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Nah - that is not 'the crucial thing for the ARU', nowhere near it, not even close. Or if it is, then it should not be. The Crucial Thing is ultimately not one or two star Wallabies whose fortunes as individual players wax and wane (incl via injury as we see with Pocock) but about having a...

The precise issue is whether an accounting GAAP standard such as AASB 110 re post balance sheet events - which is a strict standard that auditors and boards must comply with and that is not moderated for commercial in confidence matters per se - applies to the particular type of accounts that...

The deeper question invoked in this discussion is surely not one of just lauding Pocock and defending the ARU's $1m pa to him but this: In time of very scarce financial resources under ARU control and the quality of the Australian game overall deteriorating, is the best use of such highly...

Not sure re fraud, I doubt that, but certainly if in early March, 2017 the senior ARU management were off in London actively proposing to and clearly agreeing with SANZAAR to the imminent culling of an Aus Super team, this is highly material to ARU operations, resources, potential media revenues...

BLR - I wonder how many of the ARU board, in taking the affirmative decision to cull a Super team, pro-actively asked to see and thus obtained a precise summary of the extant contract agreements with the cullee candidates with particular reference to formal termination rights (or the absence of...

OK, point taken, but I'd like to see all the detailed numbers as IIRC the ARU stated they were 'investing' cash into all manner of 7s. But then put every cent we can get from the Govt into the womens 7s program. They have a clue re what they are doing in coaching and recruitment and have some...

As you know, it's not the first time.

ILTW - I see today no reason not to can our mens 7s program. It just reeks of mediocrity in coaching (Friend like Rob Clarke et al is part of the 'good 'ol boys' tight rugby network where competency matters way less than familiarity and similarity) and in selection and player development. We...

daz - am I correct that long ago you and I corresponded here to the effect that up to around 2011 you were a Reds' supporter and that you at that time or prior supported the Reds on these boards (perhaps as a result of a once-QLD personal affiliation or location)?

Good points and sentiment Dru. No radical reconstruction to save a code has just immediate upsides and no or few downsides. F Lowy knew there were huge risks when he led the full reconstruction of Australian soccer. The key question is: are the risks of a radical reconstruction lower or...

Generally yes. And that collapsing is made far more difficult by the complex interlacing of political interests that has made State RUs and the ARU united in building a destructive coalition of mutually assured low managerial and general competency standards at both State and national levels in...

I think you are right, overall. I do think that a well-structured elite rugby domestic comp that replaced Super Rugby in Australia would continue to interest Foxtel but of course at a much lower $ pa figure than today especially for the 'prove it works' years. International broadcasters would...

Spiro Zavos is often attacked in these fora but IMO he makes some very valid points and observations here, many of which relate directly to this thread's topic: http://www.theroar.com.au/2017/05/22/spiro-aru-madness-pocock-earns-three-times-mcmahon-not-playing/

You could be a tad more factualy thorough though - to add to your list above on or about May 19 Cox told The Australian that he would definitely be suing the ARU for damages 'next week' and for a sum likely to exceed $12m. Once this was announced, its remarkable specificity permits a certain...

I'll come to those soon ;-).

@cyclo There is no way that Cox is aiming to financially devastate the ARU. What would that achieve for him - no more ARU cash subsidies (that he absolutely needs) and a high chance he would not have any influence over who replaced this body, institutionally or personally, thus significantly...

Merrow - genuine question: Assuming the Brumbies do remain as is, no merger etc, how do you and your fellow supporters here see their _strategic situation_ being addressed to ensure their financial and (interrelated) playing viability over the say 2018-20 period? You have similar problems to...

I only get enjoyment from watching NZ v NZ matches, and, to a lesser degree, NZ v 'best of the rest'. The majority of the pure NZ derbies are peerless advertisements for the essential qualities - entertaining and otherwise - of rugby union as a code all played to and with very high skill and...

+ Cox may have a good case against directors personally if he can show that the damages caused to his entity re Rebels were the direct result of directors (or indeed the whole ARU board) acting with material and reckless negligence in breach of their duties under the Corps Act or dishonest...

lou, personally I don't know re the highlighted question but a typical and often very successful legal tactic used in big-time, high-profile litigation of this type is to sue the entity and add the directors personally to the suit as defendants. Thus potentially increasing their personal anxiety...