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A fundamental fact the ARU are dealing with is that more than a decade of incompetence has them looking at a system which is not financially sustainable simply because nobody is watching. Sorry nobody new is watching. I have said for years that there simply is not enough money in the game here...

I have been saying that for the better part of 15 years.

Really......

I have watched about 30 minutes of Super Rugby in the last two weeks. I watched most of the Shute Shield game yesterday and a lot of the 7s. As a formerly rusted on fanatical Rugby supporter its pretty depression that I just don't give a shit anymore. I honestly don't think I'd care if the...

I wouldn't go that far, they have emulated the best parts with a certain property deal and then breaking the budget to pay out a CEO to keep it all quiet, with the resultant financial loss obviously his fault for talking out of school and being worried about insignificant things like potential...

I wonder if you can possibly leave out the "east coast" rubbish, or is that the only argument you have to give some sort of passion to your arguments? Growth. Yes real growth, that would need a product that results in more people watching and playing. Even if the somewhat debatable survey...

I actually think the whole concept of Super Rugby is dead in the water in Australia. The quality produced by Australian sides amounts to 30 minutes over a week from all sides. Given the Tahs played about 30 minutes of decent Rugby tonight I wonder if we can reasonably expect any more from any...

Its been happening for a few years already, as players get sick of the politicking and bullshit in Australian Rugby and head OS for the dollars and some fun before they retire. Not just fringe and depth players but starting test players and an incumbent Wallaby Captain in Ben Mowen, then Peter...

FFS I think most of what Barbarian writes and says is absolute shit, but HTF do you get this out of that from what he wrote? The constant victimhood must get wearing. The ARU and every single rugby administration in Australia has been totally incompetent for all of professional Rugby history...

To continue the theme I am hoping to see a Danerys type figure taking the Kals (Pulver and ARU) into their temple letting the natural course of things take place.

Indeed he was but his solution was to select coaches such as Richard Graham and Tony McGahan as to fix the problems around skill execution and structures which have been the anchor to the Macqueen & Jones eras. Such highly skilled individuals have achieved great things as head coaches.

101 tries to 6. Just amazing.

In that case then historically NSWRU fit the bill.

Lock has been one of the worst recruited positions in the Tahs for many years. After 2014 there was a massive hole when Douglas left and it was not filled properly and hasn't been since. Mumm is getting long in the tooth and he is losing the dynamism that set him apart and made him a viable...

That is still 2.5 years away. They have to make it that far. I am sure they will not. In a way I think it would be better to have a quick explosion that allows a full clean out and complete rebuild. This long slow death is actually destroying the foundations of the game.

The headline says that. But the same headline accountancy said the sub-prime investments were all top grade. They said HIH was solvent and profitable right up to the time it filed for bankruptcy. I am very suspicious of the manipulations that those in charge make especially when they are...

I think you miss the point R3. Will Rugby in Australia be professional at the end of this Fox deal? Make no mistake people I know and trust with far more financial experience than I have question the viability of not only the Provincial Unions but the ARU, and they predicted the outcomes we are...

Not going to go through your list Reg, but how many of those were already in EPS's as identified talent? Certainly Tupou was there before he'd finished school and was living with Woody Graham. The fact is the NRC is about exposure and playing a series of Super trials in a quasi short format...

Basically Michael I still watch and post because I love the game and know what it can be. I still hope for it to get there. This weekend the Reds showed the best game from an Australian side this year and played some scintillating Rugby so the potential remains. Most of what I post is far more...

Really. It PRODUCED these players. That very selective since most of the "PRODUCED" were already in programs. It gave exposure to a few more and proved a couple were not up to even club level and got them moved on.