Australian Rugby / RA

[Derpus]

Federal Governments don't care about spending billions on wasted and pointless effort.

Look at nuclear subs and stage 3 tax cuts.

Tax cuts at an arbitrary point in time wouldn't be an issue if the 'progressive' taxation system was indexed.

 

[LeCheese]

I feel a politics thread coming on!

 

[Derpus]

Cyclo will pop up with a banhammer, never fear.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Thread now only needs slightly less than 4,000 posts to overtake The Thread That Would Not Die...

 

[Derpus]

would you like some pixels for your gif?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^ thanks for the offer but I think it being fuzzy & circular/ chasing its tail is a pretty good visual representation of 90% of the last few thousand posts...

 

[LeCheese]

^ thanks for the offer but I think it being fuzzy & circular/ chasing its tail is a pretty good visual representation of 90% of the last few thousand posts...

Certainly beats one of @Dismal Pillock's flow charts

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^ sacrilege! A @Dismal Pillock flowchart is generally way crisper even if everything ends up flowing into the "Fuck the Cantabs" box.

 

[Crashy]

Schmidt set to replace Jones as Wallabies coach

Joe Schmidt, the former Ireland coach and All Blacks assistant, is poised to become head coach of the Wallabies.

www.smh.com.au

 

[PhilClinton]

After the Nucifora announcement it seemed like all the chips were in for Schmidt, looks like it’ll be a winning hand.

 

[Ignoto]

Schmidt set to replace Jones as Wallabies coach

Joe Schmidt, the former Ireland coach and All Blacks assistant, is poised to become head coach of the Wallabies.

www.smh.com.au

Unreal if we land him. Wonder who he would want as assistants?

 

[cyclopath]

Cyclo will pop up with a banhammer, never fear.

I don't "pop" up, I descend like a malevolent fume.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

So we have a new chairman (not sure if temporary), new CEO, new high performance director (and consultant) and new Wallaby coach - all of them fine rugby men. No excuses now people, we have all the right people in the right jobs. Over to you...

 

[PhilClinton]

I believe Herbert as Chairman is permanent, it was acting Chairman the night of Hammer’s ousting but then voted on the following day.

 

[stillmissit]

wow its really sad.

Do you think if the time effort & money is invested back into this we get these comps back up again?

I don't know why they dont create a comp with the public schools and small private schools up the northern beaches.

I don't think so as most men have left teaching in the last 15 years. If it could be done it would take a lot of work by NSW rugby, and private industry with rugby connections, although a few of these I have met have been burnt by club and NSW by amateurism and lack of interest. A lot of goodwill has been lost. If you want to know a bit more PM me.

 

[Slim 293]

NSW cancelled his contract. You may remember around this time the media had made a big issue about broken necks and mothers and female teachers lost interest in rugby. The schools that played rugby normally had a male teacher who was interested and as they left so did the rugby.

Again, dem womens...

There's a concerning trend developing here.

 

[LeCheese]

I don't think so as most men have left teaching in the last 15 years. If it could be done it would take a lot of work by NSW rugby, and private industry with rugby connections, although a few of these I have met have been burnt by club and NSW by amateurism and lack of interest. A lot of goodwill has been lost. If you want to know a bit more PM me.

Last time you spruiked this I literally pulled out the stats which shows this not to be the case:

The demographic has only experienced a ~12% swing since the 80s. Irrespective of every other way to poke holes in that notion, it's unlikely it's made a difference.

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[Crashy]

wow its really sad.

Do you think if the time effort & money is invested back into this we get these comps back up again?

I don't know why they dont create a comp with the public schools and small private schools up the northern beaches.

There is a comp on the Northern Beaches - don't know what its like these days but its called the Peninsula Cup. St Paul, Mater Maria, St Lukes, Oxford Falls etc. ( I think).

 

[Derpus]

I don't "pop" up, I descend like a malevolent fume.

A descent or more of a permeation?

 

[KentwellCup>ShuteShield]

There is a comp on the Northern Beaches - don't know what its like these days but its called the Peninsula Cup. St Paul, Mater Maria, St Lukes, Oxford Falls etc. ( I think).

Yeah i've heard of it. Tried to look it up online but cant find much info on it recently.

NSWRugby need to be promoting and supporting it with resources.

Even small highlights packages online will increase exposure making more kids wants to play the game and it will help remove the elite private school stigma around the game.