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Excellent post. Sadly this is the exact scenario that is playing out, due to the reliance and importance placed on test rugby here, the RA will shift the deckchairs even as the ship goes down. The tipping point will be when ultimately support for the game here declines that much that revenue...

I agree with this, Parkes angle is to ultimately hang onto whatever structures enables the status quo, yet admitting the ship is slowly sinking. he is prepared to sacrifice anything to ensure test rugby remains the pinnacle. Even his observations that somehow Rugby internationals have more...

Geoff Parkes has a pretty good book out regards rugby and his article are well written, however he is a staunch RA supporter and Super rugby proponent, so just a small grain of salt is advised

It amazes me how unless a team is 10,000 KLM's away it is somehow not looked upon as a possible opponent. Why is a domestic league which is used in 99% of the worlds successful sporting competitions never considered the preferred option with Rugby here.

"don't waste our time with" is the one thing we need to stick with. Rugby is in its present position because of all those compromises it has accepted over the last 20 years. We haven't been supported, Did anyone think that was just free money, you get nothing for free. That wasn't support, it...

It is over. Just depends on whether the RA sign up to more Super rugby that will actually bury it.

My issue with the response, was that it highlighted just what little options they have. Yes she spoke regards Schools & sevens, but in reality not much more than a PR response with very little substance. The issue is Jones highlighted a 10 point plan, and agreed its easy to sit back and...

He'd be perfect for a spot on the RA board then.

He colors a few facts Jones, but this week he has got a reply from RA CEO Castle, which is classic PR CRAP.. But without Jones we wouldn't have even have got that. I say good on him, we need more people challenging the status quo. because it is quite clear that unless forced nothing is going...

Not so much a criticism, as a continuation of a current problem, so much content but no clear product. If you look at NRL/AFL they are pitching a single competition as there product, were throwing at them 5/6 different competitions and then wondering why theirs a lack of fan engagement.

I find it kinda sad actually because I completely agree, unless Twiggy ball leads to genuine change. Then I see absolutely nothing happening. The RA are pretty much backed into a corner, they have no money and no bargaining power, so they are going to have to take whatever is offered re Super...

That's just 9 months away, but are you hinting that there maybe a possible connection between WSR and the NRC

I think this is one of the biggest issues we have, so much rugby from Feb-Nov. Yet hardly any content. We can hardly compete against AFL/NRL when half the time we don't have anything to compete with, and like you say come July we pretty much have just half/dozen tests. Without a genuine...

No its called a hangover, but its amazing what you can achieve sober

Yes they can, if they pull out of Super rugby then NZ & Aus will need that test revenue equally if not more. The whole set up is an absolute cluster fuck and needs to be confined to the garbage bin.

The problem with Super rugby is the whole structure and selfish nature of the Unions prevents this sort of set up happening. They want the money from expansion, but not the responsibilities or sacrifice that comes with it. There is not enough money in the Pacific countries to fund this, you...

A perfect fit for Rugby's supporter base then, Male, Stale and old.

And just imagine if they had another team from NSW you could have rivalry, heaven forbid tribalism. Instead we travel half way round the world and play someone no one gives a shit about.

At this point, the former Brumbies coach does not even follow the top-flight XV competition. "I actually find it stale to be honest," he said. So great chance to attract the casual supporter then, when you can't even get an ex coach to watch.

You wonder exactly what those consultants have advised in the past to get us to where we are, or have they listened to there advise or what parameters are those new consultants working under. But if they still think another foreign market is going to somehow miraculously pay for our rugby, it...