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The notion that Taniela Tupou, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, Rob Leota, Isaac Kailea, David Feluiai and Pone Fa’amausili are going to tie their futures to Darby Lancaster, Matt Gibbon, Lachie Anderson, Ethan Dobbins and Lukas Ripley so they can give RA and the middle finger and go to the US on a...

The notion that Taniela Tupou, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, Rob Leota, Isaac Kailea, David Feluiai and Pone Fa’amausili are going to tie their futures to Darby Lancaster, Matt Gibbon, Lachie Anderson, Ethan Dobbins and Lukas Ripley so they can give RA and the middle finger and go to the US on a...

If I was RA, the only way I would allow this was if there was no Super Rugby franchise who wanted that player and that's why they are playing club. If the player is playing club rugby by their own decision, I wouldn't let them out of their contract to go anywhere else. Unless there was an agreement to...

The only anywhere close to QC (Quade Cooper) is Tupou. Not playing for a year would definitely hurt most of them. None of them have been standout players or contributed to a successful team. Tupou is the only one who has that kind of leverage.

For most of those players,I would give them an option to take a voluntary redundancy package if the refuse to go to Sydney. Again, for most of these guys, I think that would be around 8 - 10 weeks of wages. If they refuse that option and they want to play club rugby with full pay/entitlements...

No player is bigger than the jersey. If a player doesn't want to put themselves in contention for a Wallaby jersey and would rather play club footy, so be it. Being a Wallaby and a current international player is just as good for the player as it is for the Wallabies. Out of that 11, only 1...

Why the fuck wouldn't I care? I love rugby, all my kids play and I coach - why shouldn't I care?

Maybe. Perhaps you're right but I don't know where else this works. In saying that, I don't think any other country faces the same environment Australia does with the NRL and AFL. I can't see how it works but it wouldn't be the first thing I've been wrong on. The risk is pretty big though....

No. At best, Australia has a team win the competition. You are acting as if Australia has never been competitive. Australian teams have won it 4 or 5 times? They have played in the Finals multiple times. It's not as if the current state has been the perpetual status of the Australian teams.

Did anyone from WR (World Rugby) see the U20s RC?! A game cancelled by rain is pretty pathetic.

OK. Thought about it.... When did the Blues ever think about getting out of Super Rugby so they could concentrate on the Gallagher Shield? If leaving a competition because your team keeps losing is the best way to engage fans and build a better player base, why aren't you guys celebrating the...

So why doesn't larger player pools equate to success for countries like Japan who has more players than Australia? England, France, Japan, Italy, Wales and Ireland all have larger player pools than NZ. It's about quality rather than quantity. The reality is that NZ will never be able to offer...

Yeah.....21 years of it.

This season was sweet but it's been 21 years of pretty dismal results. Even last year when we thought we might finally be good, we got SMASHED in the semi. And I never heard anyone ever say - let's pull the Blues out of Super Rugby and just concentrate on the Gallagher Shield.

NZ went 5 years without the Bledisloe from '98 - '03 and also went over 20 years being called chokers for not winning a RWC. Gregan famously reminded us of this with his 'Four more years!' Australia is in a worse position than we were but still...I don't think NZ ever looked to play lesser...

People like Laurie Fisher know the importance of playing tough competition regularly. The 'current model' is changing. Which is what I have said a number of times. The Rebels are gone and the Brumbies are joining the centralisation push - I'm hopeful these are steps in the right direction and...

That would be great....be good to stop hearing dumb shit like 'Super Rugby is dead' The Rebels are gone, centralisation is starting to take shape - I'm hopeful that RA is slowly turning the corner.

I didn't say it doesn't count. I'm saying that adding a new team today doesn't mean that tomorrow every team will be crap. I don't know if there is an exact science around how long it takes to have an effect but there is, I don't know what it is. The reality is that there wasn't and isn't...

Yeah....you have nothing. Next.

I think you have nothing. I have asked repeatedly where this domestic model you guys are clamouring for currently works and how do players get better in this domestic only comp. Not even an attempt at an answer. But you know better than the players :)