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That's not going to generate the funds to retain all the guys currently playing Super footy.there will be mass defections to NH

http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2016/05/11/07/07/new-aru-facility-to-centralise-teams Obviously the Gov attached few conditions to their grant. If the judgement is based on whether it's more HPC than corporate HQ, then it's a fail.There are 5 levels & I doubt the HPC centre takes up one level...

My understanding is that the Federal Givernment made funds available for each of the codes to build centres of excellence for elite performance. The ARU has pretty much scammed the process and got them to fund their corporate HQ.

Pretty sure he told them it's all in hand and they expect a resolution in next 48-72 hours ......

A memo or jottings on back of a beer coaster?

Nah, it's all about who you know, not what you know,obviously is not mates with the right people. Merit is only a secondary consideration

I think you're being a bit thin skinned. You can't have 9 tries to 8 without there being some serious defensive deficiencies. West Harbour played well and deserved their win, and could have made things interesting had they qualified next week. Loudon is coach of the year for sure, if they...

Pretty sure the ARU used all their expertise and a bucket of money in renovating a van,and this is the 'after' photo.

I'm confused. How does this advance the Rebels cause?

It's not that difficult either. If there is a process where each franchise has to submit a proper business plan, with achievable budgets. With quarterly cash flows etc. I doubt any of the franchises would ever be at risk. Who else just doles out big lumps of cash and tells them give us. Call...

Bad luck goes in 3's, maybe you'll get him next week as well?

Read the chart again. It requires huge kids to play up 2 age groups max.

It's not making it everyone's problem. A small percentage of kids go down,and a small percentage of kids play up. The vast majority don't move. People copping it quietly, is not the same as people not being bothered by the physical mismatches at all. And perception is reality, it undoubtedly...

You can demean little jimmy for not wanting to play big scary islanders, or you can be proactive and try and remove barriers to parents thinking about playing the sport. You over complicate the grading process. If you have 100 kids, you have 100 kids. For every 12yo that has to play up, there...

Winner will get a 2nd chance, loser could be playing sudden death in semi's. That's worth playing for :)

Uni's only chance is if woods don't get a bonus point win v riff, and they do v parra. Or that they win by 51 points more than woods do.

This bit about kids wanting to play with their friends is a bit of a furphy. There are 2 age groups in every year at School. This argument is seldom raised at cricket or nippers. There nothing unethical about making a huge kid play up a year. No one is suggesting that huge 7 yo should be thrown...

I didn't say that no improvements had been made in corporate expense,and wasn't suggesting that corporate costs should be pegged to a fixed percentage of income.Nor did I suggest that corporate costs should be reduced to levels where the ARU can't function. My point was the ARU spends a higher...

You don't see the correlation between the ARU spending much less on grassroots than their competitors, whilst overspending the others on corporate costs?

You think they should be impeaching Trump or disarming North Korea? It's the SRU FFS. Most fair minded people would acknowledge that they are administering their particular part of the Rugby world a lot more professionally than the professionals they are affiliated with, despite having nowhere...