You see, if you look at where they are today, it’s not because of what happened last week, last month or last year, it is because of the decisions made a decade, even two decades ago. They closed their academies. Why? I can’t fathom it.
After some niggles limited his practice through Super Rugby, the Melbourne Rebels star said he now had no excuse.
Carter Gordon lost the keys, his form and his enjoyment for rugby last year but the Wallabies' No.10 bolter has found them again.
The 22-year-old is one of the form playmakers of the Super Rugby Pacific competition, named player of the match in the Rebels' pulsating 40-34 victory over Queensland.
The internet has run wild with differing takes on the severity of Ardie Savea's throat-slitting gesture that was made towards Rebels halfback Ryan Louwrens following a scuffle that saw Savea yellow-carded.
The England World Cup winner and BT Sport pundit feels it's time for the erstwhile head coach to put the players first with the World Cup fast approaching
Melbourne have edged the Highlanders 31-30 in their final round clash but the Kiwi team grabbed a bonus point to leapfrog the Western Force into the Super Rugby Pacific finals.
After blowing a vital win on the siren last round, the Rebels' theme for their Super Rugby Pacific clash with the Hurricanes is about redemption.
