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'Future of Rugby' Announcement in Sydney today

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Bill McLean (32)
Must have been a slow news day. Sydney usually has two Tests every year, a Tri Nations game and an inbound Test. So the inbound Test will be played at the SFS. Great to have a Test at the SFS, even better if they play on a Sunday afternoon.
 
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Greg Davis (50)
ChargerWA said:
For an announcement billed as "The future of Test Rugby", it is fairly insulting to anyone who isn't NSW. Two tests in Sydney each year, if we are lucky over here in WA we might get to see the Wallabies play Japan in 2018.
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except it was billed as "future of rugby in sydney" but i guess then you cant be as outraged.
 
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Surely not a test every year at SFS. What about 2013 Lions tour? You can hardly play the Lions at SFS.

I don't see a big issue with 2 tests in Sydney every year, except for the lack of flexibility. Presumably Perth and Melbourne will get a game each year.
 
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i was there, it was actually a pretty impressive sight, apart from the fact the Wallabies lost
 
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about time. playing NH touring sides at ANZ is stupid.

anyone that heard the atmosphere (noise) in Brisbane adnd Port Elizabeth would be crazy not to have a full stadium with a few people missing out rather than 52000 people in an 80,000 seat stadium

then there's the fact that the SFS offers you an actual view of the footy
 
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Greg Davis (50)
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Etihad. MCG will never be used in the near future. ARU are hell bent on it.

In 01 Suncorp was under construction, hence the use of the GABBA.
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lions tour is once every 12 years, can see them trying to sell out the MCG, 50 thousand v 100000 is an easy issue. will be alot of travelling fans to.
 
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Tim Horan (67)
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waratahjesus said:
see of red singing jerseys drowning out any wallaby support (on the telecast at least, might have been different in person)
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Was exactly like that at the ground. We got a lesson in rugby, Supporting your team and partying afterwards. Hopefully they won't be able to come en-masse like they did back then.
 
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waratahjesus said:
lions tour is once every 12 years, can see them trying to sell out the MCG, 50 thousand v 100000 is an easy issue. will be alot of travelling fans to.
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Try arguing that with them, they didn't seem to care when I raised it some time ago, especially considering they are cash strapped. The ARU defies logic, surely you'd know that by now?
 
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Sully said:
Was exactly like that at the ground. We got a lesson in rugby, Supporting your team and partying afterwards. Hopefully they won't be able to come en-masse like they did back then.
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They'll certainly find it a different situation this time around, don't you worry.
 
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Simon Poidevin (60)
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...they won't be able to come en-masse like they did back then.
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Why not? Lions tourists supporting their team is one of rugby's great traditions. If a part of the ground's swathed in red, so what? JON's reaction was the catalyst for the gold support ot the Wallabies, which remains to this day, and ever after (hopefully).

Lions' supporters spent a shitload of money in Oz and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. I'd argue a Lions tour is better for Oz rugby and tourism than an RWC.
 
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Greg Davis (50)
Army_Gav said:
Try arguing that with them, they didn't seem to care when I raised it some time ago, especially considering they are cash strapped. The ARU defies logic, surely you'd know that by now?
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Sorry gav, what are u arguing with them about? What did you raise, to who?
 
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Peter Sullivan (51)
ChargerWA said:
For an announcement billed as "The future of Test Rugby", it is fairly insulting to anyone who isn't NSW. Two tests in Sydney each year, if we are lucky over here in WA we might get to see the Wallabies play Japan in 2018.
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How about England last year? Or the Springboks the year before?
 
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