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We just can't seem to beat Eastwood in a finals match. Great game, great crowd, not so great result. At least we're still alive.

Yet another miraculous late win by Joeys. They're never beaten until the whistle goes.

It was too big an ask though Azzuri. A lifetime supply of Shore pies would have been and easier request.:)

But some foresaw S18 being a failure whereas Pulver championed the concept as being the saviour of Australian rugby

Well done boys. Very strong age group

Exactly, but at least under the old system it was transparent and accountable. Under the current model it's opaque and not in the least accountable to most rugby participants.

No one who is or has recently been involved on the ARU, NSWRU, QRU or ACTRU boards can be part of the solution. The whole inbred bunch of cronies need to go.

In theory it's a different strucutre, but in practice there's not too much different. State RUs are heavily involved in who is elected to the ARU board.

This is indeed the saddest part of it all Gnostic. Pretty much everything that has transpired was both foreseen and foreseeable. People like you, me, Reds Happy, Inside Shoulder, Half and a few others predicted it long ago. Indeed in many cases our predictions have been almost exactly...

That's true and the ACTRU shouldn't escape mention as being a major player in events. In terms of places like NT, Tas, SA they are essentially branch offices of the ARU. They have virtually no means of independent funding so are bound to go along with the ARU as a means of survival. But it's...

The structure is a big part of the problem because nothing can really be fixed as long at NSWRU & QRU prop up the ARU who in turn finance and support the NSWRU & QRU.

Well, with the quality of legal advice vis-a-vis contracts and agreements that they've exhibited, you certainly wouldn't be backing the ARU to win any court case.

Here it is. Potential CEOs would be someone like Ian Ritchie. (ex RFU and All England LTCC) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/may/17/ian-ritchie-step-down-chief-executive-rfu-rugby

The new CEO needs to be someone from outside the very small gene pool which is Australian rugby. The bloke being talked about above seems to be just more of the same. I'd have thought that a proven record in sports management would be an essential qualification. I think that Reds Happy put...

Pulver's imminent departure is the only good news.

Announced at 4pm on a Friday afternoon.

You'd think so, but remember the calibre of people we have running the game.

It means that they've run out of money and in the way the ARU/NSWRU et al operate, they've cobbled something together without much forethought.

I was there. Great game of rugby.:)

Sorry to disappoint you but Joeys lost their home game to Newington last year 28-17 in a match that was played in a howling gale and driving rain. Joeys only scored two tries in that match. ;)