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What evidence do you have exactly that Patston has been subject to "sustained workplace bullying"? We know of one event that qualifies as bullying and a second event in which Beale said something dickish to SOMEONE ELSE and then Patston involved herself. What else do we know? We also know...

Well there's not an awful lot more to be said really unless people want to be massive smart asses. All in all the whole thing just looks awful for Australian rugby all round - just so much fucking drama that's come out so little when you think about it. I will say one thing though, SBS...

A bit of a beat up headline mind you - most of the article was about team selections. To me it sounds like the kind of smart ass rumour that gets started about any woman who's getting ahead quicker than people expect.

Indeed. Not all that unexpected given what's happened though. In fact I seem to remember quite a lot of rumbling about McKenzie being Jesus on stilts when Robbie was in charge, and Robbie being the rugby world's Optimus Prime when Knuckles was in charge. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The ship has well and truly sailed on White... he was forced out of the Sharks and left in poor circumstances with the Brumbies. What's more, his style of play as seen as anathema to the ARU's goals for the Wallabies

Yes, well that would be interesting. TBH I hope he's given the full term as I don't think what's going on right now is worthy of anything close to the press and tension it's managed to generate... People just need to take a deep breath and calm the fuck down and gain a little perspective...

Reckon Cooper and Genia will start?

Well I'm glad you asked. First, I would have done a more stringent background search on my player manager (the deletion of the LinkedIn site and the SMH's evidence that she fabricated much her experience and qualifications is a massive fucking red flag) Second, if a player had "bullied" said...

Just that given this is a pretty informal forum that isn't exactly beholden to any sponsors it's unusual that a bit of hearsay would be eradicated so quickly. The very fact of its immediate elimination actually makes it sound more credible, whereas at first I thought it was just someone taking...

Really hoping we just keep the Kiwis within 50 this time... Anyone heard anything on ticket sales? Can't imagine it'll sell out with the way the RC panned out.

Wow... so mentioning that has already been banned has it? hmmm

They have to give Link until the RWC... he's had a shocking run, but it hasn't been helped by what has been possibly the worst injury crisis in the pro era. The Wallabies aren't the Kangaroos - they can't have 80% of their first choice starting line up and replace them all with almost equally...

I suppose you're onto something there - what this really is about is the utterly pathetic job the Wallabies management team is doing.

Really? Because the Mail on it has been that this texting incident happened some time ago and that its been dredged up in response to the T-Shirt argument.

From the reports it sounds an awful lot like the players aren't a fan of Paterson - like few employees are of micromanaging pedants (and yes a complaint about a T-Shirt on a pre-dawn flight to a country that's never heard of rugby is being a pedant) and to be honest I can only see it hurting the...

What do people think it says about the business credibility of the new expanded Super Rugby model when Foxtel and Channel 10 are effectively offering less money now than they did for the last rights deal? Because according to Monday's AFR, no broadcaster showed any interest in FTA Super Rugby coverage...

I absolutely accept it. But that doesn't mean I'm encouraged by a deal that demonstrates the game is losing ground in this country. How can you not get that?

If we'd have made a stand it would have been nice, but we didn't did we? RUPA offered a model, but the ARU never had the guts to back it up. This model will see the code destined for further and further marginalisation in this country and the losses will continue to mount. The NRL this year...

The TV dollars from Australian broadcasters are completely unchanged (which is a loss in reality when you factor in inflation) and the overall package is only a 14% increase and it comes from the UK rights. That's not much of an improvement... No. But considering the TV dollars are almost...

Mate, according to Georgina Robinson at the SMH a few months back, Pulver went to RUPA and the heads of the state unions and told them how the change in the Super Rugby model to the new, beyond stupid model the Yarpies wanted would give them all a lot more cash. She had said that the...