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No, but we're well assured that he'll take responsibility and walk away when shit hits the fan.

Cheika's successful teams at domestic level have historically been quasi-national teams. Leinster & the Waratahs are case and point. These two teams have had, and still have massive salary advantages compared to their compatriots via National Union top ups, and a XV with at least 80% who are...

It's sounding very much like the Richard Graham scenario here. Its not the coach, it's the assistants that have lead to the overall decline in the standards of our team...

He was doing so in the Super Rugby Semi final, in case you missed it.

Did he make any dominant tackles or carries? No. Did he make any effective clean outs when it mattered? No. There's no silver lining in being the best of a bad bunch. He wasn't good. He was simply less bad then the rest.

A high workrate means nothing if the quality of your work is shithouse.

Do you really think Ladesma would be "nah yeah sweet as" with the back row we trotted out on the weekend? As for Byrne - of course he wouldn't. He's not highly rated for having rocks in his skull. Would Larkham have been fine with To'omua getting 4 minutes in the Rugby World Cup final while...

No different for the Jaguares, Sharks, Kings, Bulls & Cheetahs. Try and be consistent in your assessment. ;)

The problem is, the assistant coaches get no say into what team is picked. So long as Cheika is in charge of team selections, we are doomed to fail. He has proven for over 3 years straight now that he can't see the forest from the trees.

Speak for your own team. The Brumbies and Force deserve to be there on their performances this season.

Horseshit I say. We literally picked 3 passengers in the forward pack. Blind freddy could tell you that Then we've got a defensive system that literally takes EVERYTHING that you learn as a back growing up, and throws it out the window. They'd be forgiven to think they'd ended up at...

If the appeal to arbitration fails am I right to assume that WA Rugby still have the option to sue / take the ARU to court over it's obvious misleading / lying about the consequences of the Sale of the Force's IP? From an outside perspective; the ARU definitely did not disclose their...

Pertinently false. The NRL currently has a 5 year, 1.6 billion dollar agreement. This dwarfs the money that the Top 14 ($6-700mil aud over 5 years) & the Premiership is roughly equal. That's right... the NRL's TV rights is currently equal to both the Top 14 & Aviva premiership combined...

Revenue is set to collapse post 2020. Do you really think Foxsports are going to throw money at games that are currently drawing 50k viewers nationally? The average crowd figures of the Tahs, Force, Rebels and Brumbies prove that no one's watching. Anyone that thinks this will magically improve...

Considering Quade spent (at least) his last 3 years of high school here, and didn't debut for the Wallabies until a few years after that,your point is moot.

Chieka would be a great coach if he wasn't allowed to pick his team

Born in Perth, raised in Brisbane, played for Australia. I disagree with your disagreement. I'd love to tell you why, but you haven't offered any counter arguments. It's unnecessary bullshit like this that drives people away from these forums.

Braveheart, you must be pretty ignorant of the current state of Australian Rugby. We've already reached that point. I'm of the firm opinion that in response to this threads title: "Where to for Super Rugby?" the best option is e) No super Rugby. We gave NZ the chance to Trans-Tasman this...

I just can't understand the wraps on Hawera. He's as flakey as Quade without the flashes of brilliance

When the guy catching the ball has to slow down, because he's over run it so far, it's a pretty obvious penalty