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That is some scary article. I am starting to feel sorry for Castle, non of the many issues she is dealing with are her creation, and with NZ & SA going their own merry ways regardless of our position, there is little she can do. Its ironic for teams to be saying if we get less money we are...

Cameron is coming to the end of his time and from what I have read he is not going to stand again or is not allowed to stand again I am not sure which. Can someone explain how or what the procedure is to elect a new chair. What are the governance procedures and who gets to vote. Thanks in...

The general consensus of my post seems to be twofold, first the cost and second the appeal. Subscription based broadcasters be they "Streaming" or more "Traditional subscription" rely on numbers. My question at the end is who will cancel their subscription if we have a local league. My guess...

The Super Rugby model is under extreme pressure. For Australian Rugby if Super Rugby fell over then there is nothing to replace it. As it stands there are fourth general scenarios, first is all things remain the same with a 14 team competition hope for the best, second broadcast revenue...

I actually think its exceptionally good news. To me junior rugby at park / tram level looks bad not terrible. The Mum comes across as a tad pushy. The good news is the story is out their you little kids will be looked after and not put in harms way and this action is taken by senior rugby...

The issue or complexity if complexity is the right word is some posters on here believe that Test matches are separate in some way from grassroots, shute shield, NRC & Super Rugby. Its almost as if some see each level as a separate component. When in fact each level feeds off the one below...

Closet thing I can find is a streaming 10 year media deal with the J-League in Japan... its across 3 division and for 10 years... 200 million per year... The same group DAZN are looking as I understand at Australia with both rugby and soccer under consideration...

Peter Fiz article about Castle... https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/rugby-chief-raelene-castle-kicks-critics-into-touch-after-world-cup-mauling-20191109-p53910.html In part it reads... She bristles at any suggestion that she wasn’t the right person for the job in the first place.

Cheika, it seems is no friend of RA..

Rumour upon rumour upon rumour but if correct could be good for Rugby, nay exceptionally good for rugby. 10 wants a sport. 10 wanted 2 A-League matches. But they wanted them as the sole broadcasters. Fox said no then said yes but with a huge price. 10 have withdrawn there offer as I...

Worth a read for those interested in Fox / streaming numbers and revenue. https://www.adnews.com.au/news/foxtel-revenue-is-falling-but-subscriptions-surge-through-its-new-streaming-services

Could have put this in a number of threads and am largely staying away from this site, but this is being largely unreported and its the kinda thing I go on about when we are either unaware or dismissive or just don't care. As I said could have been put in the Super Rugby thread, the Broadcast threat...

Huge article in the smh will copy just the opening. Doctor Bennet Omalu, the medical pioneer who discovered the first cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American footballers, predicts contact sports such as rugby league, rugby union and AFL will cease to exist within the space...

Wow this thread has over, three quarters of a million views, and almost 14 k posts, very impressive but for me it’s, so long for a while, work and holidays will take up a lot of time soon. Also, I have grown weary at the endless inefficiencies, lack of direction leadership & vision, by those in...

Where to start and what thread. I decided on RA, rather than either the participation or super rugby thread, as I see this as essentially an RA broader issue. What’s in part driven my interest is watching soccer’s separation of its governing body from its professional competition. Leaving...

Sadly, some did know, with many ideas floated coupled with predictions often nay very often supported by detailed analysis. However warning where not only ignored, not only laughed at, not only openly ridiculed, but the hostility to anyone who questioned and suggested otherwise was very loud...

David Gallop is leaving FFA at the end of the year. Tis he worth considering.

Kayo has surpassed 300,000 subscribers. Some AFL games on Foxtel on the weekend were akin to Super Rugby & A-League numbers. Freo v Eagles 60k. Suns v Tigers 71k. No doubt the FTA and Kayo numbers would have been much higher, but those pay TV ratings have to be alarming for Foxtel.

Maybe not so lol, the Indians in cricket make up a huge % of both Australian crowds and ratings. The English in Australia watching EPL and so on.

Quick,in no way am I under estimating the effect of kicking out the force, how beyond crazy that was especially with Andrew Forrest on board. My response was I don't think that AF, has that life long deep deep deep down in the soul relationship with rugby as has say Larry Kestelman in...