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Rugby is a game that you need to play in order to improve. Constantly testing your ability in match conditions. Setting up some sort of 7s schedule to draw in the major clubs and using that as a means to identify talent would likely better serve that purpose.

Agreed. These 'colleges', 'academies' or whatever they wish to call them should be there to provide ambitious players an opportunity to front up and chase their opportunities. They should all be playing club Rugby including the fringe squad members throughout the Super Rugby season with the money that...

If it's anything more than travel costs then that's just ridiculous and as above the money could be put to better uses by providing greater competitive structures that would, in my opinion, greatly enhance their development. Being paid to be potential Super Rugby/7s/U20s is just crazy. The point of these...

They should look to set up a national scrum school. Have coaches go from province to province, club to club and install programs and a drills to develop our forward ranks. Additionally, they should look at doing this in the junior ranks as well as installing strength and conditioning...

Or even use the funds o provide direct investment in junior development in the new expansion areas and other catchments such as SA and Tas.

Seems pretty clear to me. With the franchises setting up different alternatives to the National Academy, using club Rugby as a means to keep these players fit during Super Rugby would be ideal. After, the ARU could use the $600,000 to fund a extra schedule for those in these set ups. With perhaps a 6th...

My question is exactly how much would the ARU be spending on these Academies? With the franchises apparently taking responsibility for their own set ups perhaps they could use those funds to provide those players with greater competitive opportunites.

We'd get two or three guys coming across from League a year. Some stayed other left. Ironically it was the ones who weren't necessarily the stars from their League experience, that worked their way through transition tended to get more into the game and enjoyed it a great deal more. They were...

Really good game especially in the 2nd half.

I see club rugby as a primary development structure for young and ambitious players. From there we need to find a higher level of competition for the top line talent.

Hey, Rickety. Welcome to GAGR. About time.

The title of the article involves "It;s time fr me to do something different" and in the article mentions that he has received interest from other sports. Could he be hinting at an imminent announcement as the new head honcho of the ARU? Probably not. But its nice to dream isn't it.

And there's the rub. We no longer live in a pre-1996 environment or when Super Rugby was really only still in its infancy. Club Rugby is no longer the next step to Wallabies jersey. Super Rugby and the introduction of professionalism has relegated it to a developmental pathway. The problem is...

Placing ads in the the respective papers is all well and good but how will they actually draw people to the games? Providing write ups is another good step but how do you garner interest from those who aren't already invested in the game? When you consider innovative thinking, these aren't...

That's a big IF in my opinion. I think from Bruce's posts that Uni certainly won't be cooperating in any form. Would make sense in my opinion and would allow for nice little split up of Sydney with North, South, West and Central Sydney with a Canberran team. Clubs need to think about the...

I agree on the quality of some of the Rugby played in the Shield this season and on a whole I thought this season was much improved from the 2011 season. However, I do see and somewhat support the rationale behind the move to condense talent in some sort of third tier above club rugby and below...

From my recollection it was mooted as possibly in August of 2013. Still plenty of time yet.

I think he meant a merger to compete in his proposed competition.

Would be nice to hear something more about this.

He should have that framed and mounted on his wall. As is. Don't dare wash it. Ever.