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The grandstand did have more spectators, you're right. One big reason for the lack of crowds during the finals would have been the horrendous weather we had on both weekends. You will recall the Eastwood v Norths Semi was almost gale force winds plus sideways rain.

Im not sure I believe this statement (that Foxtels cash component was higher in the latest bid). I've seen it reported elsewhere as $25m pa. Either way Halloran must lose a little bit of her soul everytime she writes a News op-ed s**tcanning rugby and dresses it up as journalism.

Not quite that simple I think: 1. It is $30m cash plus contra (advertising, cross promotion). It is hard to put a value on the contra but the figure Ive seen is $8m a year in value which would be a minimum agreed spend by Nine based on current advertising rates. This could rise if they choose to...

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/nine-rugby-australia-confirm-groundbreaking-100m-broadcast-deal-20201109-p56csm.html SMH online has an article with some detail. It sounds like there is still a lot to be worked out. One thing that isn't mentioned anywhere is which FTA 9 channel Rugby...

Thats about right however most broadcast deals are being negotiated down at present so not necessarily the right comparison. The hard thing to value with these deals is the "contra". So the Nine Entertainment will be flogging rugby across FTA, Stan, Fairfax and digital assets based on what...

Not all is lost for Shute Shield/Hospital games. From the press conference: "The Shute Shield and Queensland's Premier Rugby competition will have four games broadcast on Nine throughout their seasons. One match per finals weekend will also be broadcast on the free-to-air network." I reckon...

The NBA League Pass isn't a bad deal and you can get good access to NRL streaming if you are a Telstra customer. I think it may work out cheaper if you factor in the length of the NBA season vs the equivalent months of Kayo.

A couple of interesting little nuggets in this news: This is why I have always thought the Channel 9/Stan option made the most sense - the cross promotion or "contra" value of aligned network promotion to the general public would be very attractive to RA and once you put a dollar value on it...

Not sure this is the best place to post, but amongst some of the negativity around where our game is heading there are occasional positive stories like this one. The positive rugby foundation saved 7 development officer roles in NSW, 5 of which were in the country...

I think the value in the 9 deal is the cross promotion you will likely get. The very thing that currently annoys me about watching 9 shows (the endless cross promotion of 9 content) is exactly what union needs from a PR perspective. For example the coverage of NRL on their news is absolutely...

It has been noticable that Fox has been doing more promotion of Rugby this week wheeling out Tony Squires to host and cross promoting on his Monday sports show which Justin Harrison featured on last week. What's also interesting is the increased coverage in the last 5 days on Channel 9...

I think you have a few more than that too in McReight and McDermott. You should be pretty excited about next year, certainly a lot more excited than us poor Waratahs supporters - our second row pairing next year looks like it is Staniforth and Sam Wykes for example and thats just the start of...

Watching the NZ rugby show Breakdown tonight (I think it airs Monday or Tuesday in NZ), one of the interesting takeaways was Grant Fox mentioning there were a number of injury concerns that will influence selections this week. He declined to name them specifically but there were replays of...

Wayne Smith in the Australian similarly just named Wilson, O’Connor, Paisami and Daugunu in the starting team plus Lolesio on the bench.

Like it. That’s my team pick as well. The only maybe I had was at 14. with Wright vs Daugunu however I’d be happy with either. That’s a great front row to bring off the bench and Simmons provides insurance if the line out goes pear shaped. Maddocks provides 15/wing cover, McDermott could create...

I am not so sure about Simmons getting picked on the basis of his lineout ability above all others. Matt Philip has been calling the lineouts in Melbourne and they did have the most successful execution rate in SRAu. The other reason it might be Philip (apart from being a better player) is...

Good call. He is a real talent. Could still be playing colts but took the opportunity at Eastwood and has flourished. Big lad, can tackle and plays very direct. Im looking forward to seeing him vs Gordon this weekend up against Rodney Iona. Id be disappointed if a Super club didnt pick him up...

It is on the Telstra box. As is Kayo. And they are both on the Apple box too. I cut the Fox cord over a year ago. I have an Apple box and a Telstra box. With an ok internet connection streaming is perfectly stable and you dont have to remember to record stuff - you just stream content when you...

I was at that game at Northbridge. Mitch Inman carved the Shore team up that day in an effort that included a 60m individual try. So close.

This is spot on. He wrote very directly on this topic in the school newsletter of 7 Aug after Shore got 2nd in the senior athletics point score and won the rifle shooting; re-committing to the GPS code of conduct and ruling out targeted sports intake. Pleasingly they are getting in a lot more...