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Who would have guessed that one of the best prospects we had would go well in league.

They can opt out of going to a club they don’t want to. Having a huge influx of players if they are only going to play there for one season can be hugely disruptive for the squad and doesn’t really help the list build

Better than having them potentially opt out. Also from a player turn over standpoint, if they get 7 players to the Tahs like they want and they are all just there seeing out their last year before leaving it is going to be disruptive for the squad. While I know rugby the length of contracts are...

Exactly. RA is better paying them out and then letting clubs make them an offer

Yeah the Tahs, the same club that told Angus Crichton fuck off the Shute Shield and come back when he is ready to play at Super level. Nothing stacks up in favour of the Tahs.

Get Noah off not a test 10

Tickets sold and a full house is different. Last week's Collingwood game was sold out and the ground 80% full. Even if the crowd was not as big as it was reported. We need to increase our market presence in key cities like Brisbane and Sydney

The soft cap is a joke, it’s just to protect a few marginal clubs in Vic and yeah the Swans and Giants get screwed

It is not an issue for AFL players, the next CBA will take the average earnings to 520k that excludes the fringe benefits like free cars from a sponsor, free furniture from a sponsor and all other endorsement income. Even if Sydney’s housing stops out performing the rest of the nations from a...

I think we need to take a step backwards. In an attempt to take the game forward. 10,000 at Brothers v Randwick is proof that there is support for the club game. Phil Waugh claims to be on a mission to re-engage rugby with corporate Australia to grow sponsorship revenue. While I have been...

We need to play more games. This is why we need a domestic comp. If we had 3 teams in south east Queensland, 4 teams in Sydney and Perth, ACT and Melbourne. 18 game season, all of a sudden we are staging games that aren’t a massive drain on the comp as the players can drive to the away game...

Then everyone would want to play in Adelaide as it’s the cheapest market in. Also if you a Melbourne born player you get drafted to Sydney you come back after a 10 year career and the house you have purchased in Sydney has out performed the market that you are returning to by 11%. On top of...

While I agree it is also over stated we hear this all the time in the AFL. I get rugby is a different market with less in the salary cap and players unlikely to commit to one city for as long. We always hear Sydney needs COLA (cost of living allowance 10% extra in the salary cap) back. Yet...

RUPA has been strong that it is in the EBA that they can’t force them to play where they don’t want to. RA has much to lose they try and get out of the contracts because the players don’t want to become Tahs and then that will trigger a wider exiting

Remember when we had the drama that we couldn’t even mandate where the Tahs boys played Shute shield

Agreed, time wasting has to be black and white. Spend the money make it work. We can’t go back to the 2022 Bledisloe disaster. Especially when NZ had a shot on goal that were outside the allowable time

True remember the A-League GF where the VAR froze and they allowed the offside goal as the linesmen had been instructed to keep their flags down and review it if it was close

If they stay and play club footy next year their contract will expire and they will be free to leave

You can’t hold them after next year