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First hand knowledge. Waratahs and ARU are bumping into each other talking to prospective sponsors.

Reckon Uncle Bill is shitting himself. The position is far worse than we all know publicly. The Lions surplus will be gone by the end of 2014. So the reality is if nothing else changes the game in this country will be bankrupt within 18 months. And the sponsorship position is really frightening...

Higginbotham,Timani,Reid,Fuglistallar,Fainga'a,Jones next year Delve, Saffy, Davidson out

Heard that Alo Emille also resigned today and that they are very close to signing Lopeti Timani. All in all coming together nicely for next year. Keys now are hooker, 5/8 and 12 . And of course a Coach !

The Rebels admin have not stuffed this up. A very weak coach has caved into player pressure and pressure from his old mates at Sydney Uni to back away from a Board directive and a commitment made to the community. I also understand the ARU also sucking up to their Sydney Uni mates is putting...

And this also will significantly lift the standard

Well done claiming Kavpalu, born and bread in Melbourne and developed through the Rebel Rugby program . Been at Manly for about a month !

I've heard that too. Apparently scored a very big gig in the financial sector. Good luck to him,I bet managing the egos involved in professional Rugby gets pretty tiring

The standard down here is far better at the first grade level than given credit for.I reckon best teams would be very close to best in ACT. Rebels management have made it clear since they kicked off that they are committed to growing the game in Victoria as part of the plan to develop support...

Good luck to all the Parra boys on Saturday. Great to see the hard rebuilding work paying off . Especially gratifying to see the Colts numbers.

Gee what a good bloke he must be , getting on the drink and sharing confidential information from a former employer that he clearly legally shouldnt have . Better pass all this on to the Rebels lawyers , I assume wont be hard to track down an ex employee now working in AFL.

Ah getting clearer , nothing worse than a digruntled , sacked ex employee to spread viscious untruths. There has never been more than 2 in the Rebels media dept. from day one. My source is a senior person in their Commercial team who consistently tells me about the dedicated small off field...

Rebels media department consists of the grand total of 2 , Adam Freier and a junior. Their administration is about the leanest you would find in professional sport. Whos your source Greg Growden , or the person who spreads lies to him

Still reckon winning games is more important to developing the crowds than what night we play

In relation to the continued attack on the Friday night draw, please consider the financial impact for a battling club. Most corporate areas sell out for Rebels games at over 250 bucks a ticket . You need to sell about 15 ga tickets to equal that return. That means you need an additional crowd...

You are wrong the Rebels get exactly the same distribution payment as the other 4 teams, no difference whatsoever. Can't betray my source re what the ARU owe the Rebels for but it goes back a couple of years and the Rebels are staging a case to the new , improved ARU administration.

Not right they are signed sealed delivered by the Reds . Just not announcing it because they think they can negotiate a top up position with the ARU. One of the stupid anomalies of the contracting system Aust Rugby works under. Hugh Pyle in the same boat at the Rebels, has committed but doesn't...

Anthony and Saia are under contract at the Reds till end of 2014.

How about Gareth Widdop from the Storm as a 10 or 12. Played Rugby as a youngen , comes through a great system at the Storm, probably has to move on due to Cap constraints,wants to stay in Melbourne. Sammy , anyone at Rebels reading this !

The comment re the Rebels owing the ARU 4 million is completely incorrect . They do not owe the ARU a red cent , quite the reverse applies actually