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I feel the same way regarding Scott Hansen the All Blacks attack coach. Defence coach? We don't have one after the attack coach left and Scott changed from defence. Imagine that, a defence coach who can also coach the worlds best attacking teams attack?!? At least I think that's how it went down, all local chums from wayback. No Tony Brown. No Joe Schmidt.

I highly contest you're judgement that you where brutally efficient. The All Blacks cut you up like a sieve and could easily have scored 40 or 50 on you in that first test especially. Two especially badly blown tries, but that's been the case all season, so don't let it affect your idea of the result. England were as close and as good as any team the All Blacks have come up against this year. Just that while the blitz was.. well, blitzing, it was not very effective overall. That's not just a All Black level thing either, I've seen the same holes all season.

I think you've just not adapted very well to the focus no longer being on that one aspect. The picture is no longer crystal clear to you (and may not be to them either yet). The other aspect I see, as we have in the past, is a guy (two actually) that could not get a Super Rugby gig has become one of your best players in just a year or so. You really believe you've got a lot of talent over there? Good on you if you believe you do, I guess what I'm saying is you should believe you do, even if you don't, like in regards to this coaching talent. When you've got a player like Underhill not being selected for inferior others, I listen, I understand, like when Foster got elected when we had Razor. I'm not seeing that now and I cant recall you mentioning once who should be there, so just get onboard with your coaches immediately so you don't make the situation worse than it already is. Don't do 2015 all over again!

You have highlighted the absurdity of that idea yourself by placing the JLRO up on that same Top 14 metric.

Even looking introspectively it's foley to think the Top 14 is the best product it can be.

We've already been over this. Obviously you can argue what 'best' means in the context of French viewership, and what you seem to be arguing in favour of, the business's, the broadcasters and sponsors. What they want could vary by the competing networks and sports, viewing hours and days (very different in a country like India for example), slot priority, etc, etc. I was specifically talking about the context above and how that can show French supporters they don't need to be lumped with what they've got, that they shouldn't think it needs to stay the way it is because it must "obviously" be the best way. It's not. It doesn't.

ARU, NZR and FFR are all notoriously strong headed so I do wonder how much of the concessions are being asked of France vs SH in terms of scheduling

How good was Uru and then LSL off the bench? That lineout steal may just be my favourite rugby clip of the year and he brought some serious power on the ground too.

I don’t know how we pick Wilson to be honest.

Scotland will be tough. Sorry for him but I’m glad Dempsey isn’t playing this week. I want us to smash them and wouldn’t have enjoyed a Tah lad being on the wrong end.