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Oh dear. Saved both the Arbib Report and the ARU response as I continued searching for real data. KP has prompted me to read the ARU recommendations arising from the Arbib Report. Is someone going to explain to me why I should read all 45 pages of the Arbib Report? I read the opening 10 pages...

Thanks Kenny. Looking at this stuff as you write. When I Google Premier Task Force etc I mainly get GAGR references. I loved in 2012 the references to the ARU going broke. Spoiler alert on my review, lots of governance stuff. I hope the end result is not a lot a lot of fluff on the process...

OK TWAS I take your aggressive tone as an absolute guarantee of your own credibility on the subject. I am betting you have not looked at it either and you will be held accountable.

Slim. Why?

So TWAS you are prepared to give that guarantee? I do this for a living, post #606 and no contributor really has anything concrete to say about the achievements of the current administration? Have you read these reports?

Shit guys, stop posting while I write. I deleted the whole paragraph on the lower level of scrutiny successful organisations receive. NZ is a different world. Get over it. We are not comparable on so many different levels it renders high level analysis meaningless. All Blacks are gods, the...

Nice try Strewthcobber but I desist from looking at ARU reports. I would really want to see: Definition of major issues, either internally identified or externally by such reports as Arbib Analysis of why such issues or irrelevant or why they are Setting of clearly defined and measurable...

I hope I live to 2030 (unless I am forced to a rice only diet). By then rugby will be clearly the number two sport in the world; USA, China and Russia will be major forces. There will be enormous opportunities for players but will Australia be minnows? Will rugby league and AFL survived in...

I think the thing is that in rugby because of the continuing contest for the ball there has to be balance in the rules. So therefore we end up with counterintuitive rules that cause stoppages for scrum and maul infringements but are designed to ultimately create the opportunity for attacking...

That is an interesting observation BH. Why would it be so much more damaging? Perpetuating the current limping along ineffectively just with the head above water has the same result in the long run. However there would be a case for believing that most of the really destructive consequences of...

Not a fair call Strewthcobber. Such a requirement as to self education of all relevant facts and matters is an anathema to the spirit of this site. I do that for a living and if the ARU want to pay me to go through all of their shit and set out their shortcomings in detail and some...

Fair call Strewthcobber. I am basically going off the fact that no one here can articulate them. I do not have sufficient time or interest to read GAGR and look at all that stuff. Perhaps I will cancel my account and spend the time reading up on that stuff. At the end of the day though I do...

A comment was made that all sports had stumbled or failed in the transition to professionalism (sorry I cannot attribute it, but I am not wading back through this thread for anything). I found this interesting as it underlines one of my hobby horses; been the playing of the "sport" and...

Finally up to date with my reading. There is mostly ill informed comment on here. Some are quite knowledgeable about elite player development, others on structure and finance and others on how their local club competition is funded and operated etc. Needless to say sometimes we all stray out of...

As an aside I think the four tackle rule came in in 1968. I wonder whether increasing regulation of the tackle will force reduced numbers in the tackle. The dangerous tackles as far as I can see usually come from the destabilisation caused by the second and third tacklers. League will really...

This thread has gone off topic. The ARU has been bragging about how it didn't fund the NRC. Now it is cutting funding further down. Some clubs like Randwick and Easts are not involved because they could not commit the funding towards the NRC on top of their own expenses participating in SS...

A balanced bench has to be the go. It makes sense and everyone else generally goes with it. The fact that we are even talking about it comes back to the perceived weakness at lock. A balanced bench works best with a balanced team. An unbalanced bench (2 locks, short back rowers etc) is...

I really wonder if there are legs in this. The whole NFL system is a cash cow, the legal system is different and they use their helmeted head as a weapon. Rugby was amateur until 1995 and the various employers (ARU, Super Clubs) are possibly technically insolvent anyway. Defending claims...

Sadly that is a great point HPD. This is all about 4/5/6/8. Almost universal acceptance of the weakness at 4/5, and Hooper will be at 7 although he is unlike other 7s. Then 6 and 8 become interchangeable gap pluggers. Depending on injury and form the selection of one player could dictate the...

That's the real perspective Sully. As far as I am aware I only had a few concussions; there is a lot to be said for the safety of lower grades, smaller players and lower speeds. There is no way I would have changed my life in view of the risks. Elite players have enjoyed everything that the...