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Been hitting the refresh button here at work today. Has Australian Rugby ever been in a crappier state than right now ? Our Super teams are garbage and I've got to wonder how much all this uncertainty is affecting them. The Reds were bloody awful against the Lions. Brumbies v Tahs was poor...

After reading posting on this thread I've headed that way too. And with the announcement of the Global Calendar, a Feb-June 16 week home and away NRC then finals. Followed by the Inbound Tests then TRC would be just fine by me. But do we have the fortitude to take 2 steps back now to take 3...

Yeah could be. Just wish our own Union had the balls to say 'no way' themselves.

I hear you and that's totally fair. Perhaps I'm a bit quick to roll over and the first couple of rounds this year haven't exactly been joy to watch for us. It's pretty soul sapping the results and having an axe hanging around in a city where it's hard to make ground on a good weekend.

I support the Rebels, I moved down here from Qld nearly 20 years ago and while I watch the Reds and my heart is still there, I fully attend and support the local team. Hence I wear their badge on this forum. But, I think if a team must go it will be the Rebels. As long as there remains a path...

Sitting here, I"d rather it be announced that 5 teams are being dropped from Australia than 1. Maybe I'm just bloody minded and ready for a complete rebuild.

I just don't think Rugby ever gets any real profile in this country while teams disappear to SA for weeks. Someone said earlier, Waratah's started their season then disappeared from their fans sight for a few weeks in SA. If you are a NSW fan you have to get up at 2am or whatever to see them...

Respects to Dan and his family. Never knew the guy but saddened by the news when a young life is lost. He was obviously a very smart guy, Cambridge educated, yet still had shadows in his life that he couldn't overcome. It can happen to anyone. And I would implore anyone on the forum who...

Wow, chew on that.

Our young guys are going to be much better for this year. I'm confident in taking this trophy off NZ next year actually. I think we'll see a contest.

Well, head and form suggest New Zealand win by 14-19 points. But with overseas players returning, lessons from the England loss, 4 weeks together, a mild dose of Mick Byrne, it's hard to get a read if form matters. So Australia by 5 in what will be a totally unexpected epic test.

For sure, second place at the Olympics is no bad achievement.

Some of them have told their own to grow some grace. Just disappointment so some of them are losing it a bit at us. "I think we've got so used to the All Blacks winning that some of us have forgotten how to be gracious losers. Aussie deserved the win, and AWESOME effort by the girls to get...

Well done. Maybe they can have a crack at the mens too.;)

January I think I read. I think people just want to try another flavour than Phipps. To be honest so do I but there's no legit form reasons for it on Genia's behalf.

Plenty of good analysis done already. Just my 2 cents and I'll keep it simple. Snout's 4 point plan to turn the Duds to Studs : 1) We need a kicking coach and program for the Wallabies and all Super Rugby Teams. All halfbacks, 10s, wingers and fullbacks to be able to kick at a high quality...

Probably on my own here but I'd be glad if Hayne was overlooked for Rio. I get the best men argument but to me the switch just smells of a guy who after a year in the NFL realized the mountain, wasn't going to cut it on a regular basis and leaped to the next thing and knew for a while it was...

To be honest, I feel a lot of 'what the hell do we do now' this Monday morning. 3 months until Super Rugby ?

Good news. Chek after the game..... ""I think we've made good ground in that area in the last 12 months," said Cheika "We are just starting and want to do really good things for Australian rugby going forward.""

Congrats to NZ, worthy winners and better side over 80 minutes. As this is an Australian Rugby forum I think a few visitors would do well to let people vent a bit. So soon after isn't a good time to necessarily start challenging peoples views. Let em count to 10. On our guys, we needed our...