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I find it quite amazing that anyone can sit there and praise Jon for his ineptness - do you really think that it was his decision to drop Lotte - Lotte shot himself and gave no one any choice (a good thing mind you) - True, Jon has to tighten the belt and provide financial management but at what cost? The weakening of Rugby in Australia by denying development at a junior and grassroots level and presiding over the exodus of players to more lucrative competitions whilst bleating about how we cant compete. Maybe the ARU should turn provincial rugby over to the private sector and let them run it whilst spending revenue on maintaining the National Team and feeder competitions to ensure that there is a development pathway across the country for talented players.
Bailing out Qld and NSW due to financial mismanagement shows how complacent the provinces have become - Let them find the funds to run teams on their own without salary caps and lets keep the talent at home and let good old Jonny tale all the credit for winning the world cup this year (and then he woke up).
Who will take the fall when the Aussie team gets bundled out - Not Jon I can tell you!!