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I know, but that's kind of what I mean... I really wish we could have a Twickenham or Millenium style Staduim in Sydney that is really just perfect for the rugby codes (and of course could be used by soccer - I just don't want purpose built soccer stadiums after watching the short in-goals...

That's true of the current situation, but I'm really more running a hypothetical on the redevelopment, which may expand parking and transport options. I also think there's something to be said for playing at grounds built for Rugby Union/League. The design of ANZ is its own worst enemy - it...

Definitely. I suppose the problem is homebush is in a strange space - it's geographically closer to the centre, but it can still be a little tricky to get to and it's not a rugby stadium ultimately. Ideally, if you were setting up a team from scratch and the expansion had already occurred out...

I wonder if from a strategic standpoint there's a case for the team taking it's matches on the road in NSW to a certain extent. Do some research into where there is a strong rugby presence around the state and state playing 2 or 3 games in sufficiently large stadiums. Maybe play a game...

I find it sort of surprising that people would move from Rugby to AFL... one of the big complaints a lot of disgruntled Aussie Rugby fans have is there's too much kicking and not enough ball-in-hand attack, so you'd think the logical place for them to go would be League, rather than a game that...

1) Only because we've never played teams like the Lions there. I suspect that if it became the home ground we'd see some small attendances to those less fancied teams. 2. Good advice. I did that for the Brumbies game actually ;)

To be fair? It looks like you're only being fair to To'omua mate... I didn't think he did much straightening, and some of his passes were pretty wayward. Beale played ok - sure he didn't set up a match winning try like in the Super Rugby final, but it was poor conditions and he was playing the...

Classic case of confirmation bias here I reckon. People were upset with Beale's selection, so anything but a masterclass in which he set-up and scored the match winning try was going to draw criticism. It seems a lot of people just went into the game focused purely on how Beale was playing...

Touche. He really was awful... possibly the worst exponent of the advantage rule I've seen - either blowing it up straight away or just calling advantage played after the half-back began contemplating the first pass after getting it.

It's a bit of a bugger, but it's also sadly a reflection of Rugby's lost market share in Sydney in general. We generally get better crowds against the brumbies and reds than most other teams, so it's hard to compare to the highlanders. To be fair, that's a significant Western Suburbs local...

Surely if you have an advantage no scrambling to cover a fuck up wouldn't be necessary. The point is that when it's done well and you have a very good player in the air it can extremely hard to defend against. As I said, I do think it should be reserved mostly for advantages, so it's not like...

To be clear guys - I'm not advocating we try emulate League and do it all the time. Just that it at least out to be a well rehearsed attacking option we have in our bag of tricks when we're playing a team like NZ.

It's obviously a conundrum... I don't mind homebush for big games, but ultimately it's always going to be a half-way house; it was never intended as a purpose built Rugby Union/League ground, and as a result - awkward location at homebush aside - the views around the ground are pretty ordinary...

I know what you mean, and perhaps it's got to do with our kickers too, but we've got to work out some way to bring Folau's aerial game into our attack more prominently, because it's not used at all right now in attack.

That's all true and fair, except in cases where you're playing with a penalty advantage, as we did in the Bledisloe on Saturday. In a situation like that, a cross field bomb with a specialist like Folau has a fairly good chance in coming off for a try, but if it doesn't you come back for a...

No, didn't mean to say that at all. I felt White was a little off target and sometimes his delivery was a bit slow, but the lateral movement seemed to be trained into the whole team - hence why I mentioned the tactics. White certainly wasn't bad, but I felt he was a little off the pace. Beale...

Thank you! Yes, I honestly can't for the life of me understand it either. It just defies belief that we should have such an incredibly powerful player in the air that we never use in attack.

I actually agree with this and was very much in support of the wallabies having a shot at a try and keeping the pressure on. That said, if there's one thing that does seem a little surprising, it's that the wallabies (and the waratahs too) don't seem to be taking advantage of Folau's aerial...

Haha true that. And fuck, even though Peyper may not being trying to intentionally spoil matches, he sure does a good impression of a bloke who is in most games I've seen him in charge of.

Haha I reckon that's fair enough - I wasn't attacking the play. Peyper did the same thing to the semi between the Tahs and Brums and it really killed the game's momentum. He's just incredible pedantic, inconsistent and often inaccurate too. I just can't stand him as a referee - just not up to...