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Yes, The SMH article highlights this, those directly receiving those funds are the ones most likely to resist change.

Agree, we need a consensus as to what we want the future to look like, but we are paying big time for short term solutions. I will argue vehemently the short term cash grab has led to much of this mish,mash we have now. We have concentrated so much on presenting more & more content to create...

One of the issues is the complete mish,mash of product that is presented to rugby fans over the season. From February to December there are so many multiple layers of competitions/games that especially for the casual fan, any pro-longed engagement is hard to garner. Problem is how do you...

The problem lies in them cherry picking any solutions provided and what parameters are that company given, often to ensure recommendations given are what the RA want to hear. and will we ever get to see that report. The problems with the game here are now widely known and accepted, you don't...

I agree Super rugby has to end, it will simply drag the game to oblivion if it continues. The question is what can we replace it with, firstly I think we have to accept the financial reality that comes with it. The Wallabies will have to be picked from overseas, we will never be able to...

I honestly don't believe that those in charge don't have the interests of rugby at heart, but I think the top down set up of the game here ultimately prevents any genuine change from occurring. The very nature of trickle down economics is the problem. The biggest issue to me is the lack of cut...

It is remarkably easy to write stuff like that, Growden did it all the time. Nobody is willing to explore the real issues. Just send some reporters out into the field and ask the public at large what they know, or think, about rugby. In all seriousness, Wamberal what do you think are some of...

"The amount given to ‘‘Community Rugby’’ was $3.7 million" This was from the RA report. The whole point is without accepting that you have a problem, how can you start fixing it. We have spent a massive amount of money on rugby in this country and what has been the return. I lived in Melbourne...

If grassroots spending is $3.7 million and Folau/Coopers salary combined $1.6 million would it not be close to a %50 rise. Whatever way you do the figures, it highlights just how broke the whole thing is

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/rugby-australia-as-top-heavy-as-they-come-and-the-gamble-is-falling-flat-20180413-p4z9es.html It is a depressing article one that highlights to me that ultimately without the whole thing collapsing or some sort of revolution happens, nothing is going to...

Well I wonder after Fox have paid for the cricket & AFL/NRL will they be so willing to throw coin at there old friend rugby union. I remember in the early days Union was Pay TV's baby, beginning to look a lot more like that odd cousin you don't want to admit knowing anymore...

I agree with this, the perception so often forwarded is that without Super rugby, there can never be any other possible option moving forward that is professional, its either Super Rugby or we rank amateurs.

I agree, however that revenue the Wallabies produce is on a slow spiral downwards, as the game becomes more irrelevant on the domestic front and there are less people to ultimately support the Wallabies. Have we really created more revenue or added value, or have we just added more and more...

Well then, maybe it doesn't but you would finally be using a model that is universally accepted world wide as the most successful way to operate a sporting code competition, sort of take your pick.

Well at least we won't go bust, and maybe long term it will help us get away from the never ending thinking that somehow having some foreign entity forever paying for our rugby is the way forward

The 40% decline in memberships since 2015, declining walk up crowds, comments on the Brumbies face book page expressing discontent at the teams performance and at the inabilities of the coaching team. Similar comments and commentary on GAGR, and in other forums from both supporters of the...

With this 4 year cycle of world cups, the question can be asked who will remain after Japan next year, Folau,Genia,Pocock & co they will all be gone (Folau maybe earlier), my point is what chance of a Wallaby resurgence after next year, so we sign up for another Super rugby cycle with declining...

half, Only quickly looked over your proposals but it is similar to what many of us propose. One important understanding must be accepted for anything to happen. We cannot compete with overseas wages, an acceptance that a majority of top tier players will play overseas. That Wallabies from...

Clyne didn't need the money as Chairman, and by all accounts, has donated his earnings back to Rugby. Is this true, the bloke gets a hard enough time as is, and I personally think he should step aside for the game to move forward, but if he is donating his pay back to the game it should be noted.

So a bit confused, this is operating costs? so in 2014 per team $4.053m to 2017 $12.169M that seems extreme if you look from 2015 that's 200% in two years. This is monies put in by RA, so would some of that increase be due to the franchises not generating there own money ie: ticket...