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About a month or so ago I posted a thread regarding the Supa Iberica De Rugby and its inaugural season. Well, I thought I’d…
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Rugby in North America has taken yet another leap forward in development and a small step to a future professional league on the continent.…
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View from the sideline was that the Wallaroos really didn’t pressure the Canadians breakdown allowing them to get quick front foot ball and over the gain line most of the night. In contrast our delivery was just too slow allowing them time to set their line. Our backline has plenty of pace and running ability but desperately needs quicker ball to take advantage of those assets.
In regards to the scrum. Total mismatch on O’Gorman’s side in terms of technique and physicality.
Wallaroos defeated by Canada as pressure turns on Yapp's side ahead of crunch USA clash
I’ll be doing my bit to support them this evening alongside the 6 others that will be coming with me. They’ll also play Ireland in Belfast on September 14th. Which I’m a little disappointed by as I’ll be flying back to Sydney out of Dublin the day before. A week earlier and I could have wrangled a fair crowd to make the 2 hour journey north. Albeit heavily leaning toward the Irish at least it would have meant a few more Wallaroos supporters.
OPINION: It’s time Australia’s rugby public throws its weight behind the Wallaroos - because it will transform our game if we do
It bothers me as a former prop. The idea of the shot clock is about getting players to the scrum to get it set in a timely manner more than it is to force them to be set in a rushed and dangerous manner. At present there is a lot of time wasted by players just lumbering about or forming unnecessary huddles.
People seem to either be misunderstanding or misrepresenting the purpose of this measure. If the clock is say for 45 seconds. Then each player from the respective packs needs to be present and in position to pack the scrum. The ref then can run it through the necessary phases to set it safely. Not that hard to grasp. People will inevitably cry fatigue. Well, the answer is players could tweak their conditioning to manage it. If anyone thinks it’s natural for a man to be 6’2 and 120kg then you’re kidding yourself. Proof in point. Have a look at Dan Palmer in his playing days and him now.
Scrums banned from free-kicks, 20-min red cards and shotclocks: World Rugby tries to speed up the game
They could also look to implement the ‘only one reset’ provision that is used in MLR.
Scrums banned from free-kicks, 20-min red cards and shotclocks: World Rugby tries to speed up the game
£800,000,000 over 8 years. That’s apparently the offer. Kind of a difficult ask to expect the 10 Unions that will own the tournament to turn that kind of money down when so many are desperately looking to grow their revenue streams. RA especially. I’m not advocating for it. Just providing some perspective on it.
COMMENT: It's a disgrace rugby is heading to Qatar - but that's not because of sportswashing
Mate, I’ve actually seen people arguing for just that.
Rebels face more hurdles despite $25m rescue plan, call on RA to show support and reveal hand as court battle looms
They have and this supposed debt being bounded about has turned out to be an nothing-burger. There was and is no huge outstanding Tahs debt.
Rebels face more hurdles despite $25m rescue plan, call on RA to show support and reveal hand as court battle looms
We need to stop mistaking the woes of the game here which have been caused by decades of poor managements and administration with the state of the game internationally. Which has allowed the game to stagnate and fester. Internationally the contest between the two codes isn’t even close. Rugby is striding ahead. The overall quality of play has been great across pretty much every competition this year. Including SRP for the record. The three games I watched over Friday and Saturday were all hugely entertaining. Even the quality of the Super W competition this year has been the best I’ve seen so far.
This year the Premiership, URC, Top 14 and JRLO have all seen increased viewership and attendances. The Champions Cup Ro16 and 1/4 over the last fortnight have been immense. Even the developing leagues in the likes of MLR and SRA have seen growth particularly in the quality of play.
The Rugby European Championship probably just had their best season yet. Crowds were up quite a bit particularly in the likes of Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Portugal. Both Portugal and Georgia both participated in the recent u18s internationals in Europe and put forth very good showings.
On the women’s side the first edition of the WXV set up seems to have worked out better than WR had hoped across all three tiers. The Women’s 6Ns is currently underway and is being played in front of strong crowds. Hell, there’s even been the announcement of a new professional league set to be launched in the US in 2025.
Not everything is perfect. There’s still things that need to be done to improve the overall flow of the game. But to suggest that internationally the game is in trouble is alarmist and not founded in reality. Hell, if we had competent administration here that knew how to manage and promote the game particularly that of SRP and not just solely focused on the Wallabies things would be much healthier.
Rugby is losing the long-term battle: What World Rugby must learn from Australia before it's too late
Thing is. It’s not just football that these guys often participate in. Many that don’t go to Uni for Football go for Basketball (a lot of NBA were highly rated HS Football players as well), Ice Hockey, Wrestling, Track and Field, Lacrosse. Sports that all offer scholarships and paid playing opportunities post College to some degree. All tend to draw from the same well of athletes.
