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Silverado - Georgina Robinson in SMH suggested its highly likely he will stay at Tahs.

Bandar - i couldnt agree more! Some of the issues we see in Super Rugby like dominance by NZ can be traced back to them concentrating talent that was once spread across the top NPC sides into just 5 Super Rugby teams. Now they have realised that the NZ derbies have an intensity too close to test rugby and its...

Overnight news reports suggest Folau to stay at Tahs, Tahs looking for new centre, and Reds lose Perese to NRL. Just f**king great

Barbarian - I would agree on the NZ crowds/viewer numbers in a relative sense compared to SA. But over the long term all oz teams have seen significant falls in crowds and viewers no matter who they play. The real problem with the NZ side of the equation is that we can go years between wins...

Regarding the international nature of rugby being a drawcard. I think this is true at test level - as it must be as only countries can play tests! But i think this is totally oversold as a drawcard for Super Rugby. The side effects it brings to tv viewing and scheduling definitely outweigh any...

Quick Hands - i'm not surprised that NH fans are thinking of Super Rugby in that way. it truly has been hollowed out of the best players from the participating countries. whereas the northern players have stayed put and the standard of player further enhanced with the SH players. The concern shown...

Strewth, I think a "worse Wallaby team" will be the outcome form the current course we are on. I think its a matter of timing. As crowds and viewer numbers fall, as will broadcast dollars. The last deal is four years old... we havent seen it re-priced yet. if we start seeing a stagnation...

Scrubber - thats all a bit cryptic...

Totally agree on closed conferences - SANZAAR should decide the playing window - and each country designs its own comp within that window - only want 4 teams go for it... want 8 go for it. SANZAAR countries playing each other should kick in for a Southern Hem Provincial Championship - top 2...

Hi Gel. Certainly not insinuating that was the kind of role he has at BoQ. I know enough about the trade to know that certainly isn’t his gig there. What I mean is, it looks like he has stepped in to “shepherd” the organisation through a financial crisis - he has a banking background plus...

Scrubber ... is that $6m in debt a guess or known information?? I mentioned on the 2018 thread that the Jeff Miller move looked alot like him stepping in as a quasi administrator (in an insolvency sense) - he seems to be acting as both Chair and CEO for the moment. This would make sense if...

RE: Liam Wright as future leader - hasn’t it be a long standing rumour that McMahon is on his way to Reds for 2019 and the RWC year? Wright won’t see too much starting time if that’s the case.

Folau sounding more like a certainty https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2018/07/13/one-percenters-july-15

And Perese wanting to leave but not being allowed

So leaving (whether they want to or not!) are: Slipper Smith Cooper Hunt Douglas Lance Lucas Frisby Fagaase Nabuli Ready That’s 11 new recruits needed

From @shrugby on Twitter - 11,057 at reds v Sunwolves. Season avg of 12,101. Awful numbers

Force for Ready?? Is there a 2019 thread started yet??

So we probably shouldn’t get our hopes up of him staying in past the current deal? That’s a blow. But this sort of sh*t happens to poorly run organisations

Courier Mail has a locked article referring to scuttling a secret deal for Perese. No further details known

^^^^ spot on. Once this dawns on them, hopefully someone amongst them will start getting a bit imaginative