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Does the theory that four teams will make Australian rugby great again hold water? I don't think so. Every week we build our fantasy…
Wonder what the bookies would pay out for the Australian over-80s lawn bowls team to win us back the Bledisloe? Though we would probably still find a way to lose at Eden Park…
'Utterly toxic public relations disaster': The flaw you didn't realise exists in Super Rugby's finals system
If the Tahs are crap, that’s their problem, that’s their hard bun. Every franchise should have equality of opportunity and operate under the same rules.
Maybe let’s just have one Australian team in super rugby then to really concentrate our available players, give that team a deep talent pool, streamline and consolidate development pathways and reduce duplication of coaching and support staff costs.
The Waratahs are where the Blues were a decade ago. Why RA can't make the same mistake NZR did back then
Maybe relegate the Waratahs to the shute shield and promote Randwick for the 2025 super rugby pacific competition to get a more competitive NSW based team…
'Utterly toxic public relations disaster': The flaw you didn't realise exists in Super Rugby's finals system
Maybe the guy’s just not that good of a rugby player and regardless of his athleticism, sometimes you just can’t get that square peg through that round hole.
'Tough to support him': How Suli must change his game to fight back from shocking brain snap
I think part of the defensive issues are still down to the changeover to Mowen and his program compared to last year. Its def not quite worked out, however hopefully they can remediate it going forward for the last few games of the season.
Brumbies end 15-year drought against Crusaders as 80th minute penalty try seals remarkable finish
Scrums were worrisome, but at the end of the day even a squeaking win is still a W, and a guaranteed top 4 spot now.
Brumbies end 15-year drought against Crusaders as 80th minute penalty try seals remarkable finish
Probably drag down the rest of the country than anything done deliberately. I’ll not give them that much credit in their ability to organise.
Tahs in turmoil: Hanigan and Harrison jump sinking ship, skipper forced to stay, CEO complains of 'tricky' task
I think they’re Linkedin tag is “experts in failure”.
Tahs in turmoil: Hanigan and Harrison jump sinking ship, skipper forced to stay, CEO complains of 'tricky' task
Hows that centralisation workin’ out for ya boys?
Tahs in turmoil: Hanigan and Harrison jump sinking ship, skipper forced to stay, CEO complains of 'tricky' task
Good write up, and for trying to get the discussion moving forward in a positive and realistic way.
And a good acknowledgment that FTA is no longer (if it ever was) a silver bullet that will solve problems.
Player meet-and-greets and truckloads of Gilberts: It's time RA started looking at grassroots growth as an investment instead of an expense
Can I advise getting even a cheap PR or media firm to maybe do your comms, content and engagement strategy? You set up that facebook page since 29 March. As of this morning, it has 42 likes and 77 followers, so I wouldn’t really say its made much cut through. And there’s been no posts or content on it in a month. There’s, nothing snappy or punchy to help engagement. Infographics for resharing online. A one pager pamphlet for clubs to print out or hang up on the notice board. Pretty simple stuff.
Which two newspapers? I’ve searched ProQuest and “Supporters of Australian Rugby Reform” is mentioned once, in an article by Jessica Halloran at the Australian from 28 March.
It appears you are happy with the status quo, which is fine.
See this is just a baffling response and this is why SOAAR can’t be taken seriously. Reform is needed. Practical reform is needed. But this response to criticism is exactly what I pointed out in comments below.
Where to now for Rugby Australia? Survey that reveals fans' staggering levels of pessimism
Why didn’t you guys do a media release or conference outside the AGM when you didn’t get your way to get the message out. This is basically just an old fashioned ‘letter to the editor’ except less impactful.
Surely not to hard for you to create a pdf of the survey, its questions, results and methodology and link it in the piece above.
The obsession with niche corporate change which will never happen, just makes what laudable aspirations, and I use that term rather than reforms because you propose very little actual specific reform or solutions, get lost in what looks like a bunch of people LARPing in a boardroom.
Where to now for Rugby Australia? Survey that reveals fans' staggering levels of pessimism
Aside from having to literally google what panegyrists meant, a lot of Roarer’s want reform of rugby to some degree, even if we will never agree on all the types of reforms or what the priority of reform should be, for the game in this country.
