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The question now, is how many more are going to leave for more certainty??

Latest SMH article makes it sound like it’s all over for the 3 Reds. How did it get to this point???? What’s going on at the Reds??

Yep connection is hard. But as I pointed out to kiwi mate (who loves to bag the AFL for blowing money on made up new teams) that the 5 NZ Super Rugby teams were all made up to a degree... granted there was that link through from the underlying provincial unions But for Oz the second tier is hard - club...

My problem with comparisons between Super Rugby and, say, the NRC as a replacement, is that we don’t know how the NRC might perform if elevated to the second tier position. Imagine NRC starting in March, finals in June. And that is the top level under Test. Do you watch it? I know I would. I don’t how...

And the above comment isn’t an endorsement of the standard of management from RA in general. But rather support for blocking this obvious attempt by Newscorp to gain control and protect the 50k or so subscriptions it thinks it could lose from its struggling pay tv arm if it loses Rugby.

I think it’s only in newscorp and certain former captains interest that a Special General Meeting be granted at this current time. NSWRU has clearly read the room and fallen in line while the remaining states and territories after its over reach. Hopefully this puts an end to the coup and the...

So is this the end of the Captains run???

I called out Harrison as part of the Kafer Krew in a post here about 5 weeks ago and someone suggested I was off the mark. This is Group is the “maturing” of the Brumbies player power faction, and it has since expanded its reach into NSW and the fox crew. And don’t forget Harrison was in TV in...

Journo in the Oz has managed to wring out two articles in the same day addressing the financial doom of RA. Can’t get past the paywall to read them

From SMH: Murmurs out of telco Optus on Thursday suggested a further cooling of interest in rugby, leaving Foxtel as the code's only hope for a broadcast deal next year. Senior sources said the company had been horrified by the governance fiascos of the past fortnight. Clarke's predecessor...

perhaps it is McLennan's Network Ten contacts we will be relying on... and if thats the case... yikes!!!

McLean is stepping down on June 30 for Hamish McLennan. its only 7 weeks or so away. And didnt Castle announce a series of review committees covering comps, coaching, pathways, governance etc??

yeah having 'interims' managing long term structures like comps and tv deals isnt ideal. not at all. you would hope McLennan is involved earlier than June 30 as part of a transition

yes i could have phrased that better. Little Sharpe and Moore all ended their careers/or spent a majority of their careers outside the QLD sphere of influence. Moore only came back for $$ and demanding a board seat. I guess the other way I could have phrased it was to point out the number of...

This isn’t about who backs News/Fox... they all do. Optus is long gone. You can kiss that deal goodbye. This was about keeping the Mosman Mafia out. And them handing out jobs for the boys. That was evident the moment Clyne left McLean (QLD) in charge and none of the QLD ex wallaby captains...

from the article 'they (the players) dont have faith in Castle to secure a broadcast deal'.... sounds like something fed to them by the Foxtel crew. RUPA and the players are being used. This is sad to see.

and now we learn via the SMH that RUPA and current players met with the 11... err 10... on Wednesday. this has always been a joint Fox/News/Kearns/Kafer and RUPA production. full blown mutiny. not sure how Super Rugby can survive this.

Good move by the board. Get the fellas in for a chat. Wonder how many of them will actually front up for the face to face. Here’s some scenarios of how this can play out: 1. They refuse to meet - board says the group are unwilling to join in with the collective efforts underway 2. They come in...

So RUPA give us “root and branch transformation” and the next day the Kearns Kafer Krew give us the 11 captains of yore in the COVID coup?? And you think these things aren’t related??