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In that case can we cut the ARU free let them have their Super Comp if they can must teams and continue to exist and dissociate Rugby from them? If this happens there is no way forward except complete bankruptcy with Cox the primary creditor.

the only "winner" since we went Pro have been the "Elite" end of town. Lots of people got plenty of dosh and there are more administrators on the books. Has the game actually grown even during the "successful" times, discounting short term rises in numbers following Reds '11 and Tahs '14...

Given the structure of the ARU, in that it is a LTD body representing the affiliated RUs I doubt it and even though I want the ARU gone I wouldn't support the concept. IMO the only way forward is an independent commission and withdrawal from Super Rugby completely, if not next year certainly...

Show me a successful system anywhere in the world, which aims to grow a large base using a "trickle down" model where the top performance is actually dependant on the bottom base groups supporting the top.

The issue straight up with the stats you have presented is the massive error that is created with the design of the competition. We will get a semi finalist from Australia even if an Australian side doesn't win another game against a side outside our conference. It skews the results very badly...

That's pretty easy because he was never onside. Even with my Tahs specs on I can see that was a penalty and the yellow came because of the context in the game after repeated infringements and the cynical nature of the offence. As for League, when my Dad's mates were playing first grade in the...

Perhaps it was like the selection of Deans as coach after the interviews were all completed they appointed a bloke that didn't apply and didn't interview.

From the Marks' piece this is the point I find very telling. I shall give credit to O’Neill for his marketing of the best group of players this country ever had but he should remember that the likes of Eales, Horan, Little, Gregan, Roff, Wilson and most of them were in a crop that came out...

I never said they were not intelligent. I said they have no ethics, do not accept accountability and have no idea what institutional transparency is. They are certainly intelligent, having managed the world over to create a system where they can pillage vast sums of money regardless of their...

A typical banker reply. Is that perchance the industry you are in? Or perhaps politics? Simply because even though bankers around the world managed to send their institutions to the wall and in some cases had to be nationalised to avoid complete collapse those thieving F^%$%^s managed to...

Honestly F%$#%& RUPA. Their self serving greed through the professional era has contributed plenty to this debacle. Do not forget that they have had a significant part in all the ARU have done and not done. I would however use them to get done what needs to be done before discarding them like...

So less shite than the other shite. The facts now are no longer about relative shiteness and unfortunately no longer even about maintaining a "National" footprint. The base discussion really now has to be about the survival of Professional Rugby in this country. As things stand none of the...

Certainly not the ex-NSW Detective. :)

I am well known for by compassion and humanity..... Now where did my wine go?

You can't really change the destination of the road you are on. You need to change roads. A road starts somewhere and the road we have been on has taken us slowly from a worlds best rugby nation in the late 80s through to the retirement of the amateur players in the early 00's to one that...

The ARU would love that, a key indiscretion and a prime example of the total lack of integrity could be swept under the carpet. This is a big part of the problem in Australian Rugby, a lack of accountability for the roles that people have filled and behaviours of people at all levels...

I've been drug tested as part of my job/contracts for the last 20+ years. I have no issues what so ever with highly paid F%$%#@wits who want to throw away a relatively easy career they actually like that is paid very very well comparatively getting sacked. No sympathy at all.

I wonder if they will stop actually spraying the field or just add it digitally to the Fox feed. I don't know the rules surrounding the new Regulations.

I look at the CVs posted and think how insular the group is, add Stiles coaching resume to it and it looks worse. That Carpark must have been pretty devoid of anybody from outside Brisbane when decisions were made. I mean surely a peak rep team would be seeking candidates from a fairly wide...

Whilst I am usually in the forefront of people calling for the heads of coaches, usually because it is plainly obvious that they do not have a program to improve performance, we really do have to admit that it doesn't matter who is HC at this time and perhaps for the next couple of years (if...