Waratahs 2025

[Wilson]

3 year term is a good to see, he's going to need a decent runway to get the tahs back to something reasonable and hopefully build some enduring stability.

 

[Adam84]

3 year term is a good to see, he's going to need a decent runway to get the tahs back to something reasonable and hopefully build some enduring stability.

It demonstrates good intent but doesn't provide much assurance these days.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Excellent appointment. Best of luck to the Tahs and we need our biggest rugby state performing for the health of the game here.

 

[LeCheese]

Quite liking the coaching landscape that has been built across the country over the last 6-12mo.

 

[HogansHeros]

Hopefully can get some players to sign on

 

[SouthernX]

3 year term is a good to see, he's going to need a decent runway to get the tahs back to something reasonable and hopefully build some enduring stability.

that runway is called “the Hume highway”

totally expecting DM to recruit some of the current players he is responsible for developing down in the ACT

 

[Jimmyjam]

that runway is called “the Hume highway”

totally expecting DM to recruit some of the current players he is responsible for developing down in the ACT

That would be surprising as there are so many off contract from the rebels roster he would have to pick up first

 

[Adam84]

Waratahs infographic intern producing obituaries

 

[WoodysRFC]

I'm doubtful their contracts cover any such scenario of playing in a foreign competition for another organisation. Not to mention whose paying for all the players living abroad costs?

Yeah, I hear you. In this purely hypothetical situation, the union* would cover the cost of accommodation, travel etc for this 11 week competition, as they already do for their currently contracted players. As for contracts allowing playing in foreign competitions, this may not be the case now, but I'm sure this could be included into any future contracts, plus a certain additional bonus payment for those keen to take up a spot in an NPC team. I'd imagine a situation where each Aus Super team has a partnership with a handful of NZ NPC teams. Southland as an example are already partnered with Toyota Verblitz which sees a handful of their players playing in our local club comp. This agreement was made purely because Toyota felt their fringe sqaudies needed more game time. Sounds familiar.

*by union - I mean the local NZ union, re, BOP, Canterbury etc.

 

[Wilson]

Waratahs infographic intern producing obituaries
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Feels oddly appropriate, for those of us in QLD and I imagine the ACT signing for the tahs is a sort of death.

 

[LeCheese]

Waratahs infographic intern producing obituaries
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What on earth compelled them to use the Ghost of McKellars Past over his right shoulder

Edit: Oh fuck, I've just noticed the top right image

 

[John S]

What on earth compelled them to use the Ghost of McKellars Past over his right shoulder

And is that a Brumbreeze logo I see in the opaque bit under his head?

 

[Braveheart81]

Real graphic design is my passion areas.

It's actually quite amazing. They've included three different photos of McKellar, kept a Brumbies logo in there and had McKellar shouting at himself.

It presumably took quite a while to put together and I have no idea what they were going for.

 

[Braveheart81]

And is that a Brumbreeze logo I see in the opaque bit under his head?

This is genuinely amazing. The original photo for this one looks to be this.

But then they've layered that over the top of the main image so the Brumbies logo is floating out over his neck?!?

 

[LeCheese]

This is genuinely amazing. The original photo for this one looks to be this.

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But then they've layered that over the top of the main image so the Brumbies logo is floating out over his neck?!?

Intern 1: “Fuck, how do we get rid of the logo?”
Intern 2: “Idk man, just put some blue over it.”

 

[drewprint]

Amazing, hahaha. The Tahs coaching poisoned chalice strikes again, and early. Vale, Dan McKeller, we hardly knew ye

 

[LeCheese]

 

[Marce]

Good news. Now we need 23 new players lol

 

[KOB1987]

Waratahs infographic intern producing obituaries

Its quite bizarre (embarrassing?) really - of all the possible ways they could promote the appointment they come up with this.

 

[Wilson]

Feels a bit like after copping flack for posting the Raiwalui appointment with a photo of him in a Fiji shirt they've tried (badly) to cover up other teams logos in the graphic and it hasn't gone well.