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SIRU are useless at both producing and developing talent, you can keep them haha. To answer your question though, I had assumed that SIRU would stay with the Brumbies. It probably wouldn’t matter either way though. If South Coast and Riverina were to revert back to NSW Country you can play...

As an adjunct to my proposal above would be that each of the non Sydney or Brisbane franchises in each conference play one home game per season outside their actual base. E.g. Qld Country - up the road at Warwick Fiji - Darwin Force - Adelaide NSW Country - Mudgee! Brumbies - Wagga Rebels -...

OK so it's a couple of months time and I've just been appointed CEO of RA. The brief is that NZ want to run their own domestic comp, and want to keep involvement with us to just rep provincial and national level. Our objective is to keep the Wallabies as the pinnacle for the players and our...

I can't find that in either of his articles today, which one is it?

So the powers that be would have to just decide which ‘franchises’ are in and which are out, and have a review system biannually or so.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/no-endless-rivers-of-rugby-gold-in-japan-for-fresh-wave-of-australian-exports-20200528-p54xfa.html Sources with knowledge of the Japanese landscape have also indicated the Wallabies' lack of recent success will, ironically, help RA keep talent. Japanese...

After reading all these excellent posts, and taking on board some genuine concerns re tribalism, the disconnect with the NRC, there can only be one pro tier below the Wallabies etc, I have reached a dramatic conclusion. There are only 2 models that can work, they are polar opposites, and they...

I'll be watching the NRL tonight and over the weekend purely to expand my current sports viewing options beyond horse racing. Only FTA though, I certainly wouldn't pay for the shit. How many others in the same boat? It's only a short term fix till Super AU starts, there is a real opportunity...

Yes. Which means we need to come up with another way to generate the revenue shortfall. We need a premium product every week at watchable hours and bums on seats.

Plus some of the NH players who have returned home - e.g. Jono Lance, TPN, Kerevi. Surely their NH employers aren't going to take issue with them getting some game time given the current circumstances. And as Reg (I think) has suggested Rodda, Hockings and Lucas.

Just went to Google to find out, in the NRL they are allowed to train and play in the state with visiting teams having to adhere to strict biosecurity protocols, so I assume it will be the same.

What’s the go with the Reds with respect to Anastacia’s border control, will they have to play out of Coffs Harbour or something?

In which case it would have been a hedge against known future revenue, no doubt the 2020 instalment from Fox. Presumably it was unwound whenever that was paid and probably didn’t even exist when it was reported on. Unless they are completely incompetent down there at RA.

If they were paid in USD then the hedge would have been to buy AUD/USD, it went pretty low during the Covid crisis which is probably when the hedge was marked to market and reported on, it’s now pretty much back to where it was.

Or when play resumes, whatever happens first

All that's happened is that they have been terminated by RA, and it looks like they aren't going to entertain the idea of any of them turning up at another franchise. There hasn't been any confirmation of where they are going to commence their anonymous careers, no-one would be in any hurry to...

4 Bledisloes :-))

he is injured i think?

That's a bit harsh on Gladys.