However the main criticisms of SOAAR have been from my observations:
-Totally unrealistic demands for how reform could be implemented other than a ‘tear it all down scorched earth approach’ which was never, a realistic option.
-A huge swathe of issues were listed, with few real actual solutions or meaningful actions that were not dependant on their scorched earth, total control approach. Alot of fuzzy motherhood statements that sound nice, but do nothing to actually advance the debate.
-The impression that there are axes to grind and reeking of ‘they’re not us, we’re a different set of old boys who know about rugby’.
-A lack of transparency on key issues and people, including their view on the former Chair and his actions.
-Any criticism of SOAAR is pushed away as a RA apologist or defending without question the last 20 years of rugby administration in this country.
For all the criticism that RA cops, and rightfully so, about being divorced from the rugby community and out at sea, SOAAR is stood there right next to them at the other end of the boat.
Where to now for Rugby Australia? Survey that reveals fans' staggering levels of pessimism
Doubt its that high tbh.
Where to now for Rugby Australia? Survey that reveals fans' staggering levels of pessimism
Maybe the Rebs need to debut a new sleeveless rugby jersey to captured Victorian’s hearts and minds. 😂
Progress is slowly happening: What each of our Aussie Super Rugby teams must do to take the next step
Surely the order would be:
Lolesio starting.
Gordon or Donaldson off the bench depending on conditions and the game plan.
Lynagh is the development project to cover long term injury or a move abroad.
The old dogs – provide that off field and technical input and working one-on-one with the youngsters, particularly Quade. O’Connor hasn’t had the game time recently, though could be clutch depending how deep the Reds can go. Beale seems not be have missed much of a beat and he or Foley could pull the Alfie Langer and step off the plane onto the field…
The five candidates for the Wallabies No.10 jersey - and the old heads who may sneak in to join them
Here here piru. I’d go a step further and say that the Reds and Tahs are the only safe teams in Aus.
It's hard to tell if some of Australia's Super Rugby teams actually have a deep desire to win - or are they satisfied just playing?
Cheika has demonstrated he possesses great knowledge about rugby league, he’s media savvy and has plenty of experience in all sorts of set-ups at the elite level.
…guiding Lebanon into five Tests, including a credible quarter-final appearance at the 2022 World Cup.
So what skills box does being an assistant in the NRL tick or develop further that he doesn’t possess currently? Aside from ‘omg not one of us’ and the very amorphis ‘hasn’t served his time’, there’s not really an argument for why he couldn’t do it.
He was also an advisor to Robinson during 2020…
The big step back Cheika needs to take if he ever wants to snare an NRL coaching gig
Interesting analysis and you touched on the very important culture around it, not just the technical ability to utilise it.
I think this ties back to we must play the Australian way (whatever exactly that may be) and that to do that and not win was better than getting a turgid, boring, ‘ground out a win’ match that was so criticised when Jake-Ball was introduced…
Australian rugby is so reluctant to develop a kicking game - and that's a big mistake
Well that and there’ll be one less pool next year due to the situation in Victoria.
Australia's SRP sides may have fallen at trans-Tasman hurdle - but three signs point to a closing gap
Trouble is he’d probably have half the squad out the door by the end of the season if they don’t align with his world view…
Australia's SRP sides may have fallen at trans-Tasman hurdle - but three signs point to a closing gap
Good outcome for Paisami and the Reds. 😊
Exclusive: Wallabies star turns down mega deal overseas to re-sign with Queensland Reds
I agree, however I feel that across most of the Australian squads there is a far more limited ability to properly manage and rotate workloads, get game time for developing and fringe players at this level without comprising outputs compared to New Zealand. I don’t know if that’s a coaching, player or squad issues, or is exacerbated by the shape of our available talent pools.
Australia's SRP sides may have fallen at trans-Tasman hurdle - but three signs point to a closing gap
At the lower level that comes down to coaches better managing their squad’s workloads across the tail end of the season – of course injuries or suspension gaps cause their fare share of problems.
However it then comes down the issue that if the teams are exhausted by the end of the regular season, how can they then be expected to play a follow on domestic comp and or perform at their peak for international duty.
Australia's SRP sides may have fallen at trans-Tasman hurdle - but three signs point to a closing gap
Depends if its a wet track or not 😂
'Utterly toxic public relations disaster': The flaw you didn't realise exists in Super Rugby's finals system