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I think all the conversations about the Wallabies head coach are focusing on the wrong point. For a while now we've had international players coming into Australian Super Rugby setups and being absolutely shocked about the level of coaching provided there. We have a novice professional coach at...

PS I can’t wait until France put 40 on these All Hack pretenders in the first game of the World Cup. It will be a lifeboat of joy in the frothing fifty foot swells that make up the ocean of disappointment that is being a Wallabies fan.

I woke up this morning at 7:30AM and checked the score. I smiled a full smile to myself, checked Green and Gold for Dismals reaction to the game and when I saw it was missing, I went back to bed. It is a very warm feeling knowing that you have something superb to look forward to at the start...

A thought -- in podcasts and articles over the last year, I've read how Ireland completely transformed their rugby program and national results over a number of years by embracing and investing in it's private school system. Since hearing this, it's bounced around my head a lot. I went to a...

Where's that bloke who always rants about how Quade is the second coming of Jesus? I can't believe that Cheika would make him drop that one.

Why go for a non-contestable short line drop out?

Pone playing very well -- shame he's down. My other key takeaway is that Damian McKenzie either can't tackle to save his life, or he's trying to stay uninvolved so he doesn't injure himself pre RWC.

Interestingly enough, I’ve just looked the law re deliberate knock ons up in the World Rugby rule book. The relevant law is such: 3. A player must not intentionally knock the ball forward with hand or arm. Sanction: Penalty. Therefore, as I remembered, the rule only pertains to knock ons, not...

Carter Gordon seemed to be the only glimmer of hope in this team. Every touch had intent and a sense of competition in it. The rest of the team can get fucked.

I was under the impression you could deliberately knock the ball down if you knocked it backwards?

I’ve just tuned in and my God this has been ugly. Unforced errors left right and centre, no one chasing kicks, our scrum just got absolutely rogered. No heart at the moment. They’re all waiting for the game to end.

The kick travelled like 20 metres and there wasn’t a Wallaby within 10 metres of him when he received it. What the fuck were they all doing?

Watching the France vs. New Zealand game, I was shocked to see how much bigger the French forward pack was. They made the Kiwis look truly lanky and boyish. It's interesting to see the French backline though -- there's not the same reliance on power or size. They're mainly quite slim, and the...

GG Brumbies no re

Tom Wright is just such a stupid human being. If he's in the RWC 23 I'll cry. Can't trust him to do anything.

Whenever someone suggests a draft for Super Rugby, I believe it instantly reveals a skin-deep understanding of the sporting business and landscape. It's analysis that seems to be little more than 'The AFL is going well and the AFL draft is exciting. We should do that as well'. That's not...

1. Ala'alatoa 2. Uelese 3. Bell 4. Skelton 5. Arnold 6. Gleeson 7. Hooper 8. Valetini Right there you've got about 42,000 kilograms of boomfa bum breaking bish, bash, bosh. In the second half you bring on Tupou, Slipper, Porceki, Holloway and Frost and flip the campaign for some zip, zap, zing...

Wilson’s decisions tonight seem to indicate a lack of football with adults, and I’d be interested to hear if that is the case. Two or three times he’s tried to either run over someone or run around someone when it’s been abundantly clear that it’s not on, or won’t happen as he’s the smaller...

I wish the whole team did - we might make more.

I just don’t understand Australian rugby, particularly when we play the Kiwis. You don’t win games by being tricky. You win games by playing better than the other team. Our desire to play “tricky” and lean on low percentage plays is entirely based on the belief that we aren’t good enough to...