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Ok guys, can you stop with all this "Melbourne doesn't like rugby", "there is no passion in Melbourne". It is pure trolling. Yes, the Melbourne rugby public did not get heavily engaged into the process because it wasn't necessary. Clearly a lot of the discussions happened in private between Cox...

Could they have done much worse without actively trying to do worse?

ARU revenue for 2016 $128 million Twiggy income for 2017 $460 million So from his income for 2017, he could completely fund the ARU (or an equivalent) for 3 years assuming no income from any broadcasting, ticket sales or sponsorship.

You missed Sione Tuipulotu who is also 20 and has 11 Rebels games. I suspect you meant Esei was 18 not 1 when he debuted! It takes time to develop the pathways and to see players from their mid-teens through to being ready for SuperRugby. Definitely doing better than the Storm who have...

This is completely the ARU's fault. To have, what are supposed to be, experienced business people continually giving out extra money to all clubs without having clear budgetary controls on those clubs with regards to expenses is completely negligent. If they haven't put controls in place by now...

Strong debut from Uelese. On for 10 minutes and had 4 runs for 19 meters and 2 tackles (compare to TPN who had 70 minutes, 4 runs for 5 meters, 2 tackles and 3 missed tackles). Look forward to actually seeing him play some minutes for the Rebels this year. First local Rebel to play for...

Probably looking for a job ....

Assuming that the price was offered (and we are relying on hearsay from the ARU via the WARU here and I'd trust the ARU as far as I could throw them). The ARU obviously had legal advice, which was apparently right, that they could get their outcome (removing a team) by getting rid of the Force...

Was Twiggy not involved at that point at all? If so, $5.7 million is loose change for him

I'd probably go with pure luck. The Force decided to go with the ARU to assist with the movement towards centralisation and for some reason the ARU was ridiculously committed to having a private owner for the Rebels. The Force were clearly screwed. That doesn't mean I think the Rebels should...

I understand that some of the Force fans are bitter. I was bitter when Melbourne lost out for the 4th rugby team. I was also bitter when we had 1 year of the ARC and then the ARU closed it and told Melbourne to #$@* off. I didn't hate the Force though. I just didn't give a stuff about SuperRugby...

Hmmm ... assume $30 million. Let's be generous and assume that there are no costs to running a home game. 15 home games to adjust for Crowd of 20,000 Thus results in an average ticket of $100 ($30.000.000 / 15 / 20,000) Sounds a little high really.

He definitely has the funds to do it. 10 teams $10 million salary cap each would get you a pretty decent competition. But he also has other causes that he is heavily interested in like the abolition of slavery. Depends on what he wants to do.

A bit farcical to have most of the squads fully signed up before the NRC starts ...

Unlikely. Profit is what - $10 million at most. Growth limited so assuming P/E ratio of 10. $100 million would be a very good value for the ARU at the moment. Twiggy got about $200 million dividend earlier in the year and $260 million in October. I am sure he could easily buy the ARU or...

Oh none during the season ... But remember that the Force and the Brumbies only won 2/4 games against South African opposition (Kings and Jaguars) with all the remaining wins against the other Australian sides. The Waratahs won 0/4 against South African opposition. The Rebels won 0.5/4...

Really? Winning 6 out of 15 games isn't really a great season. On a pure points basis, they would be 10th and 12th in the competition. Depressing fact - if you combine the top 2 teams from Australia on points (Brumbies and Force) they still have less points than the top team from either...

Interesting to see an article on the roar where two of the Rugby League games showed crowds under 7000.

Probably a better idea than going bankrupt though.

Hahaha ... I was in the USA for work for the Brumbies game. In Japan for Holidays for the win against the Force in May 2016 In the USA for work for the win against the Cheetahs in April 2016 I think the only game I have seen the Rebels win live in the past 2 years is the one against the...