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NZ won't open the border if we have significant community transmission in Victoria (or anywhere else). The best hope is for the situation to have settled down by the end of the winter months.

Sir, I can see Super Rugby sinking beneath the waves. Getting kicked out was the best thing that happened for us.

Yes that amount is only for this year, but I can't imagine a set of circumstances arising which would see the previous Foxtel offer of $57 million per year coming along again. I'd imagine RA would be getting an offer somewhere between $20 and $30 million per year moving forward. This...

Indeed they were, but in a moment of stupidity the SRU cast its lot in with RA. Noting that this article appeared in the Fairfax papers not the News papers. The five-year proposal would need to be approved by the NSW Rugby board, which works closely with the SRU. There is no timeline on when...

I think that the players have sensed that wages in Australia are headed for a significant decrease not only for the rest of 2020 but into the foreseeable future. Over 55% of RA income comes from the broadcast deal (or at least it did up to and including 2019). That money is going to decrease...

RA and RUPA are meeting on Thursday to thrash out a deal. Although the players union has not tabled a counter offer, one report suggested the players would agree to a 30 per cent pay reduction - averaged across the group - from October until the end of the year. The stalemate heaps further...

Who funds SANZAR? ;)

If you believe that the Qantas sponsorship hasn't included the transport of Super Rugby teams then you can believe that. It flies in the face of everything that we've been told over the years, but it's pointless to argue about it. I would point out however, that the level of the Qantas sponsorship has...

The travel costs are/were all covered by the Qantas sponsorship which is "in kind" rather than cash so it is irrelevant to the issues. Staff purge covers the current operating deficit, so it is again irrelevant as this is money which RA spent which it never had in the first place. Sacking the...

I haven't yet but I'm about to.:)

I don't think there's any doubt that there'll be a significant reduction to broadcast revenue for RA. Even if we end up with an amount similar to FFA @$32 million, then there will be around 40%-50% less money available for player wages moving forward. The only place for this hammer to fall is...

Because there's no news to write about anymore? And it's now left to the ordinary journos on the rugby beat? A major sport on the verge of bankruptcy with boardroom dysfunction and chaos, with CEO's sacked, new chairman walking out, no broadcast deal is actually newsworthy. It's beyond the...

Better deal from whom? The head of Optus has twice stated publicly that they were never close to even deciding that they wanted to broadcast rugby let alone making an offer to RA. Not one FTA network came forward in between the time Fox withdrew from negotiations. Not one FTA network offered...

Actually I can read very critically and can form views about coverage. It's just that my views are different from yours. In terms of my alleged inability to read Barbarian's request, well I'm not sure how the system works for you but when I get home from work and open G&GR I have alerts which...

Keep shooting that messenger and maybe you'll find a messenger who can deliver some good news.

Indeed it is.

Yes, I can imagine Rupert sitting at home in his grand apartment overlooking Central Park in New York following every detail of the rights to broadcast rugby in Australia. I can see how a man with an estimated wealth of $7.5 billion would consider the rights to broadcast Australian rugby an...

Can you point out any of these articles which contain materially false information? RA in significant debt - acknowledged by the interim CEO $9.4 million RA on verge of bankruptcy - acknowledged by the interim CEO - reliant on WR (World Rugby) loans/advances RA board losing confidence in Castle - board said...

Stop dealing in falsehoods