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Or playing devils advocate, braced for the impending collision. If you look at the space between Higger's and the inside defender it looks like it was unlikely that Higger's could have missed colliding with both of them. Clearly arms as you can see by the picture. Not called, not reviewed...

You might want to take out the ref before me! :D

Tackled player is on the ground and Higger's is 2 players off the ruck with the inside defender already passed him and pulling up. Since when do defenders have to give way?

I have a feeling that this one may have been ready to go in the referees mind based on prior behaviours of the Reds if you have watched over the last few weeks. There is a trend that has crept (been coached and practised!) in to their game with of in tight running through next to the breakdown /...

Sorry. I stand corrected. It was the Bulls game with the mini crowd,

Interesting piece of information to consider from last night: Africa 1 (Strormers W6-L0) V Africa 2 (Lions W5-L1) conference leaders played last night (AKA the top 2 teams in SA atm) in front of......... ........reports are just over 5000 crowd!:eek:

Add it to the long list of ineptitude and cluelessness that is the Brumbies coaching, game-plan and sections in general. Last week was the demonstration that its not a player issue By his own admission he confirmed that the had let them loose for the first time in that second half. So its...

^^^^Mr 5 has missed one home game since he was born, Miss 7mths is yet to miss one. This family runs on a cruel selfish dictatorship ruled by rugby and selfish parents! Bribery and corruption has been a necessary part of this arrangement. ;)

Slim is spot on. If the Chef is shite all the best ingredients in the world will still only make a well presented but unpalatable gruel at best. The gap of the bench guys is the issue of coaches not giving players opportunities and with the NRC in its infancy unlike the ITM, blooding them is a...

the voting members comprise the state and territory rugby unions, the Super Rugby licensees and the Rugby Union Players Association. IMHO RUPA may be the key to all of this and the thorn in the ARU's side. I wonder if Cox and the Force can get on the same page (although I believe the...

The situation grew even murkier yesterday when club officials brought to light the section of the ARU constitution that governs who is entitled to vote as a member of the company and the procedure for expelling a member. Under section 3.2 (a) of the ARU constitution, the voting members comprise...

Stoff, you have been pushing your agenda with the misrepresentative numbers for awhile. So time to cut the BS. As reported: Brumbies received $5.775 million in funding from the ARU - the smallest amount of any team including the NSW Waratahs and Queensland Reds. The Force was given $7.357...

The fortuitous "blessing" that may come with the poor ratings may just be the thing that sways the ARU and SANZAAR decision. I really cant see the TV executives happily amending the TV deal proportionally if the ratings have crashed and the value dropped. They will want to cut it right back...

It's. Not. The. Coaches. FFS people - wake the fuck up! Nope, wrong. At best it 50% player but look at you reasoning and start considering the evidence. The Rebels look like they are lost because they are lost and defeated. Simply consider the psychology and emotions, let alone confidence...

Your post @1100 doesn't seem to be there. Anyway, most are aware of the financial dealings and that the ARU front-loaded the deal and part of the agreement with Cox was predicated on both parties being cognisant of the $3.5 the season prior the ARU tipped in to franchise which steadied the ship...

IMHO is the reason. If the rumours were true out of SA that cut SA franchises would be paid out by SANZAAR (at no cost to host unions) then the decision will be different to the rumour being circulated atm. "Stoff" was sorta on the right track in the Where to for Super Rugby thread with the fact that...

No! But if its him or McKellar, its only a hairs difference but I would take him (anyone) over McKellar. But alas, the more and less I hear about the "you come to us carpark search" the more I think it is Fait Accompli.

So the $5.1 is a conflated historical figure used for convenience of argument as all franchises will receive the equal amount of the "distribution". So the difference you claim seems to be very different according to my maths: $1.6 due the Rebels over the next few years compared to the $1.7...

The reality is it comes back to the quality of referee and their willingness to enforce the laws in a sensible way, rather than letting it all run and do mini coaching sessions in an attempt to fix it. IMHO we have moved away from the quality refereeing that enforces the laws while keeping...

Can I ask where the $5.1 million figure is from? Its actually interesting to see the financial reporting about the Rebels. So since 2011 reports have it costing (as in lost) about $15-20mil. Reports have the deficit as $8mil in the first two years, then the ARU stepped in and it cost them...