By Darren Walton
February 5th 2008 @ 3:58am
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ARU boss O’Neill predicts Australian rugby revival
Less than a week after placing his ailing code on life support, John O’Neill yesterday optimistically declared Australian rugby back on the road to full recovery.
Speaking at the official launch of the 2008 Super 14 season, O’Neill said it was time to consign a grim period to history and start afresh.
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westy said | February 6th 2008 @ 3:06am | Report comment
Look there is another article and responses I enjoy reading because it rejoicesin the plesure of the game and the fans support for there respective super 14 team. It is not the site to take pot shots just read or talk about your team and players. But here we can and deservedly so. A week ago the game is in serious trouble now its not so bad. I need answers from this bloke. There is no futurewestern Sydney super 14 team and no leagues club backers. THE ARU HAve to back this one No more I’ll float ideas and see what happens. Soccer had a major inquiry to restructure their game in Australia. Any short term success of current Australian Super 14 teams this year will only paper over the problems The game of rugby is far from dead but it is ailing in Australia. For many years soccer followers in Australia had to always watch European soccer to see a decent game. I may have to do this to in rugby. Is the future of professional Australian rugby players overseas or in imports. I repeat their are plenty of Pacific Islanders born or permanent residents in WEStern Sydney. I cannot seriously believe any serious rugby coach/ scout never saw INU, Jennings or HAyne play . All had some exposure to school rugby. IT would seem that O’ neill’s idea is not to develop home grown talent but get exciting already established islander or overseas playersor aging league players. THE league players I want targeted are 18 to 20. They are still coachable and I’m sorry but at that age they because of their training are tougher and better skilled on average. This is not a snide dig at rugby at this age but a reality.The future of rugby has to be addressed otherwise we may become a backwater or is that what we always were which somtimes played an attractive style of rugby to hide major deficiencies with the Jones and Macqueen years aberations