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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…
Lolesio, Gordon, Donaldson would have to be the pecking order currently, but who starts/bench may come down to the opposition and expected conditions. Lynagh surely only gets a look in replacing Donaldson unless there is a disastrous form drop off, injury or is Schmidt’s development project, which would seem unlikely based on what he’s said.
Five things: Aussie sides finally discover what it takes to compete against Kiwis, rookie outshines World Cup Wallaby
Maybe a dose of reality about what a lot of fans face this year.
It’s unlikely I’ll get to any tests this year through a combination of:
-No tests in Canberra (some things never change) and only a single test in Brisbane and the Wales tour game.
-The costs of flights/fuel and or accommodation.
-The broader cost of living crisis reducing what I can afford to spend on ‘nice to haves’. Attending in person, rugby is very much in that category for me. I know for some people it’s their life, mana or religion or they have enough money to spend it without thinking about it.
On top of that, this year a lot of people have already had to decide about shelling out hundreds (if not more) dollars to try and get tickets for the Lions Tour next year, in quite frankly disgusting prices and putting profiteering before loyal members and supporters.
Rugby Australia announce $9.2m deficit, board member fails to be re-elected but coup falls over
Maybe the competition/format is fundamentally broken, I don’t know, but pretty much it seems people are saying its low stakes, dead rubbers and one sided contests as it now anyway.
Rugby Australia's debts blow out to almost $89 million after draw-down of PEP facility
Yeah those whole two matches will really be missed. 😛
Super Rugby shows that the Bledisloe Cup isn't going anywhere - one selection could give the Wallabies hope
Why would he bother? Apart from the Wallabies IP, he may as well just pull a World Series Cricket set up instead. RA has way to much institutional baggage, poor admin and lack of trust in being able to deliver.
He’s got the form in setting up the Global Rapid Rugby. How much interest has he shown in the Wallabies IP?
Rugby Australia's debts blow out to almost $89 million after draw-down of PEP facility
Actually have a proper full season home and away competition, get rid of the round robin format will get you more matches with the same number of teams there are now.
E.g, this season, the Brums and Reds play once in the regular season. 👎
Rugby Australia's debts blow out to almost $89 million after draw-down of PEP facility
Cool. Keep the Bledisloe. Its haunted.
Then we don’t have to play kiwi provincial and super rugby teams anymore.
😛
Super Rugby shows that the Bledisloe Cup isn't going anywhere - one selection could give the Wallabies hope
If they can’t turn a decent profit from the lions tour given the disgusting price of the tickets, then they deserve what they get.
Rugby Australia announce $9.2m deficit, board member fails to be re-elected but coup falls over
However, it was less of a financial loss compared to the 2019 ($9.5m) and 2015 ($9.8m) World Cup campaigns
So we could have saved about $10 million-ish by not even going to world cups? 😛
With just two home Tests in 2023, down from six in 2022, the Wallabies’ matchday revenue was down from more than $37m to $12.9m.
So say that’d about 6 million give or take in revenue, how can we get more home internationals?
Rugby Australia announce $9.2m deficit, board member fails to be re-elected but coup falls over
Are you describing a rugby match or the lead up to the AGM? 😛
The Wrap: Rebels young gun rockets out of Wallabies contention, and why Samipeni Finau's 'brutal' hit on Edmed was fair game
Piru, the Eagles (and presumably the NFL) were lending their weight into getting the sport more established in the Sydney pathways to pick up talent, through Jordan Mailata as part of a grass roots program launched last week.
The Wrap: Rebels young gun rockets out of Wallabies contention, and why Samipeni Finau's 'brutal' hit on Edmed was fair game
Thanks for the reply Geoff, and it’s one of those ‘wicked problems’ that has no simple solutions, let alone easy ones.
The Wrap: Rebels young gun rockets out of Wallabies contention, and why Samipeni Finau's 'brutal' hit on Edmed was fair game
The NRL continues on through Origin…
The Wrap: Rebels young gun rockets out of Wallabies contention, and why Samipeni Finau's 'brutal' hit on Edmed was fair game
Always a good read on a Monday morning Geoff.
