Stiles! He was most of the problem.Also don't want to lose Stiles & Sampson. Good rugby IQ.
Stiles! He was most of the problem.Also don't want to lose Stiles & Sampson. Good rugby IQ.
Stiles! He was most of the problem.
Stiles took your players out of the Dewar Shield and plonked them in Sydney and Brisbane. They simultaneously cost the rebels money in flights and accommodation while alienating them from their own comp. He cost you even more money and killed your pathway.how? We blaming everyone at the rebels now???
the issues with the rebels was the board & financing this operation - nothing to do with coach, GM & players.
Stiles took your players out of the Dewar Shield and plonked them in Sydney and Brisbane. They simultaneously cost the rebels money in flights and accommodation while alienating them from their own comp. He cost you even more money and killed your pathway.
Why and how were Wests paying for flights and who was paying for accommodation and expenses?that’s a interesting logic because I was under the impression wests was paying for flights?
Sending rebels players to a higher level of competition in Shute shield/QPR has helped build some great depth in Melbourne.
I do agree about the Dewar Shield being impacted by this arrangement.. but 2 years of back to back covid lockdowns meant these fringe rebels players were getting high quality competition at the expense of supporting grass roots in VIC.
SX, any damned fool can build a great squad when the CEO is spending like a drunk at a casino.Yeah Stiles has built a great squad.
& Sampson helped with Carter G taking the next step as a test calibre flyhalf
"Usually after a halftime speech,"which is funny because last season we were good for 50 or 60 minutes and then dropped off the cliff.Kevin Foote deserves some respect stillmissit
not ideal kickstarting 2024 with this cloud hanging over the franchise yet he’s delivered the club and their fans their maiden playoff appearance (we won’t count that one in super rugby AU)
a better job then any washed up/under qualified Waratahs coach would of done. The Tahs would be mad not to entertain the idea of foote ball because he will help with the transition of rebels free agents to the powder blue uniform and he gets the players up for contest (albeit it’s usually after a halftime speech - they seem to be poor starters in games)
Rebel: So you are saying you can lose season after season as long as you produce juniors. Seems a bit arse about face to meBrumbies who produces no juniors
Something which is not considered is the state of our Suburban Rugby Grounds.Stiles took your players out of the Dewar Shield and plonked them in Sydney and Brisbane. They simultaneously cost the rebels money in flights and accommodation while alienating them from their own comp. He cost you even more money and killed your pathway.
Scooter, I suspect many of the posters here are sympathetic to Foote because he was on the end of a miserable existence. Like all teams when put up against the wall, they lift and that is what the Rebels did this season. Still poor when you look at the playing group."Usually after a halftime speech,"which is funny because last season we were good for 50 or 60 minutes and then dropped off the cliff.
When I played, most of the Shute shield grounds were cricket pitches in summer and North Sydney oval was a ground where tackling in one of the corners meant losing a lot of skin.Something which is not considered is the state of our Suburban Rugby Grounds.
I love them, but between the Cricket pitches and the drainage basin, the potential risks of injury are crazy high compared to dedicated grounds in Brisbane and Sydney.
Why and how were Wests paying for flights and who was paying for accommodation and expenses?
Well this is the exact issue with Super Rugby. Is the aim of super rugby to develop players for the national side or to win?Rebel: So you are saying you can lose season after season as long as you produce juniors. Seems a bit arse about face to me
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No…Canberra‘S never produced any decent rugby playersWell this is the exact issue with Super Rugby. Is the aim of super rugby to develop players for the national side or to win?
While the Brumbies have been the most successful team on field they have haven’t delivered much on the other front.
Works for the RabbitohsRebel: So you are saying you can lose season after season as long as you produce juniors. Seems a bit arse about face to me