside him. Coincidence? Of course not. Deans selects Cooper due to public pressure, then cripples him with a narrow, kicking game plan and probably the worst 12 to ever represent this country. There was no chance of...

That's close to what I'd have, but I can't see what McCabe would offer from the bench. I'd prefer: Cooper Genia Ioane Tapuai AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) JOC (James O'Connor) Mogg White, Lealiifano, Tomane

Well, after the Kings game, I think it's exceedingly obvious that it doesn't matter who you have at 10 if you have a 12 that doesn't offer an ounce of creativity. The Brumbies looked as one-dimensional as the Wallabies in attack, and I think the reasons for that are clear. Cooper or To'omua or...

I think that's depressingly close to the team we'll actually see. Deans and McGahan make the Australian cricket selectors look like models of professionalism and competence in comparison.

McCabe at 12 makes me want to strangle someone. All it does is encourage Deans.

Correlation may not equal causation, and Deans may be a truly inept coach, but those players I mentioned have underperformed consistently, regardless of the coach, over the past three or four years. Any team including one or more those players tends to be lazy and ill-disciplined at the...

The theory that several of the 'senior' Tahs have been incubating a culture of mediocrity which they have then brought with them to the Wallabies is gaining further credibility. The likes of Robinson, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), Drew Mitchell and Berrick Barnes are probably the main culprits. These are the players who...

I think this game against the Cheetahs has once again shown why there isn't a single Tahs player that deserves a place in the XV against the Lions. Even Hooper, for all his running game, didn't make a dent at the breakdown. Gill would be a much better option. As for the others, Douglas looked...