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He's a 7. Tizzano has been outstanding and we have Hooper coming back. Adding more depth to 7 isn't what we need right now. Better off saving the import slot and that money for other positions.

They never approached me! Not that I have ever coached before, nor have the slightest idea how to go about doing so.

If you can't watch without the beers with a mate, then I certainly would make that claim and that they're not so much a fan of the sport as of drinking - the game being incidental. You're being far too dismissive of the gambling problem.

That just tells me all your mates have severe gambling problems, if they cannot be interested in something without being able to gamble better on it.

More the decisions they took to Covid and how NSW reacted to it, which was different from all other franchises. They reacted in preparation for the hit being much worse than it ended up being. Wrong call, and they're suffering badly for it now. Edit: To me the board made the wrong call. It's...

From another article earlier in the week immediately after the sacking, it sounded to me like the board were expecting scoreboard improvements. When you've got a team this under-experienced, you need to be looking for more nuanced improvements than that. And more nuanced improvements were...

I love how in that article Penney doesn't come off at all like he's burning bridges or muckraking. He just sounds calm, methodical, stating things as they are and saying things in the hope those in charge will listen to. No bad blood.

Didn't he slot in to fullback for a few games last year and absolutely fluff the positioning and defence? Find himself in complete no-man's land because he didn't have the experience to know when to stay back and when to join the line?

Tahs by 25! Nah, scratch that. 50!

I've long felt Banks was overhyped and not understood why people seem to love him so much. And while last year in the Brumbies I thought he again was getting praise for just touching the ball or being anywhere near it, in the Wallabies I felt he was quite solid. This year for the Brumbies he's...

For starters he needs better consistency. Currently his play depends way too much on how good or bad his first touches are. If those are not good, even if it's a particularly difficult/troublesome first touch that wasn't good, he's ruined for the rest of the game.

Cron has ruled himself out of the job. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/timing-is-obviously-a-killer-cron-rules-himself-out-of-waratahs-contention-20210329-p57f26.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_sport_rugby-union People have said Coleman wasn't much of an option, but Tom...

Didn't Link have a huge falling out with Waratahs? Even if they do completely restructure / replace the board etc, I don't think he has a chance. Even though he's the Tahs coach I've liked the most in "recent" times. Cheika, would he return to the Tahs? Left on good terms due to promotion to...

This article from Darren Walton is probably my favourite on what's going on at Waratahs https://www.theroar.com.au/2021/03/28/waratahs-facing-all-time-low/ Instead, they sacked him. Instead, they sacked him. Instead, they sacked him. Even the opposition coach was on Penney's side...

I didn't even watch the Tahs v Rebels match. But I saw the Tahs v Reds. While there were good moments, to be honest I'm not even sure if there is improvement over the first round match. So while I don't agree that Penney should have been dropped, I'm not surprised that he was. There just wasn't...

Just checked google maps. Shortest walking distance Central Station to SFS 1.9km. Shortest walking distance Parra Station (not the closest point of it) to Bankwest 1.5km. A whole 400m shorter. What are you talking about, it needing to be closer? Just read this article a few minutes ago and...

I've seen claims floated around that some of the departed experienced players weren't even offered contracts. Including ones who would have been willing to accept nominal amounts.

We lost half our squad after the 2019 season, the other half after the 2020 season. It’s all new young faces (not big expensive signings). You normally bring in people of this calibre at a dribble, a couple at a time so they can get experience and learn from the old hands. Not at the rate of...

Fiji have two games in Bordeaux? IF I get my shit together and head to France I guess I'll be cheering for Fiji next RWC as that's my favourite drop of red.

That all depends on whether you're talking about sustainably in a way the life support system can actually support, or whether you're talking purely volume and packing every nook and cranny.