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I feel like he's been making teams/squads at the Tahs for a while now without really doing much in the games to warrant it. He must be fantastic at training or something.

I've always had a theory that something about the temperament of Australians makes them bad referees. I find in loads of international sports, Australia is underrepresented as referees, and the ones that are around aren't that good. No hard data on it, but it's one of my many wild hypotheses.

Yeh, it's interesting. The rule sounds like something to essentially allow any ref complaints to be taken seriously as a breach of policy (fair enough in my mind, the refs should be given protection). So in my mind, if Jaco doesn't have an issue with it, Cheiks will be safe, if he does, this...

Hmmm, good idea. Maybe they could have a big vote about it or something! :rolleyes:

I think it's definitely the way things are moving. Even in the US, the only thing really keeping pay TV afloat is sport, because it's the only thing people care about watching live. There would be some concerns in Australia over the terrible state of the internet infrastructure,especially for...

Unfortunately I don't think there were too many networkers left at that time :/ A positive thing from a data point of one though, is that I've noticed a lot more of my young professional friends being interested in going to Tahs games this season. Quite a few mid to late 20s women as well...

Whilst it would be nice to have 23 players who had the size of Will Skelton, the fitness and tackling of Hooper, the leap and elusiveness of Folau and the ball distribution of a Foley, players have natural strengths and weaknesses. If you're not enhancing their strengths and minimising their...

You're right of course, I have my view of what the Tahs recruitment philosophy should be, but that has to be restrained by the reality of the players that are available. Are there any overseas players that could realistically be targeted? I can't think of any worthwhile ones in the positions...

Interesting, you would think there might be a bit of pressure from Nathan Grey pushing Cheiks to give him a cap to keep him around then... I'm not sure there are too many other outside backs floating around of his ability.

Hmm, I agree to an extent. I would definitely like to see one of them starting in all games, but would prefer to have two experienced back rowers to accompany them. As for the culture, I think the Tahs have to own the mentality of being a "premiere" side. That to me, means the core of players...

I should note: I wouldn't be surprised if they're chatting to the likes of Giteau and Drew Mitchell, but I very much doubt they could be lured back.

Hmmm, I wouldn't be surprised to see them move Folau to outside to see them cover the loss of AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), so that leaves them to find replacements (either first or second string) for: THP 8/Back Row 2x Outside Centre/Back 3 player Halfback I can't think of any THPs floating around, so maybe promote...

Further to the above, I'm ready for the Tahs to splash some serious cash next year. They'll be losing AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), Kepu, Palu, Foley potentially Potgetier, and I'm sure a few more that aren't on the top of my head. That will free up a fair bit of money I would think. I'm thinking there could be some...

Last year there were a whole choir of people saying that 8 should be Will Skelton's long term position. I'm not sure I agree, but it's an interesting thought. In my mind, if the Tahs can keep Potgeitier, they'll probably rotate Grey and Holloway in the 8 position, otherwise they'll probably go...

Hmmm, I pretty much agree with both sides of this argument. I think it's a bit stupid to just give an extension because a player is "popular", but I also think it's a bit silly to just send a popular player that seems to have brought a lot to a side on his way because of a somewhat arbitrary...

Surely the rugby demographic is largely private school old boys, so is it really that much of a surprise that most of the board is made up of ex-GPS old boys? I mean, I understand that for the sake of image/growing the game it's good to have some representation from, say the Western suburbs or...

Players aren't paid based on their value in winning the game, they're paid on the value they bring to whomever is paying them. Folau clearly brings more value to the NSWRU/ARU than Kepu, Slipper or any other rugby player. You can dislike it all you want, but all the TV coverage, public interest...

90% sure there's a limit on the number of foreign players that can play per team in the Japanese competition at the moment. I would imagine that policy would extend into their Super Rugby franchise as well, considering NZ and Aus have a similar one (and SA might as well, I'm not sure). It could...

In all seriousness though, I don't imagine the ARU would be too annoyed at him. He brings some publicity which puts him on a moral high ground and distracts a bit from other recent issues. Some people will think it was wrong but generally won't seriously dislike him for it. They do have to act...

I'm most disappointed in Pocock, and it's a perfect example of why the Wallabies will never be great. If it was Richie McCaw, there's no way he would have been arrested, Pocock really needs to improve his police/referee management.