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Slightly off topic, but all the tragics on this site make sure they get an Oz Lotto ticket. Someone could then afford to toss a lazy $20million at Rugby while keeping $50 mill for themselves. The collective GAGR brain and that kind of money.....:D:eek::p

I hope so too, but if you ask my wife, being right is rare for me. I think the challenge for a joint venture a equity. Personally I prefer a representation model but understand Clubs would be hesitant to invest if none of their players get a run. On the flipside look at it from a business...

If I was Bill you wouldn't find me having to post my responses around my workload. You also wouldn't find any interaction during the standard lunch hour of 11am to 3pm:D No, I'm someone who is just tired of being told that without SS the world will end. Plus, as a past Subbies administrator...

"comprehend the problems faced by those charged with the running of these clubs" You mean having the best schoolboy players wanting to come to the SS competition over any other. Or is it the fact that regardless of how badly a team performs, they can't get demoted. Or maybe you're talking...

Kurtley Beale was hidden away for a few years and was not up to standard until he started getting regular game time. O'Connor was selected straight up but was getting regular game time. By the way which other players like these two went straight into S15 from schoolboys? Not develpment squads or...

Just a question, with the academies gone and the 3T clubs with not enough money to pay full time salaries, what are these starlets going to do between April and August? Seriously? If you think Clubs are going to die becasue of this then you have absolutely no faith in Clubs and pollyanna...

Hey DT, I admire your passion but I disagree with much of what you’ve said. I’m addressing your comment directly. “Club Rugby already has a very important role to play as the current 3T” Yes it should, and after nearly 20 years of professionalism they still can’t manage to do the job...

Club Rugby (soon to be 4T) will have a very important role to play. Particularly as there's a whole season of footy before 3T kicks off. It will however cause some serious adjustment. I think one of the main drivers should be a recreation of Sydney Division 2. With Subbies bringing in...

Calling Camo, With rumour and innuendo flowing - staple diet on Gagger - any words on whether Balmian might go for a license. I think it would be great for Rugby and shake the crap complacency out of the SS Clubs. Can you give us a confirmation, denial or no comment. :eek:

Full Story.....Clear as mud:confused: ARU chief executive Bill Pulver appears to have achieved the impossible - a self-funding development competition that will be a revenue-raiser rather than a drain on resources. Pulver launched the proposed National Rugby Championship yesterday after...

No Blowtorch - maybe a mid range hairdryer. Looking at your lists of Clubs I think you may find some of your higher placed clubs will struggle in an amateur world. Like many clubs over the years, money does not create culture and when it stops, players leave. Rather than the cash running out...

That's brilliant. You're right Barbarian about the difficulties of enforcement but what it will do is make it much harder for Clubs. It will also make a lot of the Shute Shield quality players think twice about playing Subbies because their lives will become significantly more painful as they...

Apologies to Jet and DB. One for going off topic and for not stating the "sniping" what a generalisation of Club protectionists, not DB specifically. There are a number of players to watch out for but as Link said, "There's no point beating yourself up in December about things that will happen...

They also have this thing.....what's it called.....oh yeah, money! I agree that players should be locally sourced but if you do that straight out, nobody will watch and the whole thing falls over. Honestly how would it help the game to see Perth trounced by 50+ every week. Assuming 8 teams...

Disclaimer: Just had Christmas lunch:oops: I'm sorry Bruce and Dave, Shute Shield has had 100 years to sort this out. Even at it's most cynical they've had 18 years since professionalism. The rights of individual clubs to hold on to players is gone. They did what they could for their own patch...

Thanks. I sometimes get fired up becasue Australian rugby by rights should be undisputedly on top of the world. But self interest and laziness have destroyed the game's potential.

QH, I'm sorry for the curtness of my response but you were sarcastic about me directly. I made no mention of anybody that I don't know and was making a comment about the lack of hunger that inhibits Australian rugby. If you look at the academy system and all the perks of playing representative...

I didn't think expecting players given the opportunity to play elite sport wanting to be elite sportsmen was a leap. I apologize for assuming Perth and Melbourne as administrations would be less capable than suburban rugby clubs in finding jobs for players. I should, like you, assume that those...

Either they want to play at a higher level or they don't. In the main we're not talking about 27-30 year olds who feel the need to hang onto their middle management careers. These are young men hoping to make a career out of playing rugby. Last time I checked both Perth and Melbourne were...

Then those players are morons. You can stay in Sydney, never get a run and watch as opportunity passes you by. Or grow a pair, leave mummy and daddy and take the opportunity to play at the highest level possible. This is a perfect example of what's killing the game. There's economic reasons...