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On a windy and wet Saturday afternoon in November 2021, something very surprising happened in Penrith: over 10,000 fans filed into BlueBet Stadium to…
I’m sorry Geoff, not paying tax is a big deal. It’s dire down there. They need to sort themselves out and stop lying to Rugby fans.
The Wrap: Good news and bad news for Rugby Australia as Brumbies and Rebels win local derbies
They have the King of Samoa, Big Junior. They will be ok.
Eels back in the swim for 2024 or heading up the river? Why they will and won't make the finals
Was there a big build up in Melbourne for Super Round, is it on the Sorts bulletin every night? We don’t hear a lot about it in Sydney and the crowd looked small but a lot of people were satying it’s a great event.
The Wrap: ‘World’s best provincial rugby competition’ delivers a superb Super Round
Yes he is insulting him Mick, it’s a term used to look down on those from poorer areas.
Fantasy footy: How a Rugby Australia and NRL partnership could actually work
Wow, that’s a bit harsh.
Fantasy footy: How a Rugby Australia and NRL partnership could actually work
Read the article, it’s talking about if the Panthers had a super Rugby team.
Which I assume would be made up of mostly existing Waratahs and Brumbies players.
Although clearly you’ve never been to Penrith to dismiss the talent stocks out in this area. There are dozens of kids in the Panthers system who would wipe the floor with the current crop in Rugby Union ATM. If the Panthers had a Super Rugby team that has an academy In Penrith Australia would be world number 1 in 5 years.
It’s unfortunate that Rugby snobs in east Sydney don’t see it. If you don’t believe me, get in your car and come and have a look at the talent out here.
Fantasy footy: How a Rugby Australia and NRL partnership could actually work
Panthers would win the Super Rugby easily. Not sure anyone out here would watch it though.
Fantasy footy: How a Rugby Australia and NRL partnership could actually work
Well said Jack, hopefully Christie who clearly has contacts at Rugby Australia can get some answers.
Wallaby signs with English giants in new setback for reeling Rebels
Great idea TP unfortunately I can’t see the Storm partnering or taking over a club with 9 Million debt on the books.
Fears for Rebels' future as debt threatens their Super Rugby existence - but CEO says 'we will be fine'
But you haven’t addressed the fact that the vast majority of fans don’t care about Super Rugby anymore.
Test Rugby will always be the pinnacle but the last few years have proved that the game in Australia cannot survive on the popularity of the global game alone. You need to get people to watch super Rugby, an extra 10k people to each home game means about another 3.5Million dollars a year for each team.
Trans-Tasman bosses meet to help 'reignite the flame' in Super Rugby as key areas to fix game highlighted
I forgot that McLennan got so narky
Biggest sporting feuds of 2023: Petulant verbal sprays, nasty bust-ups and lingering hatred that refuses to die
I live in Penrith and I have seen this unfold Infront of my eyes. So many young boys with all the talent in the world not given a start cause their dads wear hi vis to work.
ANALYSIS: McLennan's fatal blind spot, and why his exit leaves Australian rugby in a better place and a worse one
Well said Jack, the NRL is such an amazing comp but Rugby people here spend all their time looking down on it because their fans can’t afford to go to France.
Meanwhile the Panthers have already sold all of their season tickets for next year, maybe RA should try to learn from the NRL instead of vilifying it’s players and fans.
'Game has spent more than we can afford': RA rules out any more Suaalii-like raids on NRL in major U-turn
It is elitist mate, you just don’t realise it.
Don’t worry, Wallabies: the NRL is here to save you from yourselves
This is the elitist attitude he is talking about. What is actually wrong with Penrith? Have you been out this way? Have you seen the joy the kids get playing for this district?
I grew up playing rugby and have played overseas and it was wonderful, but they are more factors to consider, don’t knock an area cause you don’t live there
Don’t worry, Wallabies: the NRL is here to save you from yourselves
It ain’t thriving in Penrith mate!
This is the brutal reality: There are Aussies desperate to see Wallabies fail, and many want to see the sport's complete demise
I grew up in Samoa and only played Rugby, I love the game and always have. I came to Australia and moved to Western Sydney, I played the game at a high level and met some great peolple along the way. But I have always felt like it was a different world, when they finally kicked out Penrith from the SHute Shield I had had enough and now only support the Panthers, it helps that my son plays their of course but the NRL seem to take the community with them where as Union – well elements of it – appear not to. I am not celebrating their demise but I am not mourning it either cause as you pointed out they make it hard to love them.
This is the brutal reality: There are Aussies desperate to see Wallabies fail, and many want to see the sport's complete demise
Numbers don’t lie.
Eddie Jones should be celebrated not booed: Why the worst thing RA could do is sack the Wallabies coach
You are sticking by your man until the end and I commend that Christy, but whenever you quote Rennie’s percentage record you never seem to quote Jones’s record with the Wallabies? Unfortunately for these kids now Jones has put them into a culture of losing and they won’t be able to break it, how is the Lions series going to be any different?
Eddie Jones should be celebrated not booed: Why the worst thing RA could do is sack the Wallabies coach
If Eddie was still a teacher the poor kids would be damn confused.
'People smell blood': Eddie says Wallabies had to change ahead of World Cup ... even if it costs him his job
This is straight from Driver Avenue, But I am guessing you quite deliberately omitted that the Product is not nearly worth enough to get any value from PE.
I agree that PE is not the answer but how in the world is a game with such limited income streams going to service possibly $60M worth of debt?
Why RA have opted to borrow $60m instead of pursuing private equity sugar hit - for now
I would really love to see Australias best and richest Rugby team, The Penrith Panthers, get an NRLW team.
NRLW Semi-finals: They cannot be serious - time to press pause on any expansion plans
I think the question that needs to be asked is, is Shark Park at NRL Finals standard in its current state? I personally think it isn’t, but if it is they can play there.
It’s annoying that 25,000 fans will be locked out of Shark Park this weekend - but home advantage matters more
Rugby Union should pay for all these ignorant poor people who like league to go to France and see how wrong they are
Data doesn't deceive: 'Provincial' Rugby League trails in Rugby Union's wake
I think you ignore one really relevant and important factor, Super Rugby Uniquely competes against one of the richest and best Club Rugby tournaments in the world, the NRL. Foolishly each week they play and the same time slots in the same markets in the same stadiums and Australians are voting for the other guy nearly every time, making the NRL very rich along the way. Until this is addressed Rugby will continue to go backwards in this country.
'Curse the money all you want' but RA must work out what it wants from Super Rugby - otherwise the game is doomed