Recent content by Lior

Gee, what a shocking second half. Seems as if City are as unfit as Steve Walsh. Terrible fringe defence as well. Got to look at Rising being the favourites to take out this tournament.

Genia should have certainly been yellow carded. But a tad ridiculous of Walsh not to have sin binned some of the earlier Rising infringements.

Although Tapuai is very good he needs to start playing as a team member and not a glory seeker. Utilising Chris Sautia more would be a good start. There's no room for selfish players in rugby these days. Hoping to see a far more gelled Reds backline, we need Cooper to show a bit more direction...

Piece of shit really. Not sure who I'd rather read. That bloke or Bret Harris who is a complete puppet of the ARU establishment. He adds a few nice words to ARU press releases that bloke.

Thought I would give him a chance but I would have thought the ARU would have gone for someone with a bit of political clout to reap some of the governmental benefits. Pulver has barely any connections in that area and neither does Hawker it seems as if they are clones of each other. He seems...

Great news for Australian Rugby. JON instructed budget cuts and Nucifora had very little success in stopping JON's razor or at least redirecting it. The cost of what this man has done to Australian Rugby is substantial and will be felt for a few more years. Truly a win for Australian Rugby...

If that has any bit of truthfulness to it then the whole board should sack themselves. I swear the ARU Board is out to appease their personalities as opposed to oversee the development of sound rugby administration.

You know Matt Carroll's length of service seems suspiciously as if he is mooted as a serious candidate. Hawker even said it himself that he was a candidate. I seriously hope it isn't Caroll. He did a wonderful job as the CEO of RWC 2003 but I think it is time for the guy to move aside and move...

I know Deans is staying and I vehemently disagree with it. We've been lucky to win the games we've won. This year we didn't win one game decisively. Deans defended the lackluster backline by saying tries weren't everything. That's fine to say that but it was to defend HIS backline selections...

Wow. This is going to be one hell of a difficult pool for us to even qualify. Plus it's so far away from home. I haven't been following how they select the pools so if someone can tell me how to link this unfortunate event to Robbie Deans' tenure as Australian rugby coach then I will be grateful.

Terrible decision picking Pocock over Hooper. Who has been along with Sharpe the Wallabies best this year. We need to win this game thus we need to pick the form 7 and that has been Hooper. Let's hope Sharpe goes out with a win like he rightfully deserves after a stellar test career. But...

What an absolute joke. I think Simmons getting 8 and then 5 and Hore getting 5 highlights the gross inconsistencies of the IRB Judicial system. If Hore's excuse was he was aiming for the shoulder then it's like saying Rob Simmons was aiming to produce a good hit. Should he not have had a...

Pretty disgusting piece of play. Shows how inept the assistant referees and referees are by missing it. If Simmons cops 8 weeks by the IRB circus then this guy should cop a lengthy stint on the sidelines. I think questions should also be raised here about Craig Joubert. I mean the incident is...

I don't read enough from Reason to make an appropriate comment on his history but his article today sums up the problem. Robbie Deans. He skips JON though who despite the successes of a first term proved that he is an abject failure when it comes to human logistics. I think it is nothing short...

I intend on staying awake to watch this game but I just feel incensed by Australian rugby. How did we get to this point where we have a backline with no ideas and no forward direction (both literally and figuratively)? We have a CEO who boasts that Deans took us to number 2 yet after this spring...