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Rebels need to get on the front foot and try bring Tuipulotu back from the Tahs next year. Article out tonight saying Scotland offering him 3x current contract to move. Surely the Rebs would be able to offer a solid upgrade and guaranteed starting spot to lure him over.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/laurie-fisher-says-aru-must-redress-development-systems-if-australia-is-to-return-to-summit/news-story/2486e460e9a4858e951d1b3c426ecb7c Found this article from 2017 explains some of what went down. Warning for PTSD with some of the content at just how bad...

Yeh in 2013 ARU stopped funding the centralized academies, from here the state unions decided to set up a u20s program which was more a representative program than an academy style that integrates players into the professional system. In 2017 the Brumbies were the first to relaunch an academy...

We did go through a period only recently when the academy set up was removed. It coincided with arguably the worst period of Super Rugby performance in Australian history and the youth team wasn’t doing much at the annual world championships. We need to keep up with what the top sports are providing and...

Agreed. Would be surprised if Philip, Uelese and Fa’amasuili are there next year.

People always say this about the Rebels, but if anyone can show me an extremely good roster they have ever had I am all ears. I grant people the year they had Quade and Genia, it was pretty good but by in large they have had players that couldn’t make the squad of Tahs, Brums, Reds, or young...

It’s good for the club but just not possible to keep 3 quality players happy. No elite athlete wants to sit on the sideline every 3rd match or spend half a season off the bench. The short Super Rugby season doesnt help either because you can’t promise a solid amount of game time. It also doesn’t make...

Saw clearly this week the difference Eloff can make to the side and Pone been very good off the bench to start the season. Surely Reds, Tahs or Force are going to target him at seasons end, wouldn’t be far off a wallaby top up as the 3rd option, so some money surely here in Aus for him.

There was a couple of guys involved last year with the Drua that were from Dewar teams but not sure if still are. There has been a good standard generally from islanders coming over to live and play in Dewar (eg. Naivalu, Uru). On another note noticed Ola Taulangi was in the Tahs wider squad...

Already capped by Samoa.

That isn’t much less than what RA generate in terms of revenue and they fund 5 teams, womens and 7s program from it.

None of the playing budget is from pokies. Most the pokies money just goes into other things that aren’t high performance related. The NRL distributes a grant that is more than the salary cap to each club. Gambling ads revenue is another question, but that’s more the tv companies than the...

Rugby is not rapidly growing. The last 5 years has been a disaster for the sport. Its popularity in England is at an all time low, same as in Wales. Ireland it’s doing alright, France is doing alright and that’s about it. Most the domestic comps are in some trouble. Japan is inflated because...

That’s simply not true. I’d dare say the no.1 RL player has as many big companies lining up to sign him as any RU player. Adidas, Nike, Coke etc. want reach in the market that the player exists in. There is almost nobody in RU that has cut through outside of his own market to a general populas...

Yeh there is a disconnection with rugby fans and the actual health of the sport in Japan. It’s better than it was 10-15yrs ago, but it’s no way near as in good shape as many people believe. Most these contracts are just paying mega deals because having sports programs is culturally engrained...

It’s a brilliant precinct where AAMI is. Swan St is 2mins away and contains dozens of places to drink and eat, the cbd is a 5min tram or train ride away (15mins if you want to walk). It’s the best sporting area in Aus, similar to Caxton but with even more. One thing I think rugby is caught in...

I’m not sure if it’s the entertainment. It’s an event for die hards, just like the NRL round is. Casuals aren’t interested in sitting all day watching matches, they’d rather do that for a single match. Where ever it is next year (and I hope they stick with it) it needs to be later in the season...

I think the biggest issue with the event isn’t Melbourne it’s the inability of fans from WA, QLD, ACT and NSW to want to travel to it. To me it was evident with the Sunday crowd. Once there was no kiwi, PI or Melb playing then nobody was there. One of the reasons the NRL round works is people...

Nope Samoa

I’d say there is some injury for him not to be playing the club championship game.