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You are forgetting that they need Foxtel this year still. Currently they aren’t receiving a cent from them. When the season can get back up and running they will need some sort of relationship to recoup some of that money until years end. There is also the possibility they need them for the next...

Spot on. I’m happy to support someone if they can show a clear and obvious plan with identification of issues, why they are an issue and how it will be fixed.

If listening to the podcast from the Force guys (rugby wrap I think) last week with NFJ is anything to go by, I don’t think there is any clear plan outside generating greater influence for ‘club rugby’ and a return to traditional pathways. The Force guys did quite well with the interview but NFJ...

Yep

Rebels chairman also commented that the club was in favor of change going forward. I know they have been quite vocal to RA behind closed doors in the past about providing clubs with more games and content to engage fans. They were rather upfront in the past 12 months about reduction of games...

It’s a little blurry but this was on the Rebels hook up this morning with members. They said these were the 3 options been looked at with tweaking needed depending on the situation.

You can’t own RA. Best newscorp could do is own an asset something like a league, which is essentially what they tried to do under the guise of Super League back in the 90s with RL. That would no doubt bring about great influence

100% agree professionalism will always be around in Aus. It might be less fruitful than it is now but the Wallabies generate enough money and there is enough demand to guarantee this.

Then if you read the SMH is says she hasn’t received a cent and is not expecting any in the current climate. Pulver also received a $500k bonus in the final year of his contract, which Castle is in the same year.

The article states RA were a matter of weeks away from signing with Optus on an improved deal. That would of changed everything in the public discussion. That’s obviously if the article was correct, who knows these days

This interesting bit came out today in an article from SMH blasting the NRL and Fox on their treatment of the game and rhetoric over the past few weeks. Everyone has missed it because it’s in an NRL article. Later in the article they outline Fox treatment to Castle. States RA was a week away...

https://amp.rugbypass.com/news/the-future-of-rugby-australia-u23/?__twitter_impression=true https://amp.rugbypass.com/news/the-top-50-u20-rugby-players-in-the-world/?__twitter_impression=true Worth a read, clearly shows all isn’t doom and gloom also nice to see a different perspective away...

SMH reporting that Sunwolves could come in to make 6 teams if a comp gets up and running. Also given there isn’t going to be any crowds. What would people think about mid week footy. Considering if we are up and running at some stage in the coming months, it’d be safe to say so would the NRL...

I get where you are coming from here. Football wise it would make sense. However the game needs cash flow now, so playing asap is the priority. It also means clubs can start generating some sponsorship revenue that has dried up.

I couldn’t care less if the right person has a rugby pedigree or not. I also don’t think success in business is a great indicator as sport is a little different. David Stern or Howard Silver (both NBA) never bounced a ball at any level of basketball. Gill McLaughlan never played in the AFL or...

There is no way the 4 clubs that don’t make the next phase could survive on 5 home games a year. Clubs have already made that known about next years reduction to 6. You’d end up with every decent player moving to the 2 clubs that make the finals every year and create a monopoly in each league...

The group that appears to be making a play for power, their greatest flaw isn’t their credentials or experience, it’s been their inability to display that they can separate their biases aside from what’s in the interest of all rugby fans in Australia. They need to show they are willing to make...

Even the most staunch supporters of the old boys networks are starting to think they are living on another planet.

I was saving my one unwatched Aussie game of the year (Force vs Valke) until I needed a hit of rugby. It came last night lol. I knew the result prior but was interested to see some young Aussie talent running around. Byron Ralston was great, looks to have put on some size in the off season...

Pretty solid statement from my perspective. Only rules I think need to be looked at are the amount of time it takes for set piece to be completed and the rolling maul. Scrums just take too long to get set and mauls are allowed too much time to be set and momentum to be built going forward. The...