Recent content by stoff

You think? This seems to be what RA has relied upon to hold his payment: https://chiefs.co.nz/news-item/gallagher-chiefs-welcome-lalakai-foketi/ This is the Wallabies Pete Samu announcement whilst he had a very similar duration left on his UK contract...

I would say almost certainly. If you’ve got a $50m per annum TV deal then you are going to need to do something special if you aren’t in the national conversation. If you’ve look at traditional media the wallabies haven’t played since TRC.

Outside events to the extent that the external factors that enable them are more out of our control than they are for the year-on-year events. This is particularly applicable to the RWC. It's not the argument here, but that money needs to be a future fund to protect against the next shock to...

That's why as a union that relies on outside events for solvency (Lions, RWC) we should embrace R360. If the working theory is a strong Wallabies underpins RA's success we need the best players. It's the same argument as the overseas player selection one. Bring in the best and work out how to...

Cheers Tex.

You’re a petty little man aren’t you.

I just don't see a world where they ban someone like Papenhausen. If he's already entertaining a code switch then your just handing him to rugby, whether it's here or overseas. Good headline for the fan base during the final day of the AFL trade period with the Swans active on a big name though.

The statement also only mentions international selection. Nothing in there to stop players heading to club comps in those countries once they are done with R360. Most of the nations listed don't routinely select from overseas. It's really just bluster from anyone other than South Africa.

I’d like to contrast that with my experience on the ground. Our local rugby club, after not having enough players to field a senior side on 2024, fought back and not only fielded a 2025 team, but also won its grade. At a junior level our club is surviving on merged sides - one merger spanning...

It’s harder to see the dilution when there is no alternate reference point. The bigger challenge to me is securing uncertainty of outcome across more teams.

That's changing. They've jumped into the school based academy space as one example.

Stan are taking the rights from Optus for $60m p.a. with Optus continuing to pay the other $40m. https://www.afr.com/companies/sport/optus-to-subsidise-premier-league-in-multi-million-tie-up-with-stan-20250624-p5m9z3

That name is peak trolling by Eddie.

They posted a $5m loss that year, and there was a $1m+ loss the to the tahs the season prior when they reported the tahs separately. Agree they had cash, but also negative equity. NSWRU’s 2024 position will explain the scale of the cost of the Tahs, but could well be similar if not more than the...

The article says $5m cost for the Rebels. There was a $1m or so loan forgiven to the Brumbies. There were also those rumors of Waratah debt which no one can get visibility on due to the consolidation of NSWRU reporting in 2023, and then into RA reporting in 2024.