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If Eddie didn’t understand the dire straits that Aussie rugby was in that’s an incredible lack of insight. How can us mere punters understand that and not an experienced Aussie coach like Jones? And surely he’d have also done his due diligence?

More likely he recognised his own mistakes and failure and bailed at the first opportunity.

Eddie Jones set to be appointed Japan coach six weeks after walking out on Wallabies

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The other thing is, we’ve been piling into the administration these past few months and for years. Both deserve a lot of criticism.

Eddie Jones set to be appointed Japan coach six weeks after walking out on Wallabies

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Not really. Each team has a few big names on incredible salaries paid for by huge multinational companies, a few decent players and a lot of mediocrity. The actual standard of rugby is pretty low.

Let’s not romanticise it. The French and Japanese clubs have put huge financial pressures on the rest of the rugby world.

A year is a long time in rugby ... Rennie restarts club career in Japan among familiar faces

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Yes, but our media rarely mentions them!

A year is a long time in rugby ... Rennie restarts club career in Japan among familiar faces

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I reckon that if Chapple’s a bit hard up he’ll be able to make a few bucks advertising Rexona underarm…

Sporting quotes of 2023: The Eddie Jones train wreck and Bairstow stumping lead a bumper year for outlandish comments

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Surely by now everyone should have got the message on this one. Time to move on.

'It wasn't discussed': All Blacks to keep selection ban on overseas based players, even as more head abroad

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Enjoyable story Peter!
It just goes to show how much a school coach can have nationally. Along with Dick Marks he had a huge contribution towards making Aussie rugby great. It’s a very Ben Darwin process – an excellent group of kids becoming great together through learning together, pushing each other and knowing each others games. Mould made that happen.
It was a shame that I didn’t mention Mould in my Ella schoolboys article. Produced world class players in rugby, league and American Football!
https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/07/27/golden-generations-how-australian-rugby-rose-from-obscurity-to-greatness-then-killed-green-and-golden-goose/

Rediscovering Geoff Mould, Australia's guru of running rugby

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Not watched him, but after four substitute appearances he started his last two.

'Pissed off': Why Eddie snubbed Noah and the five-month stint in France that's changed his outlook

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Need to find a way to market them. We all love a winner!

'Unbelievable': Levi sisters star in Australia's EPIC Dubai 7s triumph over Black Ferns, men rally

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He wasn’t broken (except when Snyman coward assaulted him from his blind side) it just took a long time to get him back up to speed from Japan.

South Africa’s rotation meant that despite their depth they had a lower win percentage these past four years than Ireland, France and those mediocre All Blacks. That’s no criticism of Rassie, it was the only way to avoid breaking his far flung golden generation.

Rugby News: Cane urges All Blacks rethink on OS stars, rugby's shocking death threat problem exposed

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Nowhere near as bad as all the players we lost in 2007/08 but we stood firm then and it’s worked out ok. See the link in my post below for the full list.

Rugby News: Cane urges All Blacks rethink on OS stars, rugby's shocking death threat problem exposed

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I’ve written a whole article on why it would greatly diminish our rugby. You’ll see plenty of reasons why not.

The good and bad in Razor’s All Blacks eligibility tease

Rugby News: Cane urges All Blacks rethink on OS stars, rugby's shocking death threat problem exposed

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None of those have been playing in every competition and regularly starting for South Africa these past few years. Losing lots of tests between world cups might be acceptable in South Africa (not saying that’s good or bad) but it’s not here.

Rugby News: Cane urges All Blacks rethink on OS stars, rugby's shocking death threat problem exposed

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You can manage and control them together without transferring ownership

Humility cuts both ways: Brett Clark and the QRU deserve the same scrutiny as Hamish McLennan

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Was that peeps or poops, Scooper?

Rugby News: RA hunting missing million after contract blunder, Suaalii worth 10x more than his deal, McKellar's big win

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He’s put in more work than he ever did when he was in post 😂

Rugby News: RA hunting missing million after contract blunder, Suaalii worth 10x more than his deal, McKellar's big win

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Razor is the most successful coach ever at the next level down and he has to start some time at the highest level. No Aussie coach comes near.

How McLennan departure could help Wallabies land ex-Ireland, All Blacks coach as Eddie's replacement

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Absolutely right. He’s got lots of public school mates in Aussie business, but as a rugby person who would want to work with him?

How McLennan departure could help Wallabies land ex-Ireland, All Blacks coach as Eddie's replacement

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I don’t believe in “apparently” – if we don’t know something for sure, or we can’t deduce it from what those who know have said, it shouldn’t sway us.

Schmidt turned Ireland from passionate serial losers to ruthless serial winners. He gave structure to that passion and belief that they could win. Farrell couldn’t have achieved what he has without Joe transforming the team and learning first hand from him.

From what I’ve read, Ireland’s players have enjoyed Farrell’s more relaxed approach but they accepted Schmidt because they respected him and recognised that it was for the good of the team. He certainly wasn’t wildly vacillating, didn’t destroy players and it wasn’t all about him.

How McLennan departure could help Wallabies land ex-Ireland, All Blacks coach as Eddie's replacement

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It’s not “funds” it’s land and buildings. current assets pretty much equal current liabilities.

Humility cuts both ways: Brett Clark and the QRU deserve the same scrutiny as Hamish McLennan

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Hi WE. I’ll say it again, pooling of commercial assets simply isn’t important. How they are used is what actually matters.

And even then, what’s truly crucial is the pathway/development field. Execs only have so much bandwidth, they need to major on the crucial and get that right.

Humility cuts both ways: Brett Clark and the QRU deserve the same scrutiny as Hamish McLennan

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My favourite revelation in this article was that Hamish was the only board member to vote against Herbert.

After Hamish had said that the board were split 😂

A great example of a politician’s technically true but in practice incredibly misleading BS. We won’t miss him.

'Thank f--k': Why RA's new chairman has brought 'hope at last' - and won't be scared of tough calls

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Pooling commercial assets isn’t necessary – we don’t do it in NZ. Getting the pathways right is the important thing.

Humility cuts both ways: Brett Clark and the QRU deserve the same scrutiny as Hamish McLennan

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Sounds like you know him well 😂

COMMENT: 'Best interests of the game'? Hamish's dummy spit proves RA was right to cut him loose

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More like people get angry, click and comment!

COMMENT: 'Best interests of the game'? Hamish's dummy spit proves RA was right to cut him loose

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