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    Machpants
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    Interesting, because I would think that anyone meeting him after they had heard his commentary first would be very resistant to taking him seriously! If he is dumbing down/Trumping up his commentary to get better ratings, it is a sad state of affairs in the world 😞

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    He is really engaging in real life (as I'm sure all the posters on here are...:face_with_stuck-out_tongue: ) - one of those super-charismatic guys that everyone likes.

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    So which is the real Kearns ? The one that behaves like an arsehole whenever a camera is nearby or the one that knows HR is looking over his shoulder at work ?

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    I think it's the one still holding the bar up at 4am with a massive smile on his face

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    Interesting that this is a review in to the "disasterous" World Cup campaign only.

    Isn't that a bit of a bullshit focus?

    And exactly how was the campaign a "disaster"? The Wallabies lost a pool match to the one of the top 3 teams in the world, in a game they could have won. They then lost the quarter they were rank outsiders in, to another top 3 team.

    I would have thought the campaign was pretty much to expectation? A semi-final would have been over-achievement.

    By narrowing the focus of the "review" it does two things. Conveniently ignores all the systemic issues that lead up to the Wallabies. And makes a further mockery of the decision to appoint Scott Johnson to head it up.

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    @jegga said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    So which is the real Kearns ? The one that behaves like an arsehole whenever a camera is nearby or the one that knows HR is looking over his shoulder at work ?

    I think that's a pretty ridiculous thing to suggest.

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    The problem with Kearns and the CEO appointment was that his supporters weren't pumping up his tyres because of his business credentials... it was because he's a 'good rugby man'.

    Apparently if you've never been at the bottom of a ruck you are somehow unqualified to manage Rugby Australia, or understand anything about the game.

    It's a ridiculous philosophy that is firmly stuck in the 1980s.

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    @barbarian said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    It's a ridiculous philosophy that is firmly stuck in the 1980s.

    that, right there, could be above the doors of Rugby Australia

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    @mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    @barbarian said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    It's a ridiculous philosophy that is firmly stuck in the 1980s.

    that, right there, could be above the doors of Rugby Australia

    Mission statement

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    JON is having a crack at all and sundry, too, apparently.

    I can imagine it now: "The board and executive are responsible for not having an all-time great lineup and coach like I stumbled into"

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    @NTA said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    JON is having a crack at all and sundry, too, apparently.

    I can imagine it now: "The board and executive are responsible for not having an all-time great lineup and coach like I stumbled into"

    everyone is having a pile on. It's pathetic. Most of it is hugely self serving.

    There is blood in the water.

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    @mariner4life Problem with Ozzie rugby there should have been blood in the water a while ago!

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    @barbarian said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    @jegga said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    So which is the real Kearns ? The one that behaves like an arsehole whenever a camera is nearby or the one that knows HR is looking over his shoulder at work ?

    I think that's a pretty ridiculous thing to suggest.

    So the jackass in front of the camera. Sweet.

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    @barbarian said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    @jegga said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    So which is the real Kearns ? The one that behaves like an arsehole whenever a camera is nearby or the one that knows HR is looking over his shoulder at work ?

    I think that's a pretty ridiculous thing to suggest.

    New to the Fern, you aren't.

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    @NTA said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    @barbarian said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    @jegga said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    So which is the real Kearns ? The one that behaves like an arsehole whenever a camera is nearby or the one that knows HR is looking over his shoulder at work ?

    I think that's a pretty ridiculous thing to suggest.

    New to the Internet,you aren't.

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    @NTA said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    JON is having a crack at all and sundry, too, apparently.

    I can imagine it now: "The board and executive are responsible for not having an all-time great lineup and coach like I stumbled into"

    His second time in charge was not much better if at all

    Has David Moffatts name been bought up yet?

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    @mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    @NTA said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    JON is having a crack at all and sundry, too, apparently.

    I can imagine it now: "The board and executive are responsible for not having an all-time great lineup and coach like I stumbled into"

    everyone is having a pile on. It's pathetic. Most of it is hugely self serving.

    There is blood in the water.

    They're is ALWAYS blood in the water, because you can't avoid it when there are so many shining examples of the wrong end of the Dunning-Kruger scale coming out of the Rugby system

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    @mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    Interesting that this is a review in to the "disasterous" World Cup campaign only.

    Isn't that a bit of a bullshit focus?

    How would you even go about it? Cheika openly relies very little on systems, structure or delegation. If questioned on anything as part of a review there is every reason to think he will be massively defensive.

    The review into 2015 must be a quality read.

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    @rotated said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    @mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby in general:

    Interesting that this is a review in to the "disasterous" World Cup campaign only.

    Isn't that a bit of a bullshit focus?

    How would you even go about it? Cheika openly relies very little on systems, structure or delegation. If questioned on anything as part of a review there is every reason to think he will be massively defensive.

    The review into 2015 must be a quality read.

    The point was about whether you'd consider it a disaster in terms of performance, when a QF exit was the most probable outcome.

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    @voodoo So what's his end game with playing the fool on TV then? I genuinely don't understand why someone would willingly choose to come across looking like an squealing idiot when they're not.

    Also, sadly, my only interaction with him he was a bit of a dick, but that was a long time ago.

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