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Started life of as an Australian Army Officer (11 years) - then worked at Coopers & Lybrand and for the past 30 years been a senior marketing executive in IT. I am both a junior rep and senior rugby coach, and a Level 1 Cricket Coach
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The Penrith rugby club was immediately axed from the Shute Shield this week, without even being given the option to finish the season and…
The All Black haka is a multidimensional ritual. For the individual player it is a statement of his "mana" or as the Romans described…
And so in Australia the twin power-drunk dogs (ARU and SANZAAR) are being dragged along, bumping up and down behind an old ute looking…
Manhood in the Polynesian culture is often described by the amount of 'mana' a man has. The ancient Romans described this as "gravitas" -…
As a regular a viewer of New Zealand Rugby I cannot help but to be impressed with the skill levels emanating from the New…
The majority of rugby administrators have a corporate back ground bringing with them the 'trickle down economics' philosophy of the corporate world. This has…
This will be the year that the Australian Rugby Conference reaches new levels of fitness, physicality and skills, and with the continuation of the…
In the past, I've wondered about the substance or the perceived lack thereof of Generation Y. This opinion was fuelled by the antics of…
The expected changes in the hierarchy of those running international cricket will no doubt see the promotion of the shorter and more lucrative forms…
On the subject of the third tier competition of Australian rugby, the ARU is caught between a rock and hard place. Is the ARU…
Bill Pulver - aka ARU Santa Claus - has delivered a full Christmas stocking to the ARU faithful. Junior rugby At a grass roots…
Having now watched the All Blacks and the Springboks demolish the Wallaby pack at both the set piece and contest for the ball, a…
An age old rugby axiom is as follows: 'You have to go forward to earn the right to go wide'. So what did we…
Robbie Deans has cleverly maximised his attacking options for the Test against the British and Irish Lions. The Wallabies have three ball-playing options in…
An old axiom quotes that “it is not the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the…
The commitment to junior rugby from the Waratahs and ARU in NSW has turned a full circle. In the past this often strident critic…
It cannot not be disputed that rugby, as winter sporting code in NSW, is struggling behind AFL, NRL and the A-League. Each of these…
ARU CEO Bill Pulver, in conjunction with Steve Tew CEO NZR, recently forecast the introduction of sevens rugby as a summer sport. This is…
It is important to acknowledge that Michael Clarke has averaged better than 70 per Test innings since taking over the Australian captaincy. Clearly his…
Rugby is won in the forwards - the backs determine by what score. The Brumbies delivered a comprehensive lesson to the Tahs on Saturday…
yep peeeko – you are right. Sadly given the Wallabies made the final – the ARU will be backslapping – there won’t be any appetite to change
The ARU must make rugby a game for all
Cheers sheek – the user pay parallel universe that only serves to fund the top
The ARU must make rugby a game for all
Cheers Brett – great post mate. I am the sole rugby fan in my work place – mostly leaguies here, of which all have really enjoyed the World Cup and are looking forward to next year! Yep Rugby is cool again.
Rugby World Cup: Wallabies pride much more than just a hashtag
there is a new competition to play off for 5th place in the RWC – it is called – wait for it – THE SIX NATIONS
SPIRO: Solve rugby's northern hemisphere problem with a global season
Cheers Loges – in emotional intelligence terms we all have 3 negative archetypes that juice up our lives – the prostitute (not sexual but where we do things we hate – for money), the victim (poor me, it is everybody else’s fault) and the saboteur (when everything is going well we impulsively do something stupid). The difference between us and the O’Connor’s of this world is that we get to do this out of the ever increasing (social media) spotlight.
For me – Cheika has embodied emotional intelligence as a coach and Randwick, Leinster, Waratahs and Wallabies have all reaped the benefits.
Once-in-a-generation O'Connor is a loss to Australian rugby
Perhaps Sheek is being contrary ….
The knock-on effect of the National Rugby Championship
No argument Sheek – divergent opinions is what makes life interesting
The knock-on effect of the National Rugby Championship
LordBrucie – your cup remains half empty ….
The knock-on effect of the National Rugby Championship
Ah Sheek my brother you are getting jaundiced in your eldership …. for me the Rugby planets are starting to lineup – especially if we can get an ARU board with some vision and tenacity to take the game to the next level …
The knock-on effect of the National Rugby Championship
Cheers Sheek – like you I was dubious about the BBL – and was wrong. The Sheffield Shield has been the production line to BBL and Test Cricket. The NRC hopefully will do the same for Super and Test Rugby. Both are strategic investments that don’t pay for themselves. My understanding – and I may be wrong – but the NRC is cost neutral with the potential of going north. All that aside it has given a multitude of players the opportunity to step up which they did not have before – this can only be good for Australian Rugby.
The knock-on effect of the National Rugby Championship
Great post Loges – there are none so blind as those that will not see. Only financial collapse will see the required changes at the ARU to reverse its dog-with-a-bone attitude towards the grass roots of the game. All very sad really.
Old Power ARU cowed by New Power grassroots
Hey Brett,
An excellent article mate – the quality of journalism is continually reaching new levels ….
One day soon, Bill, the penny will drop
Pure and simple Hansen out coached McKenzie in B2 – the Wallabies had no plan B and were slaughtered in the process
SPIRO: The Wallabies All Blacked-out at Eden Park
The article is about Gen Y and the point of contrast is the 3 Amigos
The spirit of rugby is in good shape
The point of contrast for this article is the 3 amigos …. unfortunately all 3 are backs.
The spirit of rugby is in good shape
agreed – Gallup would be a great acquisition for Rugby
The ARU must make rugby a game for all