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The 2023 preseason rugby matches are almost upon us! More than a month of matches start from 28 January, first in Fiji and then…
Managing change is a tough gig. In any group there are those who welcome it, a group who are curious and willing to explore,…
Just out of school, I worked in a carpenter's shop to learn a trade. I soon learned of tensions between the qualified carpenters in…
Now that’s interesting. Under the Deed of Company Arrangement, the Rebels players will get their superannuation. If Rugby Australia liquidates the Rebels, the players won’t get any superannuation.
RA’s values are discipline, integrity, passion, respect, and teamwork.
The Wallabies are RA’s poster child for Rugby. The Rebels have Wallabies in their ranks. How does it fit that RA is even considering actions where their key players don’t get paid their super?
UPDATE: RA say they were blindsided over Rebels' finances, reject private consortium claim as administrator backs club's survival
Dionysus, that’s what the Administrator says too.
UPDATE: RA say they were blindsided over Rebels' finances, reject private consortium claim as administrator backs club's survival
Alas, it appears to be so. (Edit: the Kearns “from out of the mouth of babes and sucklings” comment)
UPDATE: RA say they were blindsided over Rebels' finances, reject private consortium claim as administrator backs club's survival
>I am of the view that the likely return to creditors under the proposed Deed will provide a materially better outcome for creditors than a winding up
This is the guts of it. In this pickle – and sure it’s a big pickle – RA ought not be deaf to the commercial best result.
UPDATE: RA say they were blindsided over Rebels' finances, reject private consortium claim as administrator backs club's survival
W. Drua losing to the W. Rebels will have rankled and been a wake-up call.
By the way, the headline photo appears to be of chaps, not women. Odd. What’s the reasoning behind that, please?
Super Rugby Women’s Grand Final teams: all roads lead to Ballymore, Emily Robinson reaches milestone
C’mon Jez you know that won’t change.
Wallabies in danger of losing Hanigan to ambitious French club just as forward enters his prime
This must be looked at through the lens of the RA Report into the Unprecedented High Incidence of Lower Limb Injuries Experienced in Season 2022.
Now that RA operate the Waratahs, the learnings from that Report already will have been shared and implemented.
Otherwise what’s the point of learnings and IP?
Wallabies in danger of losing Hanigan to ambitious French club just as forward enters his prime
Sterling stuff!
If Australia is looking for big men, let's not neglect the old and the fat
Ben I refer to Fay Weldon’s The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, in which the protagonist has her height reduced by 15cm by the simple expedient of having a surgeon saw her leg bones to remove sections of bone. Perhaps adding bone (or titanium) is just as straightforward, think of it as much like a hip replacement just a few decades early and geographically a bit south? (The TV series follows the novel, apparently the US film is not worth your time). Anyway, it’s worth considering especially if you are disheartened by your team members reluctance to lift you, or the thought of being 8’6″ tall appeals.
I look forward to the Wallabies team announcement with your name in it.
If Australia is looking for big men, let's not neglect the old and the fat
No, belay that. RA have proven to be duplicitous, hypocritical, patronising white ants! I’m not comfortable at all!
'Easy to throw stones': RA chairman hits back at mudslingers' 'hypocrisy' after calls for AGM board cleanout
I am comfortable being patronised by Rugby Australia spokespeople.
'Easy to throw stones': RA chairman hits back at mudslingers' 'hypocrisy' after calls for AGM board cleanout
Perhaps they’ve finally cracked a workable plan to get the ball into Mark N’s hands. In which case, selecting him is a good idea.
Brumbies to welcome back Wallabies duo for 'Canes clash after week of soul-searching, Tahs to tweak side for Chiefs
Theoretically possible. If so, it would say a lot about the talent pool. Also about the incumbents, that after losing a No Confidence vote they would go straight back in to being involved. Which would tell you something about their body parts, namely their thickness of skin and ability to listen.
'Definition of madness': Rugby reform must start with total cleanout of RA board - and this should happen next
Wallabies are below Fiji and Italy, and have a proud record against Portugal and Georgia. This after getting a river of dosh to drown in, to the point where the Women’s game and the Super Rugby franchises had their funding cut savagely to finance it.
