The surprisingly simple fix to the domestic rugby malaise
It's been pretty much a generation since Super Rugby captured my imagination. At that time, I had not followed any professional sport for many…
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It's been pretty much a generation since Super Rugby captured my imagination. At that time, I had not followed any professional sport for many…
Alan Jones to coach the Baa Baas in two games ‘one on one' up against Cheika's Wallabies? I like it! So much so, it's…
PPS – that is 3 teams in Sydney, and 5 teams throughout rest of Australia = 8. Build from there.
'Previous chairman can not be a scapegoat': First salvo fired in bid to spill the Rugby Australia board
PS – one which clearly seeks to establish tribalism, such as rugby fans in Sydney, north and (versus?) south of the bridge. Add in Western Suburbs (Magpies west of, and inclusive, of Joeys and Kings private schools), and in Sydney alone, you have a ready platform for that tribalism.
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KP
'Previous chairman can not be a scapegoat': First salvo fired in bid to spill the Rugby Australia board
Unless the purpose of those incoming, is to establish primacy of a national domestic competition – whether pro or initially semipro – over Super Rugby, rugby in Australia will continue to stagnate IMO.
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KP
'Previous chairman can not be a scapegoat': First salvo fired in bid to spill the Rugby Australia board
Ben
Many rhetorical questions – I seem to concur absolutely with all (possibly) implied answers.
Anything that presses the elite game to encourage ‘athletes’ not ‘players’ is, IMO, mistaken route.
Conversely, anything that encourages reversal of that trend…
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KP
WR's mooted law changes are great - but show there's a hell of a lot wrong with rugby in 2024, and that sucks
Gary
Really like your point about softer grounds and benefits for TT’s longevity. 👍
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KP
'Such an emotional guy': Why RA should let their biggest star leave for the sake of the Wallabies
W
Thoughtful and thought provoking.
Great article, many thanks.
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KP
Set up to fail: The gaping hole in Aussie Super Rugby coaching CVs - with one clear exception
Kpm
Imo:
B.S.
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KP
Joe Schmidt's search for a 'cold-hearted bastard' - and the issue he'll lose most sleep over
Could have been there years ago, like so many promoted too early. Hope he gets a run, and his longer development, pays off.
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KP
'He's got a gold jersey this year': Uru's break out has him tipped to make Wallabies debut
Fab piece Ben.
Many thanks.
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KP
To have your heart broken and come back: That's what it's all about - and why I'll be watching Edmed this weekend
Geoff
And in other news, Italy has just moved ahead of the Wallabies in rugby’s official world rankings.
I so wish, it was practical, for tests to be organised (maybe 3 game series) along lines of, ‘next year’, ‘this year’s rankings of’
1 v 2
2 v 3
etc
Would be delighted to see Italy and Fiji visit Oz – with Wallabies and Italy then visiting Fiji.
Call it a ‘tripartite test series’.
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KP
The Wrap: The two massive power shifts shaping Australian and New Zealand rugby
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'A wonderful initiative': 33-year first as Wales to take on Queensland Reds in 'nod to traditional tours'
Great stuff. Putting rugby back into rugby.
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LP
'A wonderful initiative': 33-year first as Wales to take on Queensland Reds in 'nod to traditional tours'
Whilst past attempts to establish a national domestic comp have all failed, I would wager that would not have been the case, in the absence of super rugby (or in absence, of concurrent SR season).
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KP
'Fighting with one hand tied': To'omua calls on Rugby Australia to 'pick best Wallabies team' to stop international slide
RB
Too much, or way too much?
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KP
ANALYSIS: The Rebels aren't going down without a fight - and they might drag Rugby Australia down with them
What we do know now, without qualification:
Those behind this litigation, fail the “no d-heads” test. Well and truly. Debts not paid by RA to other parties over ‘several years’?
Did the creditors formally sign a moratorium allowing delay in payment? Or issue a single letter of demand to RA at any time over those several years?
I guess I am going to be gobsmacked, once the basis, for the Rebels’ claim, come out.
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KP
ANALYSIS: The Rebels aren't going down without a fight - and they might drag Rugby Australia down with them
Yes Mug
As you say / infer, ATO would likely only be claiming, PAYE which the Rebels have already declared, in past lodgements, is their liability.
But presumably, with an “understanding/expectation” that’s funds would be advanced to them by RA, in “completion” of top ups.
Mind boggling niaive incompetent of Rebels, and equally duplicitous presumably by RA, if not in writing.
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KP
Why things could be about to get even uglier for Rugby Australia in fallout over Rebels debacle
Don
Rotate on a biannual basis?
Gold Coast one year, Queenstown the next!
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KP
The Wrap: ‘World’s best provincial rugby competition’ delivers a superb Super Round
Morning Geoff
Thank you for pointing this out:
If hastily burying your own Rebels-esque debt into a catch-all Rugby Australia bucket called ‘rugby operations’, for it never to see the light of day, and for everyone involved to keep tight-lipped about the quantum of that debt, and to what extent that impacts upon Rugby Australia’s decision making with respect to the future of all Australian rugby, then sure, let’s call that that open-minded. Other descriptors might be disingenuous and opaque.
Unbelievable.
I cannot think of the name of the band who sings that song.
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KP
The Wrap: ‘World’s best provincial rugby competition’ delivers a superb Super Round
Morning Muglair
It appears that the Rebels are disputing which company, itself or RA, is liable for PAYE tax on the topped up players’ salaries.
Bizarre.
How could any such misunderstanding, ever conceivably arise, between RA and Rebels?
Rebels said ‘thanks for the funds to cover net top-ups’ without confirming when the ‘PAYE balance’ would be received? RA failing to communicate, they were only ever paying ‘net’?
It would appear, both must be alleged (by either side). In that case, BOTH Rebels incompetent; AND RA duplicitous, and/or downright dishonest, in being content to mislead Rebels?
Is above analysis conceivably correct?
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KP
Why things could be about to get even uglier for Rugby Australia in fallout over Rebels debacle
Christy
no halfback?
Jake Gordon?
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KP
Five things we learned: The general who caught Schmidt's eye, why next week is vital for Coleman's Tahs
Apt moniker.
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KP
'Our talent is spread too thin': Ex-Wallabies captain urges Rugby Australia to cut Super teams
Really should be held in Sydney, to rev up publicity in busiest rugby heartland in Oz.
Plus most accessible other city for each of fans whose teams based in Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra. Plus NZ….
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KP
The Wrap: Opening round of SRP a case of the more things change, the more they stay the same
Geoff
Game they play in heaven still with us. Really enjoyed 1st two matches in six nations this weekend, and result suggests France v. Italy worth checking out too 😊
Best
KP
The Wrap: Opening round of SRP a case of the more things change, the more they stay the same
SILVER LINING:
We are well and truly going to see, in coming weeks and .onths, what the Rebels players, individually and collectively, are made of. Was EJ incorrect? Any mongrel?
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KP
Exclusive: Rugby Australia makes sweeping redundancies as governing body braces for 'economic headwinds'
Who was that cheating little prick who first picked up the ball an ran with it.
😂
Cheers KFTD
KP
'Previous chairman can not be a scapegoat': First salvo fired in bid to spill the Rugby Australia board