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Peter Johnson (47)
If it's 3rd teir my money is on an u20 comp.
But I think with rocky and deans there, it will be something wallaby related, aka deans/rocky re-signing or rocky resigning as captain.
Media alert: Australian rugby union to announce major decision on the future of rugby
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If it's 3rd teir my money is on an u20 comp.
But I think with rocky and deans there, it will be something wallaby related, aka deans/rocky re-signing or rocky resigning as captain.
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Michael Lynagh (62)
Maybe its a sponsor for a national schools development program.
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
I've noticed that there are RWC jerseys already in store (with the RWC logo now in place of where the Wallaby logo usually sits)... and that they're without Qantas sponsorship...
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RWC jersey's can't have Union sponsors that are highly visible. Jersey manufacturers are usually ok.
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Looks like its ANZ Stadium hosting a Bledisloe for the next 10 years: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...revenue-markedly/story-e6frg7o6-1226045238666
What a crock of shit.
What a crock of shit.
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
Ah, indeed!
I didn't even notice during the last RWC that the sponsor had been taken off the front...
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That sucks for Suncorp and Melbourne fans, looks like Brisbane will be stuck with Springbok games and Argentinian games for the next 10 years. Not to mention, the opportunity for when Perth's new stadium is built (it's happening now) for a Bledisloe to be staged there.
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Peter Johnson (47)
Disappointing for Brisbane, as the wobs always seem to play better up here. But if it's a good deal for Australian rugby I am not totally against it. I think we will see Brisbane getting the springboks and Melbourne and Perth alternating with the Pumas.
Is their any chance brisbane might still get the third bled every second year, or will it go to hong kong or sydney as well?
Is their any chance brisbane might still get the third bled every second year, or will it go to hong kong or sydney as well?
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Greg Davis (50)
were going to be playing three still as far as im aware, so that means every second year its in brisbane then melbourne alternate.
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Billy Sheehan (19)
Here are the RWC home and change jerseys. Not that the yellow clashes with anything. But I am sure they will wear the change in at least one game to help the marketing department boys sell them.
They need the money and ANZ Stadium is often prepared to do serious deals to get big games.
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Ken Catchpole (46)
Especially with the recent complaints about no money because of the reduced test season due to WC.
this is a possibility (if its not the ANZ Stadium thing). Perhaps more for an "Auskick" style program though.
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Ken Catchpole (46)
So there we have it. This presumably is the "Major announcement on the future of Rugby in Australia."
In terms of sporting initiatives it doesn't get any bigger. The NRL crowed about introducing its Under 20 competition and the AFL is spending half the national debt on trying to get Western Sydney interested in Kick-it-to-me, but we've trumped them. We are going to play our major Test match at White Elephant Stadium for the next ten years. Hooray!
The fact that WES holds 31,000 more punters than Suncorp will significantly enhance the revenues of the ARU, particularly important given the governing body's determination some years back that rugby in Australia was to cease being a sport and become a fully fledged business.
But the return from more bums on seats is not the only source of increased revenue. The ARU's marketing department has followed the lead of the political parties in using focus groups to determine its strategy. It was found that the overwhelming impression from the groups was that WES was the worst stadium for viewing rugby they had ever been in. This negative response was even stronger among people who were rugby followers than among those who had never watched a game. So in an inspired example of lateral thinking the office junior came up with the idea of selling binoculars in the colours of the respective teams so that people could actually see the game. Brilliant!
And reflecting the fact that the ARU does its research, 40% of the binoculars will be in green and gold and 60% in black with a silver fern.
But wait, there's more. Exit polls have determined that 73% of those who attend rugby games at WES say they would never go back there. So each year there will be approximately 61,000 new suckers to sell binoculars to.
Rugby in this country is certainly in safe hands.
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Bill McLean (32)
Here are the RWC home and change jerseys. Not that the yellow clashes with anything. But I am sure they will wear the change in at least one game to help the marketing department boys sell them.
Since when have we had a clash at the RWC? Who else wears gold?
I love the full gold RWC jersey with no billboards, but the white one is just extracting the piss a little.
As for the Bledisloe news, pathetic but not unexpected from our friends in Sydney. If I were the QRU I'd be majorly pissed.
I'm not shocked that Victoria will continue to get the bum steer in terms of tests. Would have liked to see them give a Bledisloe to the MCG again in one of the years we only host 1. Would pack the joint out.
Ah well, the Rebels are here now so I'm sure that will stop a lot of people from complaining when they rock up to Etihad to see Australia v Guatemala.
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