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Simon Poidevin (60)
I'd say the 100+ NZ rugby players in Japan show that isn't universally true
Australian Rugby / RA
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Chilla Wilson (44)
Unless any offer from overseas comes. I guess the need for a support system wanes with a few extra dollars in the bank account
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
Lynagh's value isn't necessarily highlight reel stuff, a lot of it is good tactical kicking and match control. That said slotting the winning penalty from 50 out is highlight reel worthy in my book.
Either way the work the Reds have been doing on socials this year is significantly better than what has been coming out of rugby in Australia in recent years, if anything it's closer to the solution than it is the problem. They're starting to really focus on the characters in the game and put them forward, particularly with guys like Toomaga-Allen and riding the Junkyard Dog wave. That's the path forward.
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Phil Kearns (64)
Is it that hard to understand that players at a club that has just collapsed after financial mismanagement are holding out to go to one of the teams who are relatively stable on and off the field and investing in their player development outside the season?
Why after all they've been through would they want to go to a side with no money, no coach and no plan, where senior players are bailing and trying to get out of their contracts and there has been no investment in developing players outside the super rugby season?
Right now those players hold all the cards, their salaries are assured and they can wait it out while their agents shop them around overseas. Even if they really do want to be playing super rugby next year over club there's no point taking a contract at the tahs until they can put forward a compelling case, those squad spots aren't exactly filling up until the DoR and head coach are in place, and even then recruitment is going to be an uphill battle.
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Steve Williams (59)
Uh oh. We're all wrong then
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Herbert Moran (7)
Not if they expand the competition to full (or close to it) home-and-away. Same number of games, spread over more weeks (ie, more subscriptions).
Also more home games (at least two, maybe three) for the clubs, so more membership/ticketing revenue. Well, at least for the Reds. Brumbies struggled to pull more than 9000 for a home quarter final, let alone a round game. If the Reds had made it that would have gone near 40,000. (Which is more to do with the fact that Canberra needs a CBD stadium than anything else, to be honest).
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Herbert Moran (7)
Quade is a fast becoming the new Campo.
Someone who was once erratically good, but has shit on the liver and a fervent need to tell everyone about the slights he felt were given to him.
LevitatingSocks
Alfred Walker (16)
On the contrary, it was a thoughtful interview with heaps of constructive ideas.
Worth a listen even if you don't care for him as a person.
Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
It's a Tom Wright run from fullback linking with Corey Toole on the wing and Charlie Cale and Nick Frost looming up in support.
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Rod McCall (65)
My version of events goes back a few years now, around 2014 I was housemates with a Channel 9 sports reporter, this is when Waratahs in Sydney still warranted a headline; I asked why she didn't cover rugby union more often, and basically, she said teams like the Waratahs/RA were painful to work with as they(journalists) would be restricted from training, limited to the players they could interview and provided limited access to capture good content during media sessions. In contrast, NRL teams at the time had an open-door policy for journalists, were invited into changerooms, given informal access, etc.
So naturally, they went to NRL teams for content for the weekly news.
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Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
Why would you want to go to the Tahs?
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Chilla Wilson (44)
Because it’s one of only 4 pro teams in the country that also give you the opportunity to play for your Nation
Why did anyone want to go the Rebels?
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Geoff Shaw (53)
Because it's the best city in the country to live
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Frank Nicholson (4)
The instability with local teams is concerning, don't want to see burgeoning talent going elsewhere because of it.
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Greg Davis (50)
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Frank Nicholson (4)
Likely more a factor of cost of living, and remember they enjoy playing there enough to choose that rather than just playing in Brisbane.
Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
The Tahs are the definition of basket case right now. You’d avoid them like the plague
Wallaby Man
Nev Cottrell (35)
Because the contracts are guaranteed under RA agreement with RUPA, it nullifies the argument that RA had their hands tied and couldn’t negotiate earlier with players. They are the arbiters of the rules (salary cap, etc) it’s only there because they say so. They easily could have war gamed this much earlier but have completely fluffed this whole thing. The current admin is frugal (which might not be the worst thing) but so was Hamish originally when he cut tens of millions off RA admin during Covid to keep us afloat and reducing grants. The first 6 months of this admin is looking worse than the first 6 months of his. All this to me points to it been a governance issue or structure than the individuals, they can’t all be this incompetent one after another (Pulver, Castle, Hamish, now this lot)
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Chilla Wilson (44)
Haha c'mon, now you're just being bitter