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Like when the ARU payed an international recruitment agency hundreds of thousands of dollars to conduct a worldwide search for a new CEO. The results being that the person appointed was the best mate and neighbour of the Chairman? (And they also happened to spend 6 years together at Shore).

I confess to not knowing that much about the IB, all I can do is observe that in 2017 60 boys at Newington completed the IB out of a Year group of @200. Of the 60, 48 boys (80%) scored an ATAR of over 90 which is a much higher score than the HSC contingent. On that basis, I would assume that...

That was the point I was making.;)

Is this website some sort of sporting version of Pravda? (Pravda being the Russian word for thruth;)) During the Soviet era, Pravda was distributed nationwide, offering its readers well-written articles and analyses on science, economics, cultural topics, and literature. There were letters...

Hmmm, I assume that he didn't define his idea of "process?" I'd love to know the "process" followed to create the DoR position, call for applications, vett and interview candiates and appoint the most qualified person. While he's there, he could explain what process or evaluation was...

Cheika leading everything, ah it takes me back to Totality Tony Magann.:)

But what precisely is this new structure? I'll preface what I say next by noting that I think that having Scott Johnson in a senior coaching/development role is a good thing. The big BUT is that they've just added a postion to the organisation - a position which seems to have significant overlap...

I suspect that when Johnson asked what the postion was, that the response would have been something like "Just do what you're doing at Scotland"

Noting also: no job description, no application process, no selection process, no public disclosure that the job even existed. Everything just done in secret by those who presume to know more than the rest of us and then presented as a fait acompli.

Michael Hawker and acting chief executive Matt Carroll let David Nucifora go in December 2012 and Pulver dismantled the high performance unit, of which Nucifora had been the head, upon his appointment in January 2013. Nucifora's position, which sat above then-coach Robbie Deans in a role that...

You're being generous with those odds RH. 1 in 1,000 would be more accurate.

One suspects that his hand picked assistants have little independence and Cheika micromanages the whole thing.

I'm not sure that Cheika is manageable in that sense. To me he's the type of guy who only operates when he has complete control - what comes with that of course is complete responsibility. Larkham never impressed as HC at the Brumbies and has been even less impressive in this role. Grey's...

All the parts that I have made bold could be made about RA, NSWRU, QRU, the Reds, the Waratahs, the Brumbies, the Force, so it's hardly surprising that those running RA are unable to detect these characteristics. I often note that in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king. One suspects...

Correct, there's a separate insurance fee which is on top of RA levy and the registration fee that the club charges. (all registrations now being done through a central RA website)

The unifying aim should be that the game is (a) well run, (b) run for the participants (at all levels including elite and community), (c) unecessary and archaic stuctures become the stuff of history, (d) those running the game are answerable to those participating in the game (pros, amateurs...

We need revolution not evolution. The NSWRU, QRU et al are like the medieval aristocracy in pre-revolutionary France.

As this thread is about RA and not just the Wallaby coaching mess, your post provides a nice segue to talk about administration and structure. The whole structure of rugby in Australia is based on 19th century colonial boundaries, with little bits and layers added on over the years followed by...

Assuming that the story is correct, let's wait to see what the job description is for the DOR.

Can the Cheika personality handle direction from a DOR? Particularly when he's had 4 years of being unchallenged by anyone.