The only way to do it is start from the ground up and be ready to wait it out for decades. Rugby has spent 50 years chipping away to the point now that many Universities have club teams (usually recognised by the University which comes with limited support around access to facilities) and is only now seeing the game begin to pick up momentum in terms of youth and HS participation. Even still it’s a long way from breaking through.
NRL in Vegas was such a hit, my American mate wants a Canberra Raiders jersey
Or one of the 8 or so Arena Football Leagues. There’s also a bunch of semi- pro leagues across the country. Japan has a small pro league. As does Mexico and there’s a renewed push on building a European based league as well. The introduction of NIL has also radically changed college sports particularly College football to the point where players can earn a decent living as far down as D3 in the States. Taking into account the redshirt (which is kind of a development year) players can play College football for up to 5 years. And then there’s Rugby.
NRL in Vegas was such a hit, my American mate wants a Canberra Raiders jersey
A seasonal change has been something that I’ve thought should be seriously considered for a while. That and a commitment for a longer home and away season. And while I do understand people arguments against it the counter argument is South Africa have managed to do it rather successfully. Clearer air from competitors. Opportunities for event games like Christmas Day and New Years Day games. More matches for viewers. Could move the RC to align more with the 6Ns.
Work with Japan to run a Cup competition during the November window (something people don’t realise about Japanese Rugby when citing their short season is they have a very long preseason) and potentially in the new RC window as well.
The Super Rugby reboot I need to hate the Reds again
How would looking to build SRP commercially jeopardise RA income? The article talks about value of competitions and laments the lack of commercial sustainability of SRP. Noting it’s decline but then likes this post.
Building SRP’s commercial base would help RA bottom line as it would go a long way to developing ideally another valuable revenue stream for RA. Which would take a lot of pressure of the Wallabies as the main driver. And considering the Union would be involved they would benefit. It would also help with talent retention as if you develop a valuable asset in SRP to the point you can increase the salary cap at that level allowing them to be more competitive with both domestic and international competitors.
'Curse the money all you want' but RA must work out what it wants from Super Rugby - otherwise the game is doomed
Would also help if it were actually promoted better.
'Curse the money all you want' but RA must work out what it wants from Super Rugby - otherwise the game is doomed
Yep, if you want to include some kind of Japanese participation then go with a Cup competition. HEll, you could have it as the Top 8 from each enter a Cup comp and if you really wanted to involved SR Americas you could then take the bottom 4 teams in SRP and play the Top 4 from SR Americans in a Challenger Series or something like that hosted in one location. Alongside a longer season ideally double round robin. For 22 rounds with or with the Rebels. Ideally with them. Having all the admin run centrally by RA and only having the HP and Academy ops running in Melbourne.
Two new teams and a big show of faith to two more - how Super Rugby must kick on from a thrilling start to 2024
This is something I support. Working with Japan to establish a cross-border Cup competition. Pre/Post season or even in the lead in to the November Test window.
Two new teams and a big show of faith to two more - how Super Rugby must kick on from a thrilling start to 2024
Stop suggesting Japan as a option for SRP. It’s fanciful and frankly poorly thought out and informed. The JRFU were happy enough to bin the Sunwolves and are now all in on the JRL1 structure as a professional competition. They aren’t going to green light a return to SRP. As for the Jaguares. No, won’t be near the same strength as previously and goes back to the whole traversing the globe. Not something we should be looking at again.
If the Rebels are axed which isn’t the path I want to see. But if they are, then go to 11 and run a double round robin for a 22 round season allowing for each to have 2 byes and host 10 home games a season. In regards, to MP. Being based in the Islands isn’t likely viable but they should be playing more games in Samoa and Tonga.
Two new teams and a big show of faith to two more - how Super Rugby must kick on from a thrilling start to 2024
You are aware that the 6Ns is the biggest annual Rugby tournament of either code. Bringing in ratings that the NRL could only dream of. And the Netflix series Full Contact has been a broad success leading to a 2nd season being green lit. Don’t equate Rugby in Australia to Rugby around the world.
If the NRL want to win over America, what happens in Vegas has to stay there all year around
Not really concerned about Super Rugby’s recognition in the US. More the development and growth of Major League Rugby leading into the 2031 RWC.
If the NRL want to win over America, what happens in Vegas has to stay there all year around
Yes, but Soccer has the advantages of decades of growth and development from the ground up. Which has resulted in the professional tiers of the game now running 3 divisions deep. Even