Recent content by Rob42

Thanks for the reminder - GAGR saving me money.

A bigger squad doesn't help when we don't have the depth, and we're still trying to build experience and combinations amongst the top 23ish players. I think the narrow, foward-heavy game plan of the last couple of seasons is just really wearing on players, plus Joe's training is renowned for...

Yes.

It's also been mentioned that teams want time to choose and set up their base for the tournament - again though, not sure why rugby teams would need an extra 12 mo to do this vs soccer teams.

Dangerous cleanouts? Borthwick must have been horrified at what happened to Carlo in the 2nd Lions test...

This is community sport, Pfitzy, surely you're aware it's the most political environment around!

Peak rugby forum content :)

Great news - cheap runout jerseys from the current sponsor incoming.

I think the best way to provide public feedback on ref decisions is something like Nigel Owens' Whistle Watch - somewhat removed from the match broadcast, and someone's who's independent of the actual ref or ref association. They got themselves into trouble with reviewing the non-decision in the...

That is to say, normal NRL payment negotiations.

Super Rugby was a result of the last major push for a rebel league, when the administrators finally accepted the need to go professional to avoid losing players to the rebel competition. It's never completely lost that feeling that it was hurriedly dropped on top of the existing structures - or...

I assume Justin Harrison set up a Zoom call for all players where he talked for 2 hours about stakeholders, content, achievables, aspiration, synergies, low-hanging fruit, ROIs, disruption, bandwidth, going to market, mindmaps, circling back, in the weeds, 30000ft view, moving goalposts...

Based on the Saudi's previous treatment of journalists, Christy Doran will want to ensure he gets his leaked team information correct first time when reporting on the Riyadh Rockets.

The first season starts in Oct 2026. It's reasonable that the unions will be worried that R360 players will forgo the end of season tour to avoid losing match payments for the first 6-8 weeks of that season.

I don't think it's weak - it's the unions playing their trump card. At the very least, players will know what they're signing up to, at best (for the unions) it will force R360 to negotiate in relation to Test availability.