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All I said is we can’t blindly accept RA’s versions of events. But it was funny that this time yesterday launching legal action was proof the the Rebels directors didn’t have the best interest of Victorian rugby, the Rebels or Australian money at heart. So is RA’s own legal action then proof...

Yet the grounds they gave for not making those payments were around solvency. So how could they stop payments 6 months before they became insolvent?

Their argument has holes in it. If the earliest possible date given of the Rebels being insolvent is 31/12/18 how could RA cancel their license and ceased payments to them from 01/07/18? Do they own a Time Machine?

100% this

1 year as the administrators say they may have trading while insolvent from 31/12/2018. The cost associated to keeping the team interstate during covid is also relevant as it’s unfair for one side to suffer the costs of keeping the game going

RA’s response in a nutshell

How much of that debt was due to having to base the team in Sydney for the good of the game during covid?

Zero accountability at Moore Park. The game will be dead in 10 years here and RA has brought it all on itself

That’s the hard part. There was meant to be a 5k stadium at the La Trobe facility but I don’t know if that is finished yet the other smaller grounds will be tied up with soccer

You are never going to grow the game without playing it. 42 weeks a year there is no super rugby in your city. How are the teams engaging with their markets they are not. The competition structure hamstrings the teams I had been in favour for of a move away from AAMI park for a more...

You will never grow interest when it isn’t a proper comp we play less games than the BBL and they aren’t even real sides

Because you have 6 home games to try and make money. To compete for players against comps that play a lot more footy. The season is way too short. You have 6 weekends out of 52 to try and engage with the city. It’s such a long off season that the casuals you get down drift away and it remains...

There is no future for Rugby Union in this country if we maintain the status quo. They are absolutely self serving The SRU always opposed the NRC and have pushed back against any attempts to reinstate it or a similar competition. Super Rugby does not stack up. We don’t play enough rugby the...

If it brings about reform then that’s a good outcome. The game desperately needs it

It is why the game needs reform and that’s not going to happen if we stick with the status quo.

They have locked us into an unprofitable competition structure. Torpedoed the NRC because the SRU didn’t like it even though it delivered for other parts of the nation. They knocked back significant money from Twiggy in 17 as it had conditions of reform. They are not interested in serving the...

One of the key issues with support of the Rebels was there were very few that didn’t already have a team. From my experience most rebels fans were from English families or Fijian as the South Africans and Kiwis supported their home team then those who travelled south held onto the Red or Tahs...

If they lose I will accept the courts decision. Yet if they win will you be willing to say you got it wrong?

There is a big difference between supporting more than one AFL and more than one sports team. FMD as a Collingwood fan why would I support Carlton? They are my rival, yet my support for Collingwood doesn’t stop me from supporting the Storm and Rebels.

I want the truth and not just the message RA tries to sell. I fully support the legal action. It’s funny how you would always take the moral high ground saying how the rebels acted unlawfully but now there are allegations against your beloved RA you don’t want them to be heard in court. If the...