As a question in relation to the the professional franchise rugby – in its totality – is highly problematic. The cost structures for all five franchises are inherently similar. Are there structural differences between how funding/franchise operations have been set up in Australia compared to New Zealand, or even South Africa, when they were in Super Rugby? Are we just doing something wrong, or is that the system is unsustainable in Australia due to some other factor/s?
The Wrap: Rebels young gun rockets out of Wallabies contention, and why Samipeni Finau's 'brutal' hit on Edmed was fair game
I think what will be the real ‘make or break’ for rugby in this country in the years to come, will be the world cup, that will hopefully re-engage previously lost fans and a whole new swath of people – many of whom would not even have been born in 2003.
That’s how I became a rugby fan, and it got me hooked at the 2003 RWC, going to the games on at Suncorp, a real festival atmosphere, seeing some of the lower tier nations duking it out. Prior to that, rugby union to me was something played and supported by private school, boater wearing so and so’s.
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
I think that’s where the running joke about the RA marketing pigeon in the Betoota Advocate was so funny and hit home. 😂
I think rugby is a complex sport and you really need a comprehensive marketing strategy that covers both the traditional, social and other mediums – plenty of the rugby demographic are probably well aside the more usual tik tok target demos.
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
Before Stan took over the broadcast deal, the Qld Reds streamed on their Youtube channel with commentary a match of the round of the Hospital Cup, and the other games with a single camera and no commentary – which was always funny hearing the ground announcer at Chipsy Wood through the stream. I’ve no idea how many people watched it though.
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
I def agree that there’s been a lot of improvement from where it was in the past, particularly the onfield refs have speed up alot and are enforcing the timewasting provisions on players.
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
Does me being a Red-Brumby count as double representation? 😛
UPDATE: RA say they were blindsided over Rebels' finances, reject private consortium claim as administrator backs club's survival
I think the free to air is an element to it, but it’s a diminishing slice as viewing habits and technology change.
I think the endemic issues have been poor marketing across different levels of the game, poor on-field performance both real and perceived, game-day costs to attend super or international games and disorganised, short-sighted game administration at multiple levels.
I wonder if there has been any surveys done asking super rugby punters whether they go to club/schools rugby?
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
I think in regards to Is Ben O’Keeffe the Only One in a Rush, and reducing time wasting, there really needs to be a review clock implemented for TMO decisions, and if it can’t be conclusively proved/overturned, depending on what the Ref has asked for, the TMO within X amount of time, then it reverts to the original on field decision, which I hope would mitigate the obvious howlers and get away from some of the more pedantic rock-and-rolling-frame-by-frame which is happening.
Five surprises, five disappointments and five things to figure out as Super Rugby 2024 reaches the end game
RA gives grants and or loans as part of the funding arrangement to all super rugby clubs, to help support player wages and the maintenance of the salary cap (that is the same cap for all Australian super rugby clubs).
One of the major points of contention with the Brumbies funding was that it was originally provided annually as a grant, but was subsequently turned into a loan from RA – i.e. to be paid back. However this (now) loan is being serviced and paid back by the Brums, and as has been pointed out, when the previous chairman’s financial auditors tried to come in and do a hatchet job, they found the books were good, finances decent and transparent.
UPDATE: RA say they were blindsided over Rebels' finances, reject private consortium claim as administrator backs club's survival
The back-up carrier pigeon was shot down over the Tweed River and hasn’t been seen since.
'Easy to throw stones': RA chairman hits back at mudslingers' 'hypocrisy' after calls for AGM board cleanout
Maybe part of the issue that a large part of the broad rugby community has zero engagement or involvement with ‘grassroots rugby’ in any way.
'Easy to throw stones': RA chairman hits back at mudslingers' 'hypocrisy' after calls for AGM board cleanout
Can you link to that speculation? If it’s the article in today’s Australian, I’d take any rugby reporting from them with a big pinch of salt, especially if it favours the owners of that masthead in their own potential bid for that content.
And offered is different from accepted, and would surely be contingent on the shape and number of Australian teams participating as a baseline.
Super Rugby shows that the Bledisloe Cup isn't going anywhere - one selection could give the Wallabies hope