We might get 12 seconds of interaction in the midst of a three-hour discussion of Bath reserve grade's selection problems or Swansea's administration shake-up.

And that adds to the whole mix. I felt at the end of last season rock-bottom had been hit and there was only one way to go, but somehow they have found a way to shovel through to further depths.

The QRU at the moment is stumbling from bad to worse to even worse,

It has almost gone out of the Australian game and that may be because we don't have the kickers any more. Larkham is a bit hit-and-miss.

In days gone by, the kick was considered a conservative, no-risk option but now it has become almost the risky route,

If all the facts you are reading about in the media are true, then it has me thinking whether the problem is at the coaching level or at board level.