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Yeah but remember - the vast $s handed to the Folaus and Hoopers.....what if Australia’s available elite $s were spent instead supporting the next generation of ‘good’ players, more of them by number and the ones that want to be coached vs such players as the aforementioned whose skills have not...

I think that’s quickly emerging as indisputable. The only exception will be players that simply must or want to stay in Australia for family or similar reasons, but there’ll only be a few of those. All the indications are that Aust pro rugby’s revenue line in 2021 will irrevocably collapse...

Some very good points there @mst. However, why do any of us assume, as seemingly does RR, that, should RA collapse and be then be entirely, positively re-birthed with new owners, boards and leaders etc that in that very case there would not be attractive new sources of capital to also redesign...

In this context I think we must make distinctions: one thing is NZR agreeing to participate year by year in some kind of trans-Tasman pro team comp that entails only a limited financial exposure for NZR to the fortunes of Aust rugby, it's another entirely for NZR to contemplate some kind of much...

It's bottom of the barrel irrelevant is what it is. All journos covering controversial subject matters are 'fed stories' by parties with interests in the matter, neighbours or otherwise, that's how they write much of their material and, in truth, part of the reason we read them. (A btw: What I...

Very well articulated and all the available evidence of the last 10-15 years of ARU/RA's, and the local RUs', conduct, MOs and measurable outcomes supports this explanation's validity. It's perfectly clear that Voluntary Administration (VA) would be by far the best next step for RA. As it is...

Just a btw, and this may have been posted elsewhere, if so, sorry for duplication, but it seemed to best belong here if anywhere. For the remaining Foxtelians: "Foxtel Celebrates The Best of Australian Rugby on Dedicated Channel this week"...

In a roundabout way the level of Kayo and Foxtel cancellations that are made and where the cancell-er communicates their reasons - in this case no rugby - this outcome becomes a rough proxy as to how much rugby is worth to Foxtel as a whole. Problem is, they are going to get a lot of...

100% mate. That has always been a very, very murky place re money flows and quite who pays whom and who owns what.

Yeah OK, but when all the lower income players, support staff, game-day casuals, rugby admin people and the huge employment base that sits behind pro sports are all out of work, some made bankrupt, some made potentially destitute with no income, lost homes, kids affected accordingly...

Whatever else, I actually think J McKay deserves much credit for evolving major improvements in the Reds' attack (and doesn't get enough credit for that, here or elsewhere). There have been a huge 2020 improvements in all of: accurate offloading under pressure (by almost every player), proper...

Whatever one's view on B Thorn as Reds' HC, if the Super Rugby season permanently ceases now it's highly likely he'll be reappointed again in 2021. His complete 3rd season will in such circumstances never be able to be fully evaluated and a 'much better in team development and many close losses etc...

Just a btw: the other potential asset we have that the other codes (bar soccer) don't is something called World Rugby, sitting in Ireland. There will be many demands upon its resources, but WR (World Rugby) post a RWC year has considerable capital and it may well be that in a COVID-19 world it has to...

There’s no doubt that the NRL and AFL have vastly higher capital and cash reserves than rugby’s. They also have vastly higher political clout given their audience bases. The SMH is quoting rugby’s cash reserves at $18m a year ago and that such has been materially depleted since then re the...

That quote above of my text is of course highly selective; I went on in the same post to talk of limited govt aid fully resurrecting the game in 2021 when media and fan demand returned for live rugby and where hopefully the virus crisis has gone. It was also clear that I was not personally...

Both News Corp and Nine media tonight reporting that RA is immediately headed to State and Federal govts for financial aid. SMH online notes the low level of RA cash reserves relative to the other major football codes. Conflicting reports re status of future media rights negotiations.

Chloroquine phosphate showing some efficacy as per this medical paper out of China: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32074550/

The ruthless calculus for Aust sporting codes may well be something like this: Let them go broke in 2020 with, if any, limited govt aid to see the players and staff involved not wiped out Restart them all with some more, but again just limited aid, when all their media and gate income can...

I expect the News Corp haters here will dismiss this, but the link below attests to RA getting ready to seek immediate government aid to deal with the obvious massive impact the COVID-19 constraints will have upon the code’s finances...

Hard marker of your own. Sharks only ahead of you on the table as they’ve played one more game.