Posts Tagged "Australian Rugby Championship"

There are two books in my library that I especially treasure among many loved ones. They are, in fact, two editions of the same book, Jack Pollard’s magnificent ‘Australian Rugby; The Game and the Players.’

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I’ve seen much debate on The Roar about how Australia’s third tier, Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship can/should expand.

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Hard to believe but this weekend marks five years to the day since the inaugural and ultimate – as it turned out – Australian Rugby Championship kicked off back in 2007.

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Nathan Tinkler, flush with funds from a successful mining entrepreneurship and Novocastrian pride, is the great white hope of Newcastle sport. He has styled himself as Daddy Warbucks, dispensing largesse to those in need.

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How will Super Rugby expand in 2015 at the expected beginning of the next television rights deal? Argentina is touted as a future power, but its premier club rugby, if I’m not mistaken, is currently fully amateur.

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This is the second installment of my dissection of Australian rugby following France ’07. This article will be the first half of my discussion and judgment of the performance of the governing body, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU), as led and embodied by John O’Neill.

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Young Australian rugby talent is crying out for changes to the pathways currently available to talented juniors. As it stands, once a player leaves school, unless they’re unbelievably gifted like Kurtley Beale or James O’Connor, they sit in Super Rugby academies rotting away.

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Expansion has been the buzzword for Australian codes – creating new franchises from scratch in non-traditional markets. So why are two codes set to reverse that trend, by creating new second tier national competitions involving state league teams?

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If you were a visitor to Australia from early/mid to late September, you would think the only major football codes played in this country were Australian football and rugby league. Oh, and a little of football.

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For all my Kiwi compatriots out there, let me say it for you that there’s really not much chance of this happening. OK, now that’s done and dusted, let’s look at the real issues.

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One of the major flaws that the ARC faced, and one of the features that is rubbed into every rugby union fans face, is the fact that the non-existence of tribalism in the ARC competition was a feature that led to its downfall.

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We all look to a time when a third tier “club” system can come into play for rugby union in Australia. Not only that, but for it to be sustainable, and have an ability to grow the game beyond its usual target market. But is the way everyone’s approaching this the correct way?

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Super 15 expansion hopefuls are yet to receive crucial documentation to allow them to bid for a place in the tournament, even as organisers reach a deadline to submit their blueprint to broadcasters.

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Canceled international programs, lacking a strong domestic rugby structure, reports of severe financial troubles: is this the beginning of the end for the Wallabies?

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Quick Quiz: which of the top ten rugby nations doesn’t have a national comp of any consequence? Don’t know? Let me make it easier.

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I seem to recall in my youth that at this time of year I would make a list and send it off to a reader or readers who may or may not be fictitious. Evidently nothing’s changed over time, and so here is my sports wish list for Christmas 2008 for all my readers, fictitious [...]

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Displaying untold faith in Australian rugby’s generation next, Robbie Deans will gamble on a greenhorn prop among a bunch of international rookies in Saturday’s European tour-opening Test against Italy.

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There was a piece on the Wales Online Website yesterday by Ieuan Evans which deserves detailed comment.

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Rugby runs the risk of being split into two separate games unless the impasse between the two hemispheres over the Experimental Law Variations is resolved by early next year, according to Australian chief John O’Neill.

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Dean Mumm’s whirlwind rise will be capped tomorrow night with the extra challenges of butting heads with “The Caveman” and calling the Wallabies lineout at Suncorp Stadium.

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