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Pulver should be the one resigning. This blew up because of mismanagement at the ARU. The fact that Pulver had to take the fall for this is disgusting.

looks like less people at Suncorp than if it was played at Ballymore. Surprise surprise.

I'm going to say that's got a lot to do with Bein Sport buying out Setanta sports Australia and changing there focus elsewhere. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Taking issue with the poor structure and running of the game and choosing not to waste time or money on the results of these failures doesn't mean you don't support rugby.

No administrators should be positive and the main seller of their game but not unrealistic in their goals. But don't let that distract from your silly hyperbole. Indeed i use the word "never" in relation to FTA and Super Rugby. Rugby is comfortably 4th behind AFL, NRL and Football and the...

Be realistic about his options rather than pretending we're still in 2003 and give everyone yet another dose false hope? FTA was never going to be an option and it never will be, he should have at least acknowledged this and sought out alternatives such as a ARU run subscription streaming service.

Pulver looks like a idiot now after talking up Super Rugby on FTA all year but it's hardly surprising. From FTA TV's perspective, the structure of Super Rugby is hardly appealing with only 5 Australian teams and 10 others that people here don't care about and the majority of games in unfriendly...

The French Test at Suncorp was poor because tickets weren't seen as good value and the public reacted accordingly. Afternoon Tests would be a automatic winner on the crowds front, 3pm kick offs on a Saturday like in Europe should be the only time Tests are played. Unfortunately it's nothing to...

Plus a draft isn't going to give you the best talent, it's diluting it through 5 teams. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Not an option if you want to have some beers with the lads (pretty much a requirement these days with Australian Rugby) or don't have access car which is increasingly more common among students and inner city supporters.

That's a fair point but I think local players are more inclined to not only to want to stay at these teams for longer but also not demand as much money. It's a much harder choice for a player to go to Europe for example if it means leaving his home town team. At least in Melbourne and Perth...

That's a reality of life of living in the Gold Coast favelas ffs. The place is smaller than Brisbane, thus you have to come up to Brisbane and not vice versa. People here don't see value in going there for a late rugby match, so they aren't going to go. Don't get mad that no one is in any rush...

You're kidding right? Fucking Brisbane have nothing to do with it. It's easy if you live on a train line south of Roma st but it's still over an hour an twenty minutes from Roma street to robina. Add in travel time to get to the station etc and it's a 3 hour round trip. When the game kicks off...

This, if a promising young player from Brisbane or Sydney being provided with 2 options like for example; 1) Be forced to Move to Canberra for peanuts and play in front of a couple thousand families and old blokes and have having nothing to do outside of work. Or 2) Move to Paris or the...

Sod a draft, they're actually terrible. I want to see local players in my local team. If that can't be achieved then I at least want to see the team aiming to develop local players from young age. A draft forces players to have to live and play in places against their will, in fact the afl one...

This is a game that should be at Canberra or AAMI Park. The latter would sell out for sure. In fact anywhere that isn't in either the slums of Gold Coast or an AFL stadium would be far better suited for this game. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Move this game to Melbourne (aami park) or Canberra ffs. Gold Coast is a cesspit.

Only 68000 for a game that used to sell out in seconds (and probably still would interstate). People still defending the ARU's ticketing policy need to get their head of their arse. The game is never going to succeed here by just engaging Sydney's elite and upper middle class class. Either...

40 odd thousand bandwagoners. Where are all these extras during the season?

Yep, the game is utterly niche there behind Football and Basketball. I don't particularly agree with it but putting a team in Japan can be justified by the fact that there is a Rugby community there with the potential for some quality players. Singapore getting a team is just so SANZAR can...