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Far be it from me to pretend to be an expert on the subject, but I feel coaching is kept out of the spotlight…
Kellaway IS a Randwick man
Wallabies set to back veteran halfback for crunch Fiji World Cup clash, gun fullback misses selection again
Writing this post cost my employer approximately $200. Time well spent.
RA's target of a third tier in 2024 raises a whole heap of questions in desperate need of answers
My idea would be:
After club season has wrapped up:
– Existing Super Clubs supplement their squads to backfill players on Wallabies duties. Pay them a nominal $500-$1,000 per week.
– Squad is coached by existing Assistant coach from the Super club (Head Coach to oversee the program and mentor their assistant in a more, Director of Rugby type role?).
– Assitant coaches picked from Head Coaches’s from prem clubs?
– Squad based at an existing Premier Grade club each week, existing club players (not picked as supplementary squad members) can train with the squad on Tuesdays and Thursday nights if they choose to, supplementary squad members, ideally training 3 days and 2 nights a week with the non Wallaby Super contracted players.
– Home Games are played at a club picked via a lottery (but guaranteed to rotate each season, until all clubs have been cycled through) on Saturday afternoon at 3pm, sell it to Stan as additional content to replace Shute Shield/Hospital cup (hopefully the funding from this will cover the nominal payments to the supplementary squad members).
– Hosting Club for match day to provide food and beverage and ticketing. Revenue shared across all the clubs (or if they are happy to wait for their turn to host, then no revenue sharing?)
– Game day can include a carnival day of rugby if they (the hosting club) choose, with perhaps a Super W version played as the curtain raiser to the 3pm game.
– Home and Away season, with a final. 11 games.
Cons
– Not a long enough season to get to each premier club, so perhaps a small pre-season can be designed to ensure the team is based at least every club for 1 week.
– Training facilities might not be up to scratch or of a high enough quality to provide supplementary squad players with the required step up. Potentially durinng the day training sessions on Mon/Wed/Fri they spend time at the Super club base to get around that.
– Ideally more teams and more games, but having Fiji involved and the international travel would seem too costly.
– Still need to fund travel and accommodation for squad/staff travelling interstate. Hopefully Stan can fund with this new broadcast product.
– Probably heaps of others I haven’t considered.
Pros
– Concentration of talent
– New tv product, after end of prem rugby season(s)
– Time spent in community, creating connection from pro to amateur.
– Additional revenue provided directly to community clubs.
– Additional development given to up and coming coaches.
RA's target of a third tier in 2024 raises a whole heap of questions in desperate need of answers
Probably done Rugby Australia more of a favour taking a taltented player from a team across the ditch.
“Have you heard about this bloke Ardie Savea, Mr V’landys?”
“Jordie Barrett was having a run with the Storm the other week, really give the 2 finger salute to Hamish and Eddie and get him signed up…”
League fires back: RTS abandons All Black dream as resurgent Warriors announce star's return to NRL
Angus Bell played all his junior rugby at number 8, and was converted to loosehead when he got to highschool level. So definitely a bit of that in his DNA, Harry.
https://susf.com.au/angus-bell-enjoying-a-front-row-seat/
'Least understood part of rugby': Why Eddie's Wallabies World Cup hopes rest on master and apprentice
Steven Hoiles on Between Two Posts this week was commenting on BOD and mentioned that he did a bit of training with the Tahs whilst he was in the 7’s program, but never got much interest because ‘he’s so talented they probably couldn’t figure out if he was going to be a 10 a 12 a 13, wing or fullback’.
Hoiles would’ve spent some time with him when he was coaching 7’s so I presume he’s got a fair insight to him. All to say, maybe not the craziest idea to run him there.
Jock Cambell another option, which I believe the Reds were taking seriously at one point.
Why Eddie Jones should pull a Larkham redux and try a left field choice at No.10
Slight correction – Noah played 12 to Will Harrison at 10. Ben Donaldson was on the bench or at 15.
Will Harrison is a curious one. He’s the best goal kicker in Australia by some stretch so he has to be in the team. But way too short for fullback where the Tahs have jammed him.
I wouldn’t mind seeing them convert him to a 9. Or maybe get him help steer the other side of the ruck as a playmaking 12. Left footer – could be the next Matt Giteau (covered 9 as well).
ANALYSIS: 'Asking too much' - brutal truth behind James O'Connor's axing, and why Wallabies defence coach had to go
What evidence do you have that NZR have/had ownership of the license for the Drua?
It was/is owned by an entity called Counter Ruck Pte Ltd, which is controlled by the Fijian Rugby Union. NZR have veto power to grant that license, it doesn’t mean they own it.
51% of that controlling power will be transferred to the Fijian Government, by December of this year, once they’ve ponied up the cash.
Their Principal sponsor is PacificAusSports – a vehicle of DFAT (AUS fedaral gov). NZ certainly aided with expertise and logistics to get them ready for Super Rugby, but to claim that they are aligned with NZ is false.
Why can't Australian rugby go it alone?
Agreed mate, really positive to see. Geoff Parkes (think it was) wrote a really good article on the programs at Fountain Gate and Melton secondary schools that the likes of Trevor Hosea came through.
Growing your own does seem to be the way forward – if we accept that cohesion and these guys/girls playing together from U15’s through to Super is the way.
As an aside, a mate of mine is installing a new oval out at Melton, and said it’s all rugby out there, kids playing touch and that. Rare you can say that about Melbourne!
Rugby News: Sio later! Wallaby prop off OS, Quade update, Horan backs Noah at 10, shares hilarious Gordon Bray tale
Same with Will Skelton – good way to get decent minutes into as many players as possible at that level.
