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By the Holy Mother Mary we have less teams and that means rugby wins. Mate, they rated about one third of rugbies, they were in free fall. Networks want content and they want local content. AFL Australia world champions for ever. RL, mostly we are the world champions. Cricket, often...

Before I start Super Rugby out rates the A-League, Super Rugby crowds are better than the A-League, the A-League has been going down faster than a Kings Cross whore. All this makes the SMH article all the more galling. The kind would say, my predication is proving to be correct. The less...

Never trust a Murdoch paper when they don't control or broadcast a sport. Remember the Super League War, which led in time to Super Rugby. We are in a much better place with the Nine group.

HHHHMMMMMMMMMMMM gee wizz that's a hard one. I wonder if any other code has similar issues. Wait wait wait wait it's coming, yes I read about this, it's said its successful. Its called a Champions League were the best teams from domestic competition play each other in a knock out...

Yer it is. Its been obvious for a long long long long long time. Issue has been, that those in control have been loudly and aggressively not only supporter-ed but those with different opinions have been at best been dismissed as foolish out of touch to at worst have been said to have...

The suggested form of PE is IMO the worst possible outcome... PE is needed but first the model needs to be considered and then taken to the market. RA should always have full control in the structure and future direction. Most would be aware, I am a long time poster advancing PE, but based...

Dru In this one exchange you have identified one of the core issues rugby faces in Australia. We have never as a sport had the courage hhhmmm nay belief in rugby that we can go it alone. Whether thats been against league in the 70's, or other challenges since. The fear, OK tone it down...

Australia is an interesting sports market, and to some extent it either represents our Individualism and wanting to stand up for Australia or maybe as some say the chip on the shoulder. Our three major sporting codes. AFL, Australia is always the best in the world NRL, Australia is mostly...

Should it be a free for all or allocated and if allocated who do we allocate and how do we decide. I am talking about post No 20, 000. I suggest Quick be given or allocated to prepare post No 20, 000 given he started the thread. Or should it not matter and a free for all to be poster 20, 000.

Almost right, the pages maybe more than 10 but no argument. No not the A-League, but based on the US franchise system of which the best is the MSL and the system largely copied by MRL. Of which the closest code in Australia to the MLS that rugby in Australia can compare to is the A-League...

From the Roar Maybe I am not alone, and cough cough cough cough what I have been saying about private investment into a local domestic competition will come to pass. In part the article reads """ In recent weeks it has been reported that Rugby Australia Chair Hamish McLennan has begun...

Major League Rugby has launched a website and app with all league games streaming for free. Nationally televised games will be delayed on the site but the other games will be streamed live on TRN. They will also have highlights and rugby news. It is a great one stop shop for the league and...

Puts on helmet. What a difference a broadcaster partner who is just as interested as you are in growing the game, as opposed to a broadcaster partner who has invested so heavily is other codes you are almost kept in your place for the benefit of others. First time since the late 90's I...

Its not P & R, its a playoff series. Most of the time the team in the top division will stay. I am not entirely sold on the idea as finding 11 new teams is not easy. But his concept of creating a national footprint of 16 teams very much appeals to me.

Hoggy A mate, more of a general sports fans, but who has a keen interest in rugby mapped out what he thinks will work for rugby in Australia for the treble as he puts it. Growth in Rating, Players, Media coverage. His background as its somewhat important, early 50's, owns a mixed business...

Don't often agree with Clark, but his outgoing comments on Alan Jones are IMO HHHHHMMmmmmm correct, not that Clark has lead the place with astute management in fact I see him as part of the problem. From Fairfax Bitter and twisted’: Outgoing RA boss slams ‘vitriolic’ Alan Jones Rob Clarke...

Cough, cough, cough clears throat a little more. I just wonder what poster in this thread often suggested that Super Rugby should runs its own competition and be separate from the national teams. Sorta like US models of franchise models or at least start moving to this. Some said sounds good, most...

SMH reporting Telstra to stop streaming sports, it starts with AFL & NRL but will be all their streams in the near future. Everything going to Kayo

Adam & Derpus Let me see if this helps. Both codes until recently had similar structures, which broadly speaking is as follows. Local grassroots teams form into, Rugby Districts, Soccer Associations. State based, Rugby Unions, Soccer Federations. Both have professional competitions...

....Thanks Dru, Twill be interesting to see the outcome of a professional code formally run by their governing body. Why this is so poignant, pertaining to rugby is twofold, first and obvious we are both tier three codes if you look at my pyramid of Australian codes. You don’t stay at tier...