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Wallaby selectors just need to be able to choose the best players, irrespective of where they are plying their trade. Rugby is a professional sport; how amateurish are rules that forbid selection because a player is not playing “locally”.
Unless every player is paid a retainer by an extremely financially well endowed RA (belly laugh!) , their system of “top-ups” is open to mismanagement, nepotism, bribery and corruption. RA needs to follow the lead of FA, and reward Wallabies in the same fashion as the Socceroos are rewarded.
Doing the same things they have always done over the past 30 or so years , and expecting a different result is really the definition of insanity! ( and it obviously leads to financial ruin!)
Exclusive: Wallabies star weighing up big move to England
Well done Force, well done Paenga~Amosa!! and well done Twiggy!!
Huge coup sees Wallabies hooker coming home to Super Rugby on long-term deal, with World Cup in sights
Olly, the state and territory unions are the only reason the game is alive in Oz (;at least at the amateur level).
However , for too long there has been an unholy alliance between that once called the ARU and the Waratahs! To the detriment of rugby in Oz!
Exclusive: Herbert claims 'steady progress' in rebuilding trust as RA seeks to avert more board bloodshed at AGM
Would agree that RA needs to moved of Moore Park/ Sydney/ NSW. But it is only the professional game that is withering ( in Oz). Why is this so?
IMO, it’s failure of “management” , caused by an over-reliance on old boys and amateur values in the professional era! That once called the ARU needs to become professional and sign up to the values and principles needed to act and behave professionally (level playing fields, transparency, financial disclosures and real-time communications with its shareholders, the various rugby unions of Australia and their clubland members)
Exclusive: Herbert claims 'steady progress' in rebuilding trust as RA seeks to avert more board bloodshed at AGM
Due diligence?
Exclusive: Herbert claims 'steady progress' in rebuilding trust as RA seeks to avert more board bloodshed at AGM
Good to see Beale is not back at the Ratahs, but then again, maybe those with memory wanted to keep him far away from Joe Schmidt!
Beale's back! Wallabies star joins Western Force after injury opens the door for veteran's return
I gather Izzy’s 60 tries from 96 games has only recently been beaten? ( by Julian Savea ?)
As part of the redemption of RA ( that once called the ARU), he should receive a public apology and be welcomed back to Australian rugby, if he so desires to do so.
With Moore Park, doing whatever it can to support the ailing Tahs, one could suggest it may even be appropriate for him to return to the Tahs? Naaaaaaaahh!
Izzy back to his old ways: Folau scores on debut from a falcon in Japan after nine-month absence
But the Drua won, and if the Tahs had been successful with one of those penalties at goals (x3 times declined) at the end of 80 min …….?
Deja vu for Tane as Drua deliver another heart-breaker to under fire Coleman
Must be a Tah’s thing, why not take the three when they are on offer?. My under 10’s coach taught us to always take the three!!
Gordon must have caught the disease from Hooper?
Deja vu for Tane as Drua deliver another heart-breaker to under fire Coleman
Ben, tribalism is good and rugby in Australia certainly needs Moore more of it!
I believe that it is virtually impossible to have a team if one doesn’t have a homebase field and/or Club house. (Our Socceroos Coach, Graham Arnold said as much yesterday and written up in The Roar today!.)
Ballymore has been the spiritual home for Rugby in Queensland for years and I gather it is now “owned” by the QRU and ‘tis the de facto home of the Reds! A tribal home base! There is no way the QRU should give that up in any centralised “RA” model! I used to play at Ballymore (once or twice in the 3:00pm slot!!) and train at Ballymore “B” or “C?” fields with a club side, so that is sacred turf to large numbers of Queenslanders.
Do the other Oz-based SR “Clubs” have similar? Or have they spent their funds subsidizing league, or poached interstate players, purchased for them by that now called RA.?
The distance between Daceyville and Moore Park should be of concern to all Australian rugby fans and gives new meaning when one hears that deals are done at “arms length”. But it certainly now is better than the previous cohabitation at Alliance Stadium/ Moore Park?
One could also ask why is the oldest union in Australia living out of transportables on UNSW grounds? Don’t tell me they left all those funds at Moore Park? The lure of the Azure Cafe must still play havoc with some players and officials? Generational change is obviously needed?
If you’ve read to here, you now are aware that tribalism, may, and should have stirred up support for your team and maybe a little bit of hatred for Qld. We wouldn’t want it any other way! Always has been, always will….
Tribalism is good?!
Passionate, visceral, irrational tribalism is vital for any competition to succeed. Is a lack of it damaging Super Rugby?
Ok discipline and work rate is on the rise; next I want my Reds to be precise and clinical. (Please thank you, Les)
'Be useful': how unrivalled discipline and work rate is lifting the Reds to new heights
Yep, we have SR Australia!
