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I think this sort of sentiment is simply reductive and incorrect. The very fact of people suggesting the situation isn't simplistic and black and white is being interpreted by people like yourself as "sexism is fine". That's a straw man and its frankly not what's happening in almost all cases...

What about my post wasn't clear? I understand all that, but it seems people like yourself don't quite comprehend that a GOOD management structure wouldn't have produced the circus we've seen over this.

To be honest I'm just glad this ridiculous storm in a tea cup is over... I won't go over the whole thing again, as I think after 137 pages it's the bulk has been covered. What I will say us that people do need to get off their high horses on this one and accept it's not a simple case of simply...

FACT: If this had happened under a management that was half way competent it would have only ever cost the player time on the side-line and possibly his contract, and no staff would have lost their jobs. Beale may not be the victim, but he sure as shit isn't the only the reason we've ended up...

Well, that's really ASADA's fault to be fair, and after 18 months people have just got to the point where they were sick of hearing about it and have clearly ceased to care. It also doesn't help that Rugby League fans are pretty desensitized to scandal.

Nice try, but all that data is still in "the cloud" and Snowden has just sent it to ASIO.

The AFL has way bigger crowds than any other code in the country and is definitely the best organised, but in terms of dollars earned, the NRL and AFL are now pretty well on par - both with TV deals in excess of $1bn. The NRL has more "big ticket" events thanks to Origin and the money is made on...

Given League has had all the big TV events this year, I reckon the NRL actually has more options than the AFL because they're still to move into Perth and Adelaide, and long term could put a team a second or third team in NZ. You're right about the rules being a big advantage, but the other...

Hahaha love your passion mate! I'm pretty stoked with Cheika too and have plenty of faith in the man and I'm sure he'll run the shop his way too. Fingers crossed it all works out how you've just predicted. All the same, I don't hate League - played both forms of rugby - and reckon we could...

I wasn't really talking about whether "it is any good" - which is an entirely subjective point. We're really talking in economic terms surely; we need money to run the game here, and the cash comes from bums on seats and eyes glued to TVs.

Robbie Deans? Seems pretty good at Super Rugby level.

I wouldn't be too cocky about that with where we sit right now... I wouldn't be surprised if more turned up to the Kangaroos v Kiwis match than they did to the brilliant spectacle we saw on Saturday's Bledisloe and I would also wager it'll rate better on TV too - Bledisloe only got a little over...

So we're back to square one, and it's really just all Beale's fault. Gotcha. I just don't agree - players like him are a symptom of a problem, not the cause. If it was all him, then squad members wouldn't be leaking like the Labor Party before Rudd got the job back. The victim was a key...

To think this guy applied fort the Wallabies job after Knuckles. What I hate most about Jones is that he's the most over-rated coach in any Australian sport in history. They talk about him as though he was this absolute genius because of one grand slam and a Bledisloe Cup win. They were great...

You didn't exactly make that clear, but I still disagree. Are you suggesting that he should have just been straight banned from the game, or that if Rebels had been better with their discipline then Beale's fundamental character would have been altered? Now that's a long bow. It's poor...

So you think this whole affair is really more to do with Beale's days back at the Rebels? Do you really not get it? Yes, Beale has been a problem - strangely not a problem at the Tahs this year, but a problem for sure. Now, he's not the first wayward footballer and he won't be the last. The...

I agree that the focus on style is overblown, but I fundamentally disagree with the notion the Jake White's style is a "winning style" simply because he won a RWC. He's also been coaching at Super Rugby level for the past two seasons along with Cheika, but for all the supposed effectiveness of...

I said partially - that doesn't mean the coach has no influence, just that they haven't made the team fully their own until a solid year into the job. It's worth pointing out that PdV also won the TN in 2009 and beat the Lions.

For those intent on telling us how much better White would be for Australia, what do you think happened to him at the Shawks? Reports after his departure weren't all that glowing... http://www.ehowzit.co.za/sport/rugby/report-jake-white-forced-wanted-fast-track-son-sharks-21-side/

I know, but it's also the year immediately following the RWC win, and thus the old structures were still partially in place. The first year of a coach is always partially a legacy of his predecessor.