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The franchises don't pay for their travel costs and it still costs around 12 mill minimum to run a club if you pay the players somewhere in the vicinity of 6 mill

The ARU currently gets about 60 million a year in tv rights in total of which about half is relative to Wallaby matches so it's very hard to see how a comp of this nature would attract anywhere what's needed especially if you consider how much of the current TV money comes from SA and NZ

I know it's not a simple answer but the Kiwis seem to be able to run a system that ensures a fair level of player quality amongst their Super teams Clearly the Reds and Tahs have the most to lose from a cap including top ups and a draft but it's time for all of us I believe including me who...

The post that is exactly why the game in this country is rooted . Politics and narrow mindedness . How would a team structured properly commercially and more importantly playing a highly competitive brand of Rugby and that makes integration with their stakeholder communities a high priority...

Welcome to the world of NFL , Major League Baseball , AFL and NRL Teams in these competitions have to accept that rosters have to turn over to keep within caps and it sometimes means losing players you love and have developed

You know Stu somewhere behind this Maxwell Smart cone of silence I pray that there is actually real negotiations of this nature going on that are just being kept really quiet as the best merger discussions should be . And at the appropriate time ( pretty bloody soon ) the grand plan is unveiled...

I think this has absolute merit it's just a matter of how to cut the overall financial benefit created by rationalisation. I still maintain that keeping the likes of Sean Mac , Gill , Genia , Jones , To'omua , Alo Emile ,Skelton etc should be one of the ARUs highest priorities

Ok so I must have too much time on my hands and have some sort of persecution complex but I was asked by a good friend today what would I be trying to achieve now if I was at the ARU in relation to digging out of this shit fight Unfortunately due to their absolute incompetence I think its...

The highly credentialed Manager of the ARU High Performance unit You know the one that overseas such huge success stories as the Under 20s program and the 7s team . Read the article quoting him on the so called Coaches summit . I have never heard such drivel . These blokes just continue to set...

Yeah I think Ben Whitaker is running the show Pulver is auditioning for Weekend At Bernies 2

And this is where if this story is correct (???) your actually completely wrong . It would actually be about protecting an asset . AAMI Park is owned by MOPT which is fully owned by the VIc Government . Like all major venues these days they are desperate for content and will be significantly...

Over the journey 7 of the 10 best crowds the Rebs have had have been against Kiwi teams They historically draw far better than every Oz team with the exception of the Tahs

And in a big big call for ARU staff , he's about the most out of his depth of anyone working there From my experience absolutely lightweight

What was the Brumbies crowd vs Lions . Did I read about the 8k mark . This is a nation wide walk out on Super Rugby and given the Reds, Tahs and Brumbies are not under threat and actually all have a chance of making the finals (ridiculously), and given their supposedly heart land teams , their...

I'd go with exactly that team . And I'd have Sinclair as the bench lock with Miller as the bench backrower I'd have neither Cummins or Retallick anywhere near the team and never again unless forced to by injuries . Useless plods

My observations of an entertaining albeit messy match Rebs 1. Welcome back Seany boy. I confess my continued man love . Crazy if there is ever a Wobs team picked without this beast in the 23 2 I don't know what was going on in the scrums for the Rebs but I suspect it was on Weekes side ( an...

Well said Stu . I know you've been there right from the start and to me you have always represented everything that's good about Vic Rugby and I agree this rubbish about the lack of spirit in Vic Rugby circles just because the Rebs are privately owned is misplaced and downright offensive. This...

I could not agree more . The point I made about the guys overseas earlier was that moving them out of the country was a result of a specific plan of the ARU to reduce the cost of the professional player pool in the country to try to help dig the game financially out of the mire . What was not...

Been thinking about this whole sorry mess, the causes of it and what the future will look like certainly in the short term. A lot of this has been said before but I need a cleanse of my opinions and state them as just that. 1.The whole we dont have enough depth for 5 teams theory is a complete...

From my understanding his death knell was the South African debacle when after losing to the Sharks by a very big margin he allowed the team to go out on the piss and what ended up was Beale getting into a punch up with Delve and Vuna . He certainly was a very good attacking coach IMO. The...