Australian Rugby Union (ARU) - Positivity Thread
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If you want to boil it down further,
Australian teams have 85 competition points from 32 matches.
NZ teams have 80 points from 32 matches.
South African teams have 70 points from 34 matches.
WorkingClassRugger
Michael Lynagh (62)
Pfitzy
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Can I just pull everyone up for a minute and say: I like this Pulver bloke. He's not afraid to piss a few people off (my favourite personality trait in anyone) and tell it like it is, rather than sticking his head in the fucking sand while ski-poling the Old Boys Club.
Now rather than being pricks about it, we should all jump back on board the rugby train and get ready to win RWC2015.
Now rather than being pricks about it, we should all jump back on board the rugby train and get ready to win RWC2015.
Pfitzy
Nathan Sharpe (72)
wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
On paper at the moment. Let's check again when all our teams have been to Efrica and New Zealand.
I suspect that our conference teams might have played a higher proportion of their games at home than either of the other two? Are there any statisticians in the house?
boyo
Mark Ella (57)
Armidale the mecca for rugby colts
http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/2205549/armidale-the-mecca-for-rugby-colts/?cs=160
http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/2205549/armidale-the-mecca-for-rugby-colts/?cs=160
Pfitzy
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
Well done ARU for having the Australian 7s players at the first round of the IPSHA 7s today. The players were great, plenty of autographs and photos and just having a chat to the kids.
wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
Arguably the most important single decision a Soup CEO can make would be the choice of a Head Coach. Richard Graham might be a good coach, I honestly don't know.
But does Jim Carmichael know enough about rugby to have an informed opinion, one way or the other? If and when Graham moves on, does Carmichael know enough about the game to be able to find and recruit the best possible coach for the Reds?
I don't think it would be left up to Jim. He'd rely heavily on his current Chairman Rod McCall and possibly a few others on the Board such as Mark Connors, possibly Damian Frawley.
Jim would be involved for sure, covering off on fit within the organisation, buy-in of the strategic vision etc.
Jim would be involved for sure, covering off on fit within the organisation, buy-in of the strategic vision etc.
wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
I would not like to be CEO of a sporting organisation and find myself in a situation where the biggest and most important corporate decision (strategically as well as operationally, incidentally) is beyond my competence to make.
Choosing and recuiting a Head Coach is a hugely important issue, I would have thought, it should be one that the CEO is fully capable of handling, yes, with input from the experts. But if coaching is a black box to the CEO (beyond his ability to comprehend and manage), he is up against it, IMHO.
Put yourself in the situation of being CEO of an AFL club. Could you recruit a coach? Unless you know a lot about the sport, you would be putting a decision that vitally affects your ability to deliver the goods in other people's hands, totally.
It's okay when things are going well. But when things start to get a bit sour, that's when the rubber hits the road, and an in-depth knowledge of the game and the people who are successful at playing and coaching on and off the field becomes crucial.
Choosing and recuiting a Head Coach is a hugely important issue, I would have thought, it should be one that the CEO is fully capable of handling, yes, with input from the experts. But if coaching is a black box to the CEO (beyond his ability to comprehend and manage), he is up against it, IMHO.
Put yourself in the situation of being CEO of an AFL club. Could you recruit a coach? Unless you know a lot about the sport, you would be putting a decision that vitally affects your ability to deliver the goods in other people's hands, totally.
It's okay when things are going well. But when things start to get a bit sour, that's when the rubber hits the road, and an in-depth knowledge of the game and the people who are successful at playing and coaching on and off the field becomes crucial.
I would have thought the CEO would be the driving force behind the search for a new coach, but the board would ultimately make the final decision (with the input of the CEO).
The CEO is there primarily to run a business.
The board is there to oversee everything, particularly the interaction between the running of the business and the sporting team.
The CEO is there primarily to run a business.
The board is there to oversee everything, particularly the interaction between the running of the business and the sporting team.
boyo
Mark Ella (57)
Wallabies can win 'every single game' before Rugby World Cup
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/may/07/wallabies-rugby-world-cup-2015
"It's 500 days until the Rugby World Cup and the ARU chief executive, Bill Pulver, believes the Wallabies are capable of winning all 19 Test matches between now and then."
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/may/07/wallabies-rugby-world-cup-2015
"It's 500 days until the Rugby World Cup and the ARU chief executive, Bill Pulver, believes the Wallabies are capable of winning all 19 Test matches between now and then."
What do we reckon of this guys?
Obviously this is larger than a tv ad, but I assume they will cut it down somehow for tv, but its the best the ARU have done for a while and I love the theme etc.
Although, I must admit I do prefer the Peter Fenton poem, The Spirit of the Wallabies.
Obviously this is larger than a tv ad, but I assume they will cut it down somehow for tv, but its the best the ARU have done for a while and I love the theme etc.
Although, I must admit I do prefer the Peter Fenton poem, The Spirit of the Wallabies.
p.Tah
John Thornett (49)
Apparently there will be a series of four Wallabies ads:
-ode to the Wallabies (Which Reg posted)
- in a barber shop
- in a police station
- at customs
http://mumbrella.com.au/australian-rugby-union-reveals-new-campaign-platform-225722
-ode to the Wallabies (Which Reg posted)
- in a barber shop
- in a police station
- at customs
http://mumbrella.com.au/australian-rugby-union-reveals-new-campaign-platform-225722
mst
Peter Johnson (47)
Not trying to upset people but an extract from my previous post in the "How to promote the game" thread:
The Ode idea has been done by the NRL. Its called Ode to Mungo ball by Thomas Keneally. NRL's 1999 marketing campaign - also their least successful marketing campaign in recent history.
See paragraph 14 of link below: Kicking off the 1999 NRL season with a poem by a famous author and some moody shots probably sounded like a good idea to someone in the NRL marketing department, but it failed to translate in any way as a marketing campaign and is used as an example of marketing failure in sport.
http://www.leaguefreak.com/league-f...op-rugby-league-marketing-campaigns-may-2013/
I have just seen Hooper getting a blow-wave. I have never seen anyone get a blow-wave at a barbers!
I can imagine that over at NRL headquarters they must be totally confused as they spend mega dollars trying to make sure that the last thing they want linked or associated with any FOOTY player is the Police, funny or not. Yet what are the ARU doing?
Can I suggest that the ARU skip the hair and make up and just jump straight to this as the song is great and its a slightly better option that having a bunch of Wallaby player posing in speedo's in a hot tub full of men!
I am so lost with the ARU marketing!
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