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IMHO, Ikitau is a waste at 13. You should always play the players where you get the best from them.

Because their management is a key contributing factor for the debt. It would be reasonable expect they would be aware of the risks and revenue shortfall, and also be are of the financial position of RA and the other teams. To claim they could not see the risks is naïve.

To what end? How does it help the game in general? It may not be an ideal situation, not great for the game, but if successful with the damage to the game and future of rugby be worth it? In some respects I would be tempted to do a part settlement and give the Rebels Directors what they want...

Thats a big assumption. They had a team in Melb for years that struggled to draw home and away and the penny never dropped!

Not as much as people would assume. It why the ACT has been pushed back in to the name. Trials etc outside of CBR might get decent attendance, but it's at the expense of the CBR supporters. 7 games is already too few to get significant supporter investment. So small things like trials are...

Especially considered by many to allegedly be in the true centre of Rugby in Australia.

Fixed. Remove RA and I would bet you will get some uptake. They are the issue and what is keeping investors and sponsors away from Rugby below the Wallabies.

nekminit...belike, didn't we try this Shute to Super Rugby before with Darren up the road? Yeah, Bro, worked out a treat didn't it. Shute guys are all like ripe of the tree eh! Self proclaimed best apple in their own special barrel. ;)

That depends on format but BBL is not the little thing on the side. Foxtel said its average audience across Foxtel and Kayo for Test cricket was 306,000 while its average audience for Big Bash games was 235,000. https://www.footyindustry.com/2024/02/09/state-of-the-game-australian-cricket/

^^^^ I love that picking a team is such an issue in Rugby. Always the big things! Country, city, this side of a River or that side, this school, that school, local club etc....sounds like you need a fricken survey from the old Dolly magazine - How to avoid picking the wrong team - 10 tips to...

That maybe the shift in thinking that Rugby needs to do to survive. Aside from the AFL and NRL, all the others have national teams but without the compromising heir domestic competitions like rugby does. Just look at the Top 14 or other European competitions or even the Japanese competitions...

Possibly. But how do you disconnect RA and NZRU from it and remove their influence? In Europe they can have squads with international players etc. SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) is heavily restricted to suit the objectives of the Wallabies and All blacks which IMHO what is dragging it down. I believe we took a step...

I love the way rugby in Australia is still yet to come to the realisation that no matter what you do with the deckchairs, it won't stop the ship sinking. We have moved them so many times. The issue is far more structural; the current vessel is crippled and can't be recovered. Every piece of...

No, BR is correct. Brumbies showed that the Blues may not be as formidable as they seem once it becomes a genuine competition. They were looking stressed and the Brumbies playing poorly kept it on par for 50mins. I would not be convinced if I were a Blues fan. The composure being lost in parts...

We may lack the brawn, but we also lack the brains. Look back at the try that was started by Naoh going wide to Muirhead etc. Blues were all so bunched they were standing on each others toes. So instead of going around them we were stupid enough to play the Blues forwards game. We just need to...

Proof- Um, the metrics that showed a +20% uptake for Super AU? Post COVID - in general most broadcasts have fallen back with some. Its what happened when we could all go out again. Look at Netflix, Apple TV, Paramount just to name a few as examples that have had to cut content as people were...

^^^^ The key metric that really suggested that change was possible was the ratings for SRAU v Super Rugby with SRAU up +20%. This may have fallen back post COVID but it shows there is market for a domestic comp and we would be starting on an equal if not better footing. Sponsorship may be improved by a...

Don't be sorry. It will never happen. NSW can't support one team let alone two. The Shute / NSWRU/ RA civil war would need to happen before a Super Rugby team was allowed anywhere near Sydney. RA wont want to funding and running two teams. Brumbies won't get enough support in western Sydney without...

Atmosphere is so overrated! Raiders fans are also uncouth and unkultruled unlike our privately educated peoples. We prefer the golf clap, quiet music and dislike change. We don't want that entertaining drivel like league as it attracts lots of outsiders. :eek:o_O I also suggest that union does...

Poor crowds possibly depending on how you want to argue the metrics. But we seem to be holding a crowd base of 8-9K over the last few years with a slight increase each year. Noting the shit competition, on going issues with RA, shite stadium, cost of living etc, to be holding steady is not bad...