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2011 ARU Annual report financials - Community Rugby $3.623 million. http://activemagazine.smedia.com.au/ActiveMagazine/getBook.asp?Path=ARUAR/2012/05/01&BookCollection=ARU&ReaderStyle=Help&browserWindowWidth=1910&browserWindowHeight=1150 2011 NSW Annual report - Community Rugby $2.341 million...

I for one think this announcement is fantastic. It categorically proves that the ARU could not give a flying figleaf about Club rugby. What this means is that Brisbane and Sydney (and other rugby centres to a lesser extent) can pull the heads out of the ringo stars knowing that the ARU won't...

This is great. Not necessarily becasue it's a good idea, but it means that a lot of time and resources will no longer be wasted trying to guess what the ARU is going to do. Club Rugby now knows for certain that the ARU doesn't give a crap and can get on with the job of working it out for...

Scared? What's there to be scared of.....other than a big night out during finals:D

You would be surprised. Drummoyne definitely want back in, Collegues could show many of the SS Club how to do it and Brothers are on the rise and could possibly hold greater ambition if the opportunity was there with SS representation....and Balmain of course. I also wouldn't put it past many...

Canberra and Sydney are apples and oranges. The Brumbies are not filled with locals growing up in the local comp. If the Brumbies hope to have the community engage with the team and the players, then the palyers have to engage with the community. That's the basis of White's policy. I definitely...

Firstly, probably not important but relevant for you to know where I'm coming from. If you think I don't care about those who play for love please know that I am a coach and administrator of a rugby club that receives NO funding from the ARU, is unable to charge gate entry, is never shown on the...

I can’t argue with the fact that those who play for love are important. But financial fact flies in the face of your sentiment. From all the posts, evidence suggests sponsors and supporters are not flocking to Sydney Uni to watch their 4th Grade. I also don’t see their BBQ pulling in (as...

In reading the article one sentence really stuck out. "clubs focus all their resources on developing first-grade and first-grade colts sides and become better integrated with the ARU-run national academy programs" That's right Clubs need to focus on losing there players to a system that stops...

Manly....not concerned with who comes second. Although I do hope Parra make a good showing

Hi Sniper, I feel I should respond because it’s obvious that I have been unclear. 1. How can you attack simmo for not telling cammo from Balmain who the players are, when cammo is saying the same thing about other players from other clubs and not contacting their clubs. Simmo said...

Simmo, my frustration has nothing to do with some sense of morality. It's about credibility. Club rugby, from Shute Shield down is suffering a crisis of confidence. What will the players of the future think of joining a competition where people constantly snipe between the have's and have nots...

I’m sorry to say Simmo but I beg to differ. It's absolutely in everyone's interest. You have directly questioned the honesty and integrity of another Club. Player payments are irrelevant. What’s important is that somebody is outright lying. In this instance it’s either you, Camo or the players...

Maybe not. These are families that commit a lot of time to their children's saturday sport and enjoy their sundays. Also, in Sydney anyway, junior club rugby is played on sundays to allow for saturday school sport.

Looks like Subbies will be moving to compulsory 12:45 kick off for Colts. What's the gut feeling from clubs and how did Div 1 cope with the change last season?

The powers that be having their tunnel vision obscured by their own butt cheeks....say it ain't so:confused:

As even the fun of Subbies gets serious early these days, thought it was time to start talking up next year. Here's some conversation starters. Who do you barrack for when Balmian plays Drummoyne?;) Will Brothers continue their meteoric rise?:eek: Will Under 85kgs continue?:oops: Any...

Then RUPA would be exposed as moneygrubbing, self-interested, union prats with no desire in developing the game or working for the benefit of their members.

As this thread discusses the ARU and money I figured it's the place to put it. I was thinking that given the financial services knowledge within the ARU and Rugby Union more broadly that they would be smarter about using their money. Here's an idea. Rather than paying vast sums of money to...

There may be some clubs doing this work, but most development officers out there are employed by the ARU. As for being dismissive of the efforts, maybe the Clubs could look to their own recruitment policies of shopping for journeymen or waiting until the school rep sides are announced. As a...