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https://www.rugby.com.au/news/rugby-australia-confirms-80m-credit-raise-20231124 That's what this is, isn't it?

Andrew Slack was a 5/8 for almost all the rugby he played before switching to either centres at Reds and Wallaby level as well

Fair enough question, and who knows these days under some of the ownership structures, but my understanding for the Reds. RA pays salary for PONIs It costs about $1.3m a year to run the program. RA grants around $0.3m a year. The rest is made up from QRU consolidated revenue.

Of course they aren't profitable. But they are mostly funded by the other Super Rugby unions, not by RA grants.

I don't particularly want to defend RA here, but it can't be a blank check. VRU have to find sources of revenue (eg sponsorship) to enable their women to participate in these comps, same as all of the other teams. For better or worse the fee is $1m. The other teams have found the money. RA...

See post #3889 and #3892 on the page before this one for WR (World Rugby)'s official line. Basically, you can dive for the line to score a try, if the ref thinks it dangerous then you can be penalized, and the opposition is permitted to tackle you in the air if you dive to score a try

Others here may be closer, but I read somewhere that RA and VRU were hopeful of a $1m grant from Vic Gov, which in addition to RA's smaller ($0.3m?) grant to all teams would have been enough to keep the Rebels women going. I guess that didn't eventuate.

9 figures from each? It's pretty likely that RA will end 2027 with significantly more money then they have ever had

Increase in revenue is from Lions, Nations Cup and World Cup. Any potential Super Rugby revenue is a rounding error compared to these

A couple of Super Rugby trial games.to slot in there somewhere too

The Rebels were overspending on players though weren't they? Beyond the salary cap?

There's only two games The Bristol game is on Friday before the England game and the England A game on Sunday after the Wales game

Yes it does. Forgot the A games in my cap searching

Apparently the VRU was pretty hopeful for a $1m grant from Vic Government which would have made the team possible, but in the end it wasn't forthcoming

Edmed would be the obvious Australia A ten wouldn't he? I'd imagine Lolesio and Donaldson will share the starting role, and Lynagh will come onto the bench to rest the one of those two "starters" for Wales and Scotland

Yeah, Skelton normally plays around 20-25 games a year, starting around 15 or so games. It's more than Super Rugby, but the load is managed for most players. Nick Frost is at 25 games so far this year

The Australia XV game would need a release, but the Australia A game is part of the window

This is true for some very rare exceptions, mostly English, but definately not universal Jack Crowley has 74 and Noah Lolesio has 99 senior pro games. Both 24

The All Blacks have an opportunity to do the funniest thing ever, as he'd qualify for New Zealand via his parents and the stand down rule by TRC next year

I didn't think it was.a choice. I seem to recall players having a mandated 5 week rest period. (Of course, the non-Wallaby Reds players.may have already had there rest....some are on holiday at the moment I believe?)