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I’m very confident in Anderson making a transition, he’s a brilliant player. Holland will be interesting

I think every situation is different. Perhaps the Sa’aga situation was mutually beneficial for both parties, eg. He has a contract on offer for the next few years and equally the Rebels were happy to shed his contract for financial reasons. I agree if a player signs he should stay and vise...

My understanding is that for Fox to show the games they have to honor the current Super Rugby deal or flesh one out with RA. The moment they choose to show these games the tap turns back on to RA in terms of tv dollars. Fox unlike the overseas sports networks haven’t been paying during the shut down...

How can this be a thing in Australia? Where is the prerequisite 90% NSW representation lol I’ll be tuning in btw, looking forward to it

Physically as good as it gets, big, fast and powerful also has a stack of skill. However it’s the non physical things that can be questioned. He was signed for next season, so interesting to see him arrive early.

Wow. Wayne Smith reporting Dave Rennie is prepared to take a 30% pay cut. No idea on the length but that’s a bloody good sign of his character if it’s true

For those playing at home, apparently Fox doesn’t have the rights to NZ super comp starting next week, but are in discussions with them to show it

Their competition clashes with every other comp, so there really isn’t any rugby money to be made in the other 6months. Essentially that is your deal for the year, unless you are positioning yourself for another $30k playing mitre 10 or Currie cup. All 3 could get $150+ in ProD2, but maybe this...

In all honesty you need more than 5 teams for a sustainable comp. In a strange way NZ hasn’t got the market or population base to sustain any more than 5. If they over extended and had 8/10 teams then the resources aren’t enough to keep quality players and the player base would be stretched...

I think those plans have been flushed down the drain

Jeez we need some certainty. It’s been an issue for years, since the shitty decision to chop the force. There is absolutely no certainty for anyone wanting to invest, players etc.

He was solid for the Rebels last year. Plus everyone forgets how young he is, he’d still make an u23 team

There was an article that suggested this was the case recently. I think it could be a good way to go, come to a figure that provides opportunity for both to thrive whereas also one that doesn’t make the network suffer if it’s performing badly.

Isn’t this a broadcasting thread? Therefore the figures don’t look promising for anyone wanting to pick up the rights. 13k if you put it behind a paywall (which is the most likely option at the moment) is single figures watching and not much uptake on subscriptions. QLD numbers would be even...

As I said in another post, their salary cap is US$350k (AU$506k), I just can’t see it for players of this level. Surely some European team would offer them more than they could earn in US. Maybe massive changes in the cap are going to happen over there?

I’m almost certain that RA has had to come in and pay an amount to satisfy the agreement because money wasn’t able to be found. Plus the product wasn’t very successful on tv. Unfortunately as a tv product Rugby is sick everywhere in this country. This from a recent smh article in March “Shute...

SMH saying Maddocks and Robertson potentially looking at the USA. I’ll believe it when I see it, their salary cap is US$350k (AU$506k) both these guys would be earning more than that combined now. Even if their salaries get cut in half, you’d think they’d earn considerably more here still.

It’s obviously a load of crap. Prob heard it in a tweet once and that was good enough for him. At an absolute minimum they would want QLD and NSW

Stop talking with sense :P