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a recent AFR article (actually the second AFR article on this) suggests Fox has a project on the go to launch a Fox Sports stand alone streaming offer - basically Foxtel Now - but you can get just sports - no base pack required first. with a price that reflects this. this is seen as a response...

Happy to acknowledge those crowd figures Strewth. But ours is a different story - its about the decline - the trend is your friend as far as analysis goes, and ours has all been downward. If it was only crowds declining but our TV audience stayed the same, it wouldnt be such an issue. But our...

Hi Braveheart. My use of SS as a comparison was only to highlight the hole Super Rugby has found itself in. I certainly dont think SS is a viable replacement for Super Rugby. and you are right about venues like Nth Sydney Oval. Ballymore holds a similar place in the minds of Brisbane rugby fans. The...

Braveheart - i'm always interested in what numbers people think is viable. The brumbies have been pulling less than 10k crowds for some time. Tahs quarter final was bested by the Shute final... The Reds crowds have just fallen apart. IMO Oz rugby fans will always want some form of rugby to...

say what you want about the article but the essential premise that this mismatch in talent has removed uncertainty of outcome and hence killed fan interest, is totally correct. no matter how we got here, its how we respond that matters. there are two ways to look at this: 1. starting next year...

my news is that Fox has no appetite to offer more money for the next broadcast deal. and that this is similar for SA and NZ. Viewing numbers in Oz really declined over the 5 years of the current deal. I cant see why Fox would feel obliged to up the ante on money offered. internationally we...

Yes Parkes is a believer that only the current competitions can maintain the current revenue provided by broadcast deals. He strongly believes there is no other option. Its very hard to argue a way forward once that 'truth' has been stated.

Fair observation Strewth. The concern here is more based on the trend - and for both crowds and viewers it has been South. NRL doesn’t need crowds the size of the AFL to win broadcast money, but they make up for it in viewer numbers. Rugby needs at least one of those measures to go their way...

whether we expand into national comp or shrink to 2 or 3 Super Rugby teams wont make a difference until we appropriately deal with the administration of the game. The administrators determine funding amounts and allocation, coaching development and appointments, player development and recruitment. There...

Rebel3, didnt stop Hooper getting a 5 year deal...

perhaps the players and/or the Reds are happy to renegotiate in a years time once the Cooper/Hunt/Slipper part of the salary cap and bank account is available again

wouldnt he be a RA press call?

Sorry but Bled 1, at home, in Sydney is pretty much the top game of the year - 900k??? that’s not good at all. Couldn’t crack a mill.

Braveheart - i know that he is there until RWC. which is as big a joke as signing hooper to a 5 year deal. but the 36% is his track record over 3.5 years not just saturday nights game. and no we were never a chance of winning. we had dominance in the first half and came away with 6 points...

Derpus. Totally agree. everything about pro rugby in Australia needs to be burnt to the ground and re-started. Thats a bigger story. but as a stand alone issue Cheika is a poor coach, even with the cattle he has. The same comments regarding cattle were made about Deans, but he sure as hell...

Against Teir 1 test teams, Cheika has a 36% win rate. (saw this elsewhere and checked it) its time for him go. this team is going nowhere with him at the helm.

The signing of hooper is an utter disgrace

Instead of thinking how to fix Super Rugby or could NRC become a replacement, I prefer to think in terms of how do we fix rugby content during the prime ‘winter’ football months of March to July - with a purpose of maximising the number of Australian fans. (This is also a largely defensive play to...

Cyclopath, there is nothing interesting in how NRC will go this year. It will go this year the same it has gone in previous years. And I’m assuming you are referring to crowd and viewer numbers. The true potential of the NRC vis a vis Super Rugby could only be judged if it was THE step before Test...

This is the line I read: "Outside those positions the majority of the squad will be locked away, assuming big guns Michael Hooper, Israel Folau and Bernard Foley re-sign on long-term deals (we're hearing four years). Despite the Izzy-to-Queensland speculation, the Waratahs remain confident Folau...