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Also, I saw someone’s comment last night that this will be the end of the QANTAS sponshorship, but can’t find it now. Firstly, that sponsorship preceded RCs tenure so if they ditch it because RC left then that will be a telling sign. Secondly, Joyce came out and gleefully maintained that the...

Anything can be written in to a contract within reason, but what would be the logic of that? It may be that RC promised him certain things but the crucial element would be the delivery of those things, not the person who promised them. Anyway, we will see, but her interview on the 7.30 report...

I doubt Rennie and the new coaching setup will jump ship, they either want to coach the Wallabies or they don’t. DR did the diplomatic thing and expressed huge admiration in RC and her ways, but I highly doubt it was her schmoozing that got him over the line. What’s more important to him...

Russell Crowe in the post above yours?

Apparently this lot, or at least a group representing them, met with the board yesterday afternoon, at RCs request. That’s correct isn’t it? Something they proposed evidently swayed the board it would appear.

The significant point that hasn’t been even brushed on in this discussion is that she stepped down because she had lost the support of the board. That fact needs to be disseminated, not all the noise on the outer..

Same with me. It’s crazy.

I guess it's easy to go off topic when there's nothing on topic to talk about, but looks like the pay deal with RUPA has been ratified, in summary: - players earning under $95K will revert to the jobkeeper payment of $3250pm. - Players earning above that figure will receive a combined payment...

It sounds more like a justification of why his horse was going to go shit than a boast. And any serious punter is aware of it, casual punters need to do their due diligence like anyone else. Like for example, betting on the Wallabies to beat Samoa without researching that they’re actually...

Yes HK was the most notorious offender because of the massive betting syndicates. They now have the most severe punishments in the world.

Too long is my guess. It’s an excerpt from Jonestown so nothing controversial in it.

Not defending Jones generally, but I will defend his comments here. I am a racing industry participant and like all industries it does have a rogue element, I'm not disputing that. However, sprinters aside, a lot of horses need to run in one, two or three shorter races before they get to their...

Yes after Japan beat Ireland. I think it lasted less than 24 hours though, we lost to Wales but I think by less than the rankings suggested we would. Or something like that anyway.

The year before I think they spread them around so that each franchise had equal numbers of contracted players, or at least Wallabies. E.g. To'omua was assigned to NSW Country from memory. It wouldn't be hard to do something like that again. However, I'm starting to get a bit excited about a...

However, if they open up the borders with NZ, then a Super 10 would be the preferred option, and then a Bledisloe series in Oct/Nov. I heard Turinui on the Rugby Ruckus suggest that a big weekend of Derby Day into a Melbourne Bledisloe would be a pretty enticing marketing prospect.

You would think so but having more teams spreads the contracted players out and allows the semi-pro players and upcomers to get some experience playing alongside them. And from a fan point of view a bit more tribalism.

Is that based on last year's teams they were allocated to? A redraft would be necessary.

How does one ‘extract themselves quickly from the Coronavirus pandemic’? Particularly an organisation that spans 5 countries.

Yes that's true, but when the Country Eagles played here (Mudgee) it was played at the stadium, which isn't the local club's (the Wombats) ground, however the Wombats were given the opportunity to run the bar and the tuckshop and did very well out of it. So it seems the NRC teams are happy to...