Australian Rugby / RA
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Kenny Powers
Ron Walden (29)
I guess the Australian Financial Review is delivering the outcome for me.
Given Stan and the Australian Financial Review are part of the same company you post has aged well.
LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
The AFR and every other outlet have been taking shots at McLennan over the situation for days if not weeks - your opinion isn't exactly as unique as your method of delivery.
Bullrush
Geoff Shaw (53)
Mrs McLennan only confirms that firing Rennie was a terrible move by her husband.
Rennie has been mocked for a ‘kumbaya’ culture but apparently 2 wins out of 9 and getting knocked out in the pools stages of the RWC with record losses builds a ‘winning spirit’.
And blaming the players…many of the same players Rennie had to choose from who just struggled with the more elite concepts he was trying to introduce and implement. Those same players?
Lucinda - yo man done fxked up.
Rennie has been mocked for a ‘kumbaya’ culture but apparently 2 wins out of 9 and getting knocked out in the pools stages of the RWC with record losses builds a ‘winning spirit’.
And blaming the players…many of the same players Rennie had to choose from who just struggled with the more elite concepts he was trying to introduce and implement. Those same players?
Lucinda - yo man done fxked up.
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Adam84
Rod McCall (65)
i wonder if your letter to Stan triggered a response from Nine who subsequently had AFR write that article
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Rear Window was (maybe still is) one of the best things in Australian journalism. The skewering of pompous and self-important public figures in this country was relentless and right over the target.
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Yep, he looks like a goose. And that's to say nothing of his involvement with Magellan, another failed enterprise (it's personal for me, I have some of my super invested with them!)
mst
Peter Johnson (47)
Some are in the In the carpark waiting for the new coaching selection panel to find them, the others are locking in votes for their run at seat on the board if they miss out on the Chairman's job.
Bar is set pretty low for all postions!
The Great Dissenter
Frank Nicholson (4)
TEN; MFG; and now RA. Consistent themes across all three organisations and yet the offers / roles will keep coming. What an easy ride it would be to be a part of the Club.
Dan54
David Wilson (68)
To be honest, I think perhaps in Aus there may of been hurt in his reputation, only in his press releases was he ever a destroyer of NZR and NRL, I copped a fair bit of shit for saying he was a liar etc right from start, I said then I could understand why he did it, was going for the plucky underdog fighting for Aussie rugby, but was all smoke and mirrors. He wanted to be the mouthpiece for RA which your chairman shouldn't really be, makes it too hard for the CEO etc to actually do much work if he doesn't know what chairman is going to utter next.
Ok I not in Aus anymore, but have feeling that Waugh (or board) have told him to rein it in, and the CEO will front the press more?
As I said I not there, but impression I getting is it sounds better coming from Waugh, maybe not agreeing with everything he says, but sounds like brain is engaged before mouth opens.
sunnyboys
Bob Loudon (25)
so its been reporting the review into the dumpster fire RWC performance will be run by Andrew Slack, Justin Harrison and Darlene Harrison (industry expert).
how does RUPA get to run this?? i thought it was meant to be an independent report.
governance RA style. what a crock.
how does RUPA get to run this?? i thought it was meant to be an independent report.
governance RA style. what a crock.
LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
It's understandable that RUPA would have representation on the panel. There's no indication that Harrison is overseeing proceedings from what I've read.
Darlene Harrison's CV is quite impressive - seems a great person to have onboard. I'm unsure what Andrew Slack brings to the table, over and above his playing and coaching experience.
Full details for anyone interested:
Rugby Australia announces details of Wallabies review
wallabies.rugby
To ensure that in no way, shape or form do the players get any blame for not taking ownership of their own abhorrent lack of skills.
Be pretty funny if that was the major finding. Should have won more games. Just been better, made less mistakes. Scored more tries.
Sir Arthur Higgins
Dick Tooth (41)
Honestly at least Justin played in the professional era and won things.
I’m pretty tired of tapping into these 60+ year olds who played in the amateur era when the game looked nothing like it does today. Maybe slack has experience that I’m missing but I just don’t think wins from 84-87 are overly relevant to today. How’s he meant to review training programs he’s never done or seen
Aussie rugbys penchant to harp on about these guys from the 80s is part of why we don’t progress imho
I’m pretty tired of tapping into these 60+ year olds who played in the amateur era when the game looked nothing like it does today. Maybe slack has experience that I’m missing but I just don’t think wins from 84-87 are overly relevant to today. How’s he meant to review training programs he’s never done or seen
Aussie rugbys penchant to harp on about these guys from the 80s is part of why we don’t progress imho
Sir Arthur Higgins
Dick Tooth (41)
It is like reviewing an NFL teams season and I tap into a 60 year old former national HS champion
Slim 293
Stirling Mortlock (74)
I'm sure there's already a generation of rugby supporters who don't know, or care, about the culture of Randwick in the 80's...
The Ghost of Raelene
Simon Poidevin (60)
That's why the inclusion of Darlene Harrison is a good move. We need the views and judgement of people that have been apart of successful sporting endeavours outside of Rugby. Wish it was three people like that with a Rugby liason for lack of a better term to explain any intricacies.