Rob42
Nicholas Shehadie (39)
Standing up for Hamish. I salute you, man, that's a tough road.
Australian Rugby / RA
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LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
You reckon he'd be trying to pressure his mates into paying overs? On the contrary, I'm very glad he's not negotiating the next deal.
Considering the NewsCorp reporting (and lack thereof) surrounding rugby during McLennan's tenure, I'm not too sure he would've had much sway anyway...
SouthernX
John Thornett (49)
it really shows how pathetic our current leadership is at RA that I am defending captains call
Slim 293
Stirling Mortlock (74)
No, you've been delivering some wild comments today...
SouthernX
John Thornett (49)
I’m not some wallabies simp fan who gets all nostalgic feels about former wallabies in the top job.
I’d rather a person with the proper business acumen who will deliver us the results regardless of if they are a top bloke (or top gal)
What was it that McLennan did exactly that you are supportive of?
LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
McLennan - famously delivering results for RA
Slim 293
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Probably not the guy who tanked the Wallabies' world cup campaign, overspent RA's finances without any oversight and tried to go to war with the Super Rugby clubs...
It takes the proper business acumen to understand that if you flog the company credit card on the way out the door it's the other stakeholders that have to pay the bill.
SouthernX
John Thornett (49)
McLennan got us a monetary gift for the tv rights for the World Cup.
RWC sold us out and sold the rights to channel 9 for 2027 while RA has been trying to negotiate our next tv deal.
surely you see this as a good thing McLennan did?
John S
Peter Fenwicke (45)
And tried to go to war with the NRL to boot
Slim 293
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Isn't that monetary gift, also negotiated by Marinos which had nothing to do with TV rights, going to be swallowed up by the loan he took out?
The RWC broadcast rights are not ours to sell...
SouthernX
John Thornett (49)
I think the issue with RWC was it would be better for RA to negotiate their deal first with stakeholders such as channel 9, Fox and Amazon etc and then IRB would follow suit with their tendering of broadcast rights.
Now that channel 9 scored rugbys pinnacle tournament - why would the other bidders be interested in tendering on RA broadcast deal if they don’t have access to RWC
The RWC is a joint venture between the local union and World Rugby. There is a payment negotiated as part of that.
It's not a monetary gift. It's literally how the home nation makes money out of the RWC.
The previous model whereby the host nation pays a fee to World Rugby to host the cup and in return keeps the ticketing revenue has ended. Attributing this as some sort of incredible deal McLennan did is ridiculous.
SouthernX
John Thornett (49)
one of Australia’s most respected rugby journalist would disagree braveheart
Strewthcobber
Simon Poidevin (60)
Presumably, you would be just as happy if a Force player broke his contract and moved to NSW with RA's blessing?
That assumes that if McLennan was not there, and somebody else was in the role, that we would have received much less in the deal. Speculation is easy.
"The 2023 Rugby World Cup in France is the last under the old World Rugby model, where the host paid a fee and kept all ticketing revenue. For 2027, Rugby Australia has struck a revenue share agreement as a minority partner in a joint venture hosting deal with World Rugby. The amount and/or percentage has not been disclosed but RA chairman Hamish McLennan has previously targeted a $100 million windfall."
www.smh.com.au
This is from July 2023.
Wallabies legend Phil Kearns takes leading role for 2027 Rugby World Cup
Former Wallabies captain Phil Kearns has a new role for the 2027 Rugby World Cup – and it includes deciding which city should host the final.
This is from July 2023.
Yoda
Cyril Towers (30)
You are missing the point.The Force are short. The Tahs are top heavy. And there’s this thing called CENTRALISATION…where the talent is supposed to be spread out… and Pietsch isn’t being told… he actually wants to go. Got it?
Strewthcobber
Simon Poidevin (60)
The Force haven't signed on for centralisation, and the Waratahs, with whom Pietsch actually has a contract, don't want him to leave (presumably).
Until the Force hand over the keys, RA won't, and shouldn't, facilitate Super Rugby teams poaching of each others in-contract players. That way lies madness