RA reeling and facing a mass exodus of biggest stars - there are three key reasons why they're in peril
The NRC teams were fabrications. No traditions, no fan base, no history. Clubland has more support, and enthusiasm.
RA reeling and facing a mass exodus of biggest stars - there are three key reasons why they're in peril
From memory Folau held the record for the most number of tries scored in SR, ( 60?), which was only just been beaten by Julian Savea on the weekend.
RA reeling and facing a mass exodus of biggest stars - there are three key reasons why they're in peril
Did the SANZAAR review committee reassess the Lynagh late hit?
Tupou won't shy away from hurting ex-teammates in first clash against old team, Reds prop cops surprising four-match ban
Yes!!
'Over the moon': Reds deny Chiefs for 23 PHASES to win 'titanic' trans-Tasman clash as Kiss' revolution continues
Great initiative! I’ll do my best to be there, Lang Park or Ballymore.
'A wonderful initiative': 33-year first as Wales to take on Queensland Reds in 'nod to traditional tours'
But if the jersey fits?
'Gutted': Edmed misses shot after siren as Tahs blow chance of going back-to-back against Kiwis for first time since 2015
Nick, thank you for your upbeat assessment. Australian Rugby needs such.
However, there are so many elephants in the room, methinks that if even half come home to roost , RA needs to fold ( for the good of Rugby in Oz). – luv mixing my metaphors, while bleeding Red!
RA, and all the ( Australian) Super Clubs need to open their books and have them independently audited with results made public! If RA is going to let the Rebels “ hang out to dry” for a $21m debt, what was/is the financial situation of all the other Australian SR franchises?
To me, the Tahs have never played on an even financial playing field. All the deals, including Wallaby top-ups, positioning of league converts etc need to transparently on the table. Especially, how much debt the Tahs have brought to the RA table, by their mutually agreed merger?
A clean slate, new blood and points to prove: 15 reasons we're stoked Super Rugby is back
If the Tahs want them, and the Rebs are gone, then yes! Would be good to see players move the other way ( if possible) to the VRU to raise the standard there (maybe?) and create that “espirit de corp” rugby is famous for!
It has to be a level playing field though. It would not be a good look to see all those Reb players on Wallaby top-ups, move to the Tahs!
What is the Rebels' endgame? A Super club in Melbourne makes sense - but only if their players play in local comps
But I’d love to think there’s a reciprocal movement of displaced players to Vic ( but that would incur significant costs I imagine)
Being a frequent visitor to Wests Bulldogs ( they were my first Club in the late sixties), I’ve grown quite accepting of the Rebel players who frequent the clubhouse/ cafe etc. As mentioned , I’d like to think there is mutual benefit
Given the pain endured by Queensland during the birth of the Force ( Don’t think I’ll ever forgive Nathan Sharpe ! ), it would not be unreasonable of me to support the axing of the Force again? But I don’t. We need more rugby in Oz, not less!
What is the Rebels' endgame? A Super club in Melbourne makes sense - but only if their players play in local comps
Watch them spend to get Tupou and Kellway to the Tahs
CONFIRMED: Rebels fall into voluntary administration as Rugby Australia seeks 'sustainable and successful future'
Yes/ he played in the Brisbane comp for South’s and caused all sorts of issues when local grounds were having to cater for 15,000 plus spectators routinely!
Was the best thing for the local comp in a long time and that silly ex-league, ex-All Black coach lost the respect of all Queenslanders!
CONFIRMED: Rebels fall into voluntary administration as Rugby Australia seeks 'sustainable and successful future'
Sheek, we certainly need to keep rugby alive and well across all the State and Territory Unions across Oz. ( a bit like the old Sheffield Shield days for cricket). Super Rugby is akin to cricket’s Big Bash League, which in my opinion has taken some time to establish itself as a competition worth supporting.
I well remember the emotion and passion of the Qld vs NSW interstate games in league and union in the 60s and 70s. I have not so fond memories sitting on the concrete levels in the outer at Lang Park watching NSWRL Blues ( with 50% Qld players) piling on cricket scores against the QRL Reds, feeling very lonely with only about a couple of hundred fellow spectators. ( free tickets from the QRL to all schoolboy players).
I can also remember going to Ballymore for Reds vs Blues union matches and the ground was packed, both the Stand and the Hill! Atmosphere, tradition and parochialism by the ton! Hence my love for union. Traditions, and parochialism is what drives union and the post March “ espirit de corps” within and between the teams.
I wish the WARU and VicRU (and other state and territory unions) all the best in building their junior and senior levels. I think we could do without the Super Rugby franchises, but we do need developmental pathways to the Wallabies.
I think we could survive without all five “Super” franchises, but we need to keep all the Unions alive!
CONFIRMED: Rebels fall into voluntary administration as Rugby Australia seeks 'sustainable and successful future'
Have always thought Adelaide would be most appropriate. Being based in the City of Churches could be seen as an act of contrition 😱
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