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These c**ts better have some plans, they've destroyed what we had, I suppose Kearns will apply for the role once aqain, I wonder if he has any idea what to do apart from re-sign with Fox? As I've said before, where is the plan? Who is going to implement it? Do these people really have any idea...

Reporting that Daniel Herbert a likely interim replacement

So these guys are saying the game has been poorly administered for a number of years (hard to argue, although most of the damage precedes Castle), they want to make it great again (where have I heard that before) and have a number of capable business leaders ready to step into the fray (like...

While I know where both Beaumont and Pichot are from, and something about there rugby careers, can anyone shed any light on their respective credentials as administrators?

I think this is a pretty satisfactory arrangement, both for RA and the players. I assume they have got the appropriate legal advice, there are all sorts of rules about what you can and can't do re going into administration, and being seen to favour some creditors over others. I recall a local...

Yep Dismal, have actually noticed him lip-syncing!!

Third article lost me when they described Kafer as 'highly respected commentator and analyst of the game' You would think any sort of remotely transparent organisation would note that everyone quoted (excluding the mystery and un-named 'person present at the meeting') was an employee of Fox, who...

I note this morning that Hooper, To'omua and Haylett-Petty have put forward a suggestion that the higher paid players take a bigger pay cut to protect the payments to the lower paid players. Nice bit of leadership from those three guys.

QH what you say is generally absolutely correct, the FTA channels are not interested in Super rugby or the NRC, and I don't have a problem with Fox being the broadcaster. However, I also see it as perfectly reasonable for RA to seek some sort of competitive tender for the broadcast rights, as...

Correct Cyclo, he had some sort of gig there, it was never explained clearly to me what his role was meant to be, and I failed to see any evidence that he'd done anything at all. Some of this Trump-esque 'make rugby great again' includes a fair bit of delusion as to what rugby in Australia...

The problem with that LB, is that an underperforming national team would create greater incentives to go overseas for the big dollars. You get a situation where it becomes a downward spiral, with poorer performances creating a lower income for players, more top players head overseas for bigger...

On the subject of Pulver, who's also getting a fair shellacking here, I know him a little bit, have played golf with him, he's a pretty decent bloke. My reading, however, is he didn't ever have the balls to stand up to Clyne et al, we'll never know what his real opinion was, he just became a yes...

The possibility of RA going into receivership is an interesting one, I don't imagine the RUPA posturing would look all that brilliant if that happened! The performance of the News Ltd papers in this instance has dropped even the pretence of editorial independence. Fox is on life support, and...

IMO Kearns was the best Australian hooker I've seen, and I go back to Peter Johnson. He also captained the Wallabies for 10 tests, and played in a WC winning side. He is a very second rate commentator and one of the last people I would want as CEO of RA. It is certainly possible to have both...

What is particularly disappointing is the timing of all this. At a national level, Scomo, Albanese, Daniel Andrews, Gladys, Anna Bligh from the Bankers Association and Sally McManus are able to put all the power games aside and work for the national good (and who would have thought that...

Gary Flowers is the only Riverview boy that comes to mind immediately. JON actually went to Joeys, and Bill Pulver was Shore. Interestingly some of the attack crew, ie Kearns and Farr-Jones, both were at Newington. As you said above, not all Riverview, but a lot of GPS.

I wasn’t being serious Molman

End of the season surely a mercy killing for the Tahs

I think both Harrison and Lolesio should be around the squad this year, I think either To'omua or JOC (James O'Connor) will be the initial 10, but there will be pressure on them to perform. Both these guys have strengths, I think Lolesio has the better game management skills at this point, both have good kicking...

I'm starting to battle with Penney's selections. He keeps talking about taking responsibility for your performance, but there seem to be no consequences. Staniforth and Newsome must be really running out of credit points. Funny that Abel and Ramm were dropped to the bench, I thought they were...