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is there any medium sized rectangular venues that the rebels could play at other then AAMI Park? Where do all the ALeague teams play… At AAMI as well?? the thing I liked about the NRC model is the game wasn’t hindered by playing in these big expensive state govt financed venues. whe

he has big wraps every year… the issue is his health. Last year preseason form indicated he was destined for wallabies bolter status. I do agree - decent build for the 12 & 13. He’s built for super rugby. also the other outside centre (Frankie Goldsborough) I think he is currently a brick...

yeah my apologies. I’m having a sook about Rugby Australia. I am on board with Big Kev… my original post a few responses back mentioned Horwill in the same sentence of “jobs for the boys” and fans having the right to speak up about this common practice in our game. I’ll take my crying over to...

I agree - who would want the job?? If Phil was the only candidate - then so be it. Just would have assumed there was other candidates but no names really surfaced. I assumed it was another McLennan captain pick to get someone to tow the company line after Andy Marinos seemed like the only sane...

lol… why not have a fresh set of eyes? Looks to be working in rugby league with “the horse racing guy” Whoever got the role would have a wealth of knowledge to lean on with Rugby Australia filled with rugby ppl. if we keep with the same blinders on/narrow vision we will never pull ourselves...

I did not walk away thinking same of Cormac. He logged some good minutes but didn’t stand out other than line-outs I’m personally not in the business of watching replays of preseason but will keep a better eye on him next game. second row is a huge question mark position group for us… in a...

I was flabbergasted when Phil Waugh got the job. Rugby Australia said they went thru a extensive process with a recruiter yet we landed on another X-player… I guess it wasn’t that extensive (or nobody wanted the role) because I hadn’t heard any other names.

Think I covered this Ignoto in my original response. I am not disagreeing James wasn’t the best candidate for the role. still don’t like the “jobs for the boys” attitude this game has & I don’t feel too confident with the leadership at Rugby Australia. (It would be like having Laurie Daly as...

I am ok with people being critical of a hire when all we do is hire in-house. If you ask my personal opinion the best CEO Rugby has had in recent years was Raleigh Castle (from RL) Horwill is a great stalwart of Queensland rugby and does have some quality education behind him. It would be hard...

Rebels would be the strongest representation of Polynesian and Fijians out of all 5 super rugby AU teams there’s a lot of depth there for it to be a thought to at least entertain.

I knew the UAE was like that. They definitely house hamas leaders… had not heard anything about saudis however. bad guys live in all different countries. Doesn’t mean we should paint a nation with a broad brush

The Saudis are partners of the USA (good guys) like I said - I’m not too familiar with geo politics. But there’s issue over there with “same sex relationships”

Pretty sure Saudi Arabia are the good guys im not too versed on geopolitics at the moment. I do know they’d be keen for Israel Folau signature but that’s a discussion for a whole different thread

sporting landscape across this country is going to look real bloody bleak if you let people like David Pocock say - sports advertisement is a form of green washing for mining and resource sector & should be banned. I say bring on the Saudi money… might even stop the French & Japanese top league...

I am interested with the rebels handing the license back to RA what impact this would have on the QLD based rebels they signed. from my understanding - a lot of the rebels players who were not part of the match day 23 were down there during the week and being billoted and then flown back to qld...

I did preface my comment before that the 4 team scenario seems to largely be driven from the Kiwis. agree with your points thought.

channel 9 would rather broadcast free to air into somewhere like Melbourne then ACT if you get rid of one of the teams (like the kiwis are asking for us) the Saturday night free to air lineup suddenly becomes a total boring rotarion. it’s usually always the aussie darbys on the Saturday night...

there’s a free to air tv deal you are totally ignoring. The tv contract would have to be reworked

actually think it’s a great coaching staff/front office considering the circumstances. Will be interesting if they can get the boys to drown out the unwarranted noise, work hard during the week and have them prepped and firing come the weekend. winning won’t solve everything but it will help...

yeah agree… it’s bragging rights for the champions and in no way a reflection on the strengthl/depth of the 2x comps we have.