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SMH now saying he’s confirmed the deal and told teammates last night

Yep. Most like to think of the financial might is with rugby but the NRL is by a comfortable margin the richest ‘rugby’ league in the world. T14 has some sugar daddies and favourable local government deals but the tv money isn’t near what the NRL generates. Its markets are largely smaller cities...

Well done lad. Can’t begrudge a youngster wanting to maximize their earning and playing opportunities.

That’s alright I don’t mind saying. I’m 39

As someone with Māori background, most of us don’t really care about a diversity breakdown on commentary. First tick on the qualification box is are you a good commentator or analyst, he isn’t either of those. Diversity is way down my enjoyment list

Maybe this is cruel, but if $10 delivery is a point of difference for anyone then maybe a membership isn’t a good investment.

Very interesting. This data is damning if it’s the case, it would show that they are essentially playing a perception game and been highly selective of the data they present. I’d like to see another study from someone completely independent and not WR (World Rugby) sponsored or from lobby groups.

My understanding is that the head is actually safer than head to knee for the tackler. But because you are bringing in another variable of someone’s head then the risk increases as there is concussion risk there as well. I suspect we will find incidence of tacklers getting more concussed but...

I’d like to see the data on this in 12months. I’m pro the change as if it creates positive change then that’s great. However from reading some existing research there is 2 red zones for contact and concussion. Head to knee and head to head. I just hope this doesn’t push the current incidence...

- SBW the worst - Horan a close 2nd, I swear he doesn’t know much about the players. - Harrison I don’t mind, he’s happy to throw some punches which is what rugby desperately needs - Mitchell I don’t mind, happy to voice his mind which is what I want - Turinui the best of the bunch

That’s the issue tho. Club had to close doors because the sugar daddy couldn’t fund it. It’s not the public interest and size of audience that can make these sustainable. After 5yrs these clubs should be able to be held together based on a tv deal, crowds and sponsorship but there is none of...

Guess this is the right place for this. But MLR bleeding another team. Toronto Arrows have stated they will close shop. Such a shame. MLR for those in the know isn’t in the greatest shape (although some teams doing fine) but it has a massive issue with the viability of teams and the support of...

I generally agree with a lot of your posts however the private school thing is a tired argument. Most of these kids that go through the private school system are public school kids that get scooped up by the private system. So would stand to say that obviously there isn’t going to be many kids...

I did not like that statement from him. If that was Hamish, there would be pages of comments. It shows it was clearly a power struggle and might be the worst statement from any party in the whole sad affair so far. States have got away with murder and haven’t wasted a crisis to move the blame...

Yeh I think a lot of people forget this. The want to be a professional overrides the want to perform in a specific sport.

Harvey Norman first to not renew contract. $5m apparently. Others thinking of going as well. Im happy Hamish went but I have a feeling outside of the persona he might have been more valuable to the organisation than many think.

I think any club involvement would almost certainly eventually lead to Super Rugby team alignment. The NRL teams used to scatter players and then become more and more aligned with singular clubs because it just makes sense for funding and development. Will annoy some people thinking that might be the...

Love the passion and wouldn’t knock any idea. But my concern with something like this is that it doesn’t solve the lack of game issue for Super Rugby players. Because it’s played at similar time it doesn’t solve the issue of players only been exposed to 10-15 pro standard games. We need to get this up to...

My biggest concern and should be everyone’s biggest concern is will all the the Super Rugby players not involved in the wallabies be playing and starting every week in this 3rd tier? These are the guys that need the games to improve our standard. Otherwise it’s just more club games. Having potentially 8...

Maybe it’s the system that consistently makes people look like fools or the constraints they have to force effective change means they go the routes they wouldn’t have to go under a different system