Which is another way of saying, right now looks like exactly the historically right moment to make that shift in how RA does things..
'Definition of madness': Rugby reform must start with total cleanout of RA board - and this should happen next
If all parties involved aren’t aware that they are part of the problem then by all means let their obliviousness lead to Rugby’s oblivion in Australia.
The nexus is at the Nominations Committee and Constitution. Most other Tier 1 nations have got through this by now, it’s a rite of passage in the decades-long road to professionalism.
The good things about the other examples is that Australian Rugby can be sure that it’s feasible to make it through to the other side, that knowledge provides comfort and reduces the uncertainty. Also that there are some effective operating models already in operation to benchmark against.
'Definition of madness': Rugby reform must start with total cleanout of RA board - and this should happen next
Why would you bother? If the bottleneck is correctly identified (the Nominations Committee and Constitution; I think it is correctly identified) and the outcomes of the current arrangements are known (proven time and time again) why would you bother trying to be a change agent if the incumbents got in again, to predictable effect? Because if it all falls flat, the incumbents would all point the finger at the change advocates, “it wasn’t us, it was them”.
Standard operating practice is to get your opponents into the tent and then stifle or kneecap them. It’s a no-brainer.
'Definition of madness': Rugby reform must start with total cleanout of RA board - and this should happen next
Or indeed “our iceberg is melting”.
Whatever the metaphor, the current occupants trashed the place.
'Definition of madness': Rugby reform must start with total cleanout of RA board - and this should happen next
Sounds like a plan.
'Definition of madness': Rugby reform must start with total cleanout of RA board - and this should happen next
TLN, that’s what the incumbents are saying. “Sure we used a flame thrower on everything, but look! Green shoots! You can trust us! We got some green shoots!”
'Definition of madness': Rugby reform must start with total cleanout of RA board - and this should happen next
It was Terry Pratchett, novelist and former technical writer, who said it’s time look for another job if your manager says “now to begin to commence to start”.
Five things: What Beale has over other golden oldies, double pain for Brumbies as Blues expose Australia's biggest weakness
Thanks for providing detail and responding to the many who sought that detail.
The main point still stands. Without a No Confidence vote, 7 of 9 of the current lot of cronies will get back in.
I was deeply shocked at the waste in Paris 2023. Were there really over 300 staff and hangers- on airfreighted from Australia to the World Cup? I was appalled that Women’s rugby had to organise a grassroots Facebook shaming campaign to fund the national team and its coach.
“Sorry we must have missed that line item in the budget, but we have a psychologist for counselling for you, in fact we have four, pick one.”
Can cleanskins be trusted? Perhaps (the litmus test is about the Rebels, who appear to be viable in their creditors’ eyes).
Can the incumbents be trusted? No (based purely on demonstrated experience and track record).
'Definition of madness': Rugby reform must start with total cleanout of RA board - and this should happen next
A technical writer ex-colleague maintains there is no such thing as pre-planning. Your planning may change in style and mode, say set-up and preparation phases prior to detail planning, but it’s all planning.
But “pre-prepare” really got him fired up. “It’s already there: pre-pare. You pare vegetables, or pre-pare them, but not pre-pre-pare them, only pre-pare them some time previously.” I didn’t have the heart to tell him.
Five things: What Beale has over other golden oldies, double pain for Brumbies as Blues expose Australia's biggest weakness
perhaps he was pre-planning ahead of the forwards forward planning?
Five things: What Beale has over other golden oldies, double pain for Brumbies as Blues expose Australia's biggest weakness
Does anyone have an opinion on which matches of this round in Japan are worth the watch? I am not clear on the level of performance but am enjoying the Super Rugby generally (but not specifically: conspicuous exceptions can be listed…).
Rennie's Kobe to miss League One playoffs in ex-Wallabies coach's first season, Deans gets another win over Hansen
Excellent article and one heck of a story! (NZ Dictionary of National Biography is online and is a great resource)
George Nepia made his New Zealand debut 100 years ago, but was he really an All Black at just 16 years of age?