Rugby News: Sio later! Wallaby prop off OS, Quade update, Horan backs Noah at 10, shares hilarious Gordon Bray tale
The respective Wikipedia jobs do a pretty thorough jobs of ins and outs of the lists.
Would be great if they could incorporate that, and maybe shine a light on the respective academy programs to see what’s in the pipeline.
I know QLD’s charter states that 80% of their list must be ‘homegrown’ – would be great to see clubs like Melbourne starting to build towards similar (seems to be the only way to get blokes to stick around and build ‘cohesion’)
Rugby News: Sio later! Wallaby prop off OS, Quade update, Horan backs Noah at 10, shares hilarious Gordon Bray tale
I always thought she looked like Larkham ghosting ball in two hands and that, so I’d have her at fly half, but given the 7’s experience, she’d probably be more comfortable at halfback?
Aussie women win 7s gold after Levi's perfect 10, men finish out of medals
He did Shano – good call.
That cutout pass he threw for Pete Samu’s try was a peach in the first test.
Wallabies CONFIRMED: Suli set for debut, Wilson at No.6, JOC dropped, Hodge and Tate return for England decider
That’s fair play as well mate – valid observations
The Thursday two-up: Good, bad and ugly from week one, and the biggest issue for each team to address
Hey Neil, just on the game caller and Koroibete pronunciation. That’d be Sean Maloney, and I think it was actually on the Roar’s podcast when they had him as a guest – but Sean relays that he literally sat down with Koroibete and asked him how to 1) properly pronounce his name 2) how he would like it pronounced in the game calls.
The way he’s pronouncing it is at the wish of Koroibete – think Maloney has done the same with pretty much all the player’s he calls.
The Thursday two-up: Good, bad and ugly from week one, and the biggest issue for each team to address
Been out injured all year, unfortunately.
Australia A team: Ryan Lonergan to lead, Edmed at flyhalf as Gilmore names side to face Samoa
Turinui is as Union as they get. Played his junior rugby for the Clovelly Eagles.
They could never get the wood over the mighty Coogee Seahorses though – at least nearly half the time.
'How much will Valetini be the focus?': The Roar experts' predicted Wallabies 23 for the first Test against England
A lot of grace, humility and honesty for such a young man. Thanks Tony for the story, really enjoyed it.
'It sucked, I felt I let my team down': How Noah Lolesio dealt with Super Rugby drop kick pain, and how his mates reacted
https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/117705283/sky-tv-will-pay-500m-for-the-rugby-says-sports-rights-specialist
Currie Cup and NPC consideration always went direct to the respective unions. The revenue sharing pool was for the SANZAAR products (Super Rugby / Rugby Championship). What’s unclear is when SANZAAR was kicked out, and somehow Super Rugby came under control of the NZR.
You’d assume through COVID and their having a superior balance sheet allows them to call their own shots (including granting Fiji and Pacifika to play), and AUS appears to be a bit like the Warriors, foreigners playing in someone’s league – a league that no longer shares the spoils of the value it creates on an even basis.
If AUS go their own way, they can grant licenses to whoever they want – including the Drua – who are NOT owned by NZR – NZR merely have the power to let them play in THEIR comp.
If push comes to shove – Penny Wong will open the chequebook and pay them (Drua) as much as they need to side with Australia (as well as I suspect, multiple teams in the Pacific).
'NZ have treated us poorly': Why Phil Kearns is backing RA's hard ball, and how rugby 'wins over league every week'
Just because Highlander stated that NZR own the Drua license, doesn’t make it true: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=774111493951749&id=111716696857902
Categorically, there is no evidence whatsoever that they have any financial stake in the Drua. They do have the power to grant that expansion license though.
'NZ have treated us poorly': Why Phil Kearns is backing RA's hard ball, and how rugby 'wins over league every week'
Fair play mate. And to be honest I haven’t watched a heck of a lot of NRL so don’t know too much on him from his time there. But I’ll take it on board in good faith and keep an eye out for it!
Suli's secret weapon: The man who got Wallabies' World Cup wannabe back on track after post-NRL 'struggles'
Brian this comment is quite at odds with the talk from the officials that Vunivalu is perhaps ‘the finest physical athlete to ever be in our system’ or something to that effect.
We haven’t really seen him play yet, let’s give him a chance.
Suli's secret weapon: The man who got Wallabies' World Cup wannabe back on track after post-NRL 'struggles'
When he first signed, quite a few cynics said he was just looking to build a pedigree so he could spring board into a $1m+ deal in Japan – and if that’s the case, well, fair dinkum – AUS rugby just need to recognise and realise and milk him for what he’s worth whilst he’s here.
I say good luck to the young man, let’s give him a chance.
Suli's secret weapon: The man who got Wallabies' World Cup wannabe back on track after post-NRL 'struggles'
League don’t pay that much for wingers.
Only Union are silly enough for that.
Suli's secret weapon: The man who got Wallabies' World Cup wannabe back on track after post-NRL 'struggles'
TWAS, have to assume the bulk of the debt is to BRC.
A GST debt of $9m would imply revenue of $99m – which is the same sort of turnover as RA. Makes no sense. Revenue generation being matchday – that’s a lot of tickets!
Likewise with payroll tax – it’s 4.85% of wages + superannuation. No chance that’s anywhere near $9m.
Stadium costs will be part of it sure, but how much can that be? There’s only a handful of prospective tenants for those facilities in Melbourne, and they are all already there!
Far more likely, that it’s intercompany loans from BRC – their (BRC) CEO Mark, also happens to be (or at least was at one point) the acting CFO for the Rebels.
Fears for Rebels' future as debt threatens their Super Rugby existence - but CEO says 'we will be fine'