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Most definitely yes. Finals appearances i.e. the final Crusaders (NZ) 14 appearances - 10 wins and 4 losses Blues (NZ) 4 appearances - 3 wins and 1 loss Chiefs (NZ) 3 appearances - 2 wins and 1 loss Hurricanes (NZ) 3 appearances - 1 win and 2 losses Total NZ final appearances 24 - for 16...

2018 :)

Yes, I noticed on Saturday that some boys were wearing the traditional Waverley blue and yellow butchers stripes and others had something completely different. Most boys seemed to have the traditional jersey and only a few the other one so I had assumed that the kids in the odd jerseys were...

Much truth in what you say and the part which I have highlighted in bold is the critical point. Unless the NSWRU and SRU can find a way to each give some ground for the common good then the game at a pro level in Sydney will continue to whither. In a world where brand recognition and fan...

Rugby has unfortunately become an invisible sport to the sporting public of Sydney. The mainstream media shows little interest, presumably because the think that their readers/listeners/viewers aren't interested - or so few of them are interested that they don't count. For example in the...

Governing bodies shouldn't be involved in running pro-sports teams in pro-leagues. Teams need to be run on a club or private franchise model and need to be commercially viable without the need to be constantly propped-up and/or bailed out by the national body. Rugby needs to adopt a Darwinian...

Not all of the clubs failed to support the NRC at the start. You may recall that the 4 northern clubs were quite enthusiastic in setting up the Northern Sydney Rays to the extent that they even threw some cash in. Unfortunately, RA moved the goal posts and players from the clubs were drafted to...

ARC wasn't really run by the clubs at all. Clubs were assigned to franchises which they wanted no part of by the ARU, and thus basically none of them engaged with the entities at all. The NRC failed to generate any real interest or enthusiasm in Sydney, and as sport is now more than ever...

Unfortunately, history has shown that you are amongst a small minority which is the problem.

Yes, a domestic competition is what we should be looking at - instead of rather than alongside Super Rugby in my view. However, we've seen ARC and NRC fail because they have failed to engage the Sydney market. Sydney sports fans just won't buy into meaningless entities like the Sydney Fleet, Sydney...

Note the long term strategy implicit in the AFL expansion compared with rugby. (my bold) And I note in passing that in 3 short years AFL at Newington has gone from 1 team to 5 teams, while rugby has shrink in every age group. “These things are generational. They don’t happen overnight. I...

Excellent article which highlights many of the points which I have been raising (along with many others for some time). Unfortunately my take on the article is that many of those running the game still don't really get what the problem is. FitzSimons gets it to a degree, but I suspect he's...

They're both closed shops, which is part of the problem. Some of the demands of some Sydney clubs are outlandish and are easily demolished, while other things are perfectly reasonable and would benefit the clubs and the NSWRU but there's a large degree of mutual distrust and dislike. NSWRU...

The NSWRU is largely an extension of GPS rugby. Which school you went to, which university you went to and where you work are highly valued. Part of the reason for the divide between NSWRU and the clubs.

Yes, NSWRU wouldn't have any interest in making the Shute Shield better would they? ;)

Boards of professional sports are supposed to set strategies and priorities in order to have the best structures and programs in place for the paid employees to do their job. When they also are charged with running a community part of a sport they also need to have a player and coach...

They'd need to spend a full off season in a pro-rugby training program to be judged fairly.

He's actually a very intelligent person and an architect. Perhaps more importantly from an NSWRU perspective is that he's a Shore Old Boy;)

He was treated appalling by the NSWRU/Waratahs and I think he's made it plain that he wants nothing to do with Australian rugby. And I don't blame him at all.

Indeed, but in the world of Australian rugby boards aren't held accountable for anything. Dear old Wamberal would recoil in horror at the very thought of the elites of rugby boardland being held accountable or responsible for anything. NSW rugby is a steaming mess, and none of those who have...