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This thread is a tad over 6 weeks old, has 203 pages of posts about 33 pages a week. Close to 2k views per day. Arguably the biggest thread in years, and it almost totally negative. A sign of the times maybe.

I think thats very true, I have followed the A-League negotiations in detail with a view to whats possible for rugby. Its scary outside as you mentioned cricket, AFL, NRL and I would add tennis and super V8's what other codes will have to do to get a decent deal. Given the current Super Rugby...

Except, he is cut from the same cloth and has IMO made Six terrible decisions. 1] He moved the Saturday morning local park games to Sunday. Result a massive loss of junior players, and their parents, and looks just so bad when key corporate decision makers look at our future. 2] The NRC...

Astute post and if I may add a little to it. Next year the competition from Netball, Basketball, AFL womens, A-League will intensify even more. We have no plan to counter their growth, no plan "B" that we are aware of. We have a board who seem to think their major responsibility to rugby is a...

Broadcast on the ABC would be huge I would love Rugby to be broadcast on 2. The article also said all 3 commercial stations have bid but not met FFA figures. There main aim is to get on FTA and not bury the sport. They plan to build their code over time.

Serious question. Roughly three weeks ago I looked at a 1999 and 2002 copy of the Saturday SMH in March and June for both years. I have looked at the smh over the last few weeks. Is it just me or has the smh gone from being a huge supporter of rugby to one of simply reporting on some...

Astute nay very astute post. They are also going to a free to air commercial broadcaster with reports of 7 to 10 million the latest rumors plus if my sources are correct [the wife]. For sooooooooooooo fucking long we have ignored the bleeding obvious Australia media wants local content. Not...

I am in the US on business and sorta no time to post. Just read JON & Alan Jones articles. Just found out about the Force or Rebels. I will post more when I get back, but I am over it TBH. Rugby is very close to loosing me even on this site. The inability to plan long term and have...

Leaving for the States early tomorrow, will miss the announcement . See you all in two weeks.

MEMO TO THE ARU I hate doing this but what the fuck you just can't hide. Social media and some soccer journalist are having a go at FFA over they want them to expand and introduce things faster, lots of chatter. Mild by what we are experiencing. How about the ARU communicate like this, its...

Very true and if I may also add. Public community parks are normally provided by councils at a pepper corn rent and most already have other codes well established on existing parks. So in addition to getting the volunteers you need the use of council facilities already in use by other codes...

Bullrush Gotta say I feel the same way as p.Tah . We have far to many people supporting a system that won't work in the Australian market place. Further they support a board or boards down the years that has lead us here. To me we have a very reactionary board not a proactive board, moreover...

Your idea has a lot of merit and its the thinking we need. I used to think I knew the answer. But I have been closely watching FFA and the trouble sorry difficulty they have had in obtaining meaningful funding from broadcasters. Meaning rugby will find it just as hard. I was looking to a...

Personal Observation of the change in this forum. To suggest even 2 years ago Super Rugby was a broken system, would receive almost no support. To suggest an Australian only or Aust / NZ only competition received mostly negative comments. Today even those arguing for a continuation of Super Rugby use lost...

This could be Bill as the star

Can't think of anywhere else to put this and would love someone from Epping Rugby to comment if they know the full story. Anyone who has been in Sydney recently will understand how wet its been and most ovals are closed for sport. Epping Rugby has a history of playing on Summaville Oval...

^^^ last two pages Reds Happy Referring to our discussions on the media deal and your excellent posts on same. I agree with everything you said. However my understanding is media deals are not as set in stone as many think. They have minimum metrics and if a code constantly falls below...

Reds Happy Re your above post pertaining Fox and the broadcast payments. Fox are no longer anywhere near as desperate for product as they once were. Not saying your logic is wrong, more they will see more a profit or a loss on Super Rugby today IMO.

George's "My guitar gently weeps" springs to mind when I look at how we essentially walked out of state schools when in the early to mid 60's Union was the NSW winter sport in state high schools. My wife reminds me of this site all the time its the Bill Turner cup. Over 800 schools with both...

Over drinks and BBQ with two other couples today, where one of the women plays in the same soccer team my wife does. We starting talking about sport and the husband of the soccer playing lady who also plays soccer pointed out a Roy Masters article on A-League expansions plans last week. Roy...