The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
I'm starting to come to the same view. The Wallabies are still our premium product and if we can't select our best players we can't perform at our best.
Australian Rugby / RA
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I'm starting to come to the same view. The Wallabies are still our premium product and if we can't select our best players we can't perform at our best.
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John Solomon (38)
I still think it’s short sighted and sugar hit. Eventually any player of any ability will head overseas and the local product will be worthless.
All this does is mean that there’s even less eyeballs on rugby, and eventually an even smaller player pool and more importantly casual market.
The Australian public loves local successful teams with superstars- think Izzy, Quade Cooper and Will Genia and co.
The Ghost of Raelene
Simon Poidevin (60)
These are horrid. It's Circular Quay tourist trap merch in look.New RMWilliam collab. $169 jerseys.
Where are the historians, what's the significance of the chevron in the jersey design, obviously NRL have adopted it as key aspect of their logo so i'm just wondering whether it's a shared history from the time the codes split?
Probably sell out somehow but farking hell.
SouthernX
John Thornett (49)
lol does look like tourist merchandise
got a “classic wallabies” feel too it
Goosestep
Jim Clark (26)
Meh the brown and blue look alright … green and gold one is worst, ill give u that , looks a bit cheap, colour blocking is weird … maybe irl it would look bettter ? idk
LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
*Queensland rage intensifies*
Goosestep
Jim Clark (26)
It’s maroon ? … my apologies, must be going colour blind
LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
It does look a bit brown in some of the imagery (more so on one of my screens than the other), but officially listed on their website as maroon
Doritos Day
Johnnie Wallace (23)
The local product is already worthless.
Aside from the Reds completely collapsing there is no element of the competition that from a $ perspective could get any worse
Marce
John Hipwell (52)
According Agustin Pichot, Phil Waugh told him that RA owes 60 million (I don't know if is Aussie or American dollars)
He also said that the strongest Unions nowadays are England and France in NH and NZ and SA in SH. Australia is a weak partnetr due to their debts and is tied hand and foot. For that reason NZ and SA dared to create their own tours without Australia
He also said that the strongest Unions nowadays are England and France in NH and NZ and SA in SH. Australia is a weak partnetr due to their debts and is tied hand and foot. For that reason NZ and SA dared to create their own tours without Australia
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Tomthumb
Chilla Wilson (44)
Yes, but the goal should be to try and improve the local product
Dan54
David Wilson (68)
Where did you hear that Marce. 60 Mill seems an awful lot of debt doesn't it?
Strewthcobber
Simon Poidevin (60)
RA declared $89 million of liabilities in the annual report last year.
Meaningless unless you understand how that's made up and include assets balancing out etc
Meaningless unless you understand how that's made up and include assets balancing out etc
Marce
John Hipwell (52)
In an recent Agustin Pichot's interview. The podcast is in Spotify but is in Spanish
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Marce
John Hipwell (52)
American or Aussie dollars? Cause AU$ 89m are US 59.18m...
LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
I mean, I don't speak Spanish so can't comment on the context, but I wouldn't think Waugh would be speaking in USD. So unless Pichot's done the conversion, if he's saying 'Waugh told me $60m', you'd assume it's AUD.
Srgnt Short Ball
Chris McKivat (8)
It is sad to see us slowly fading out of the company of the greatest rugby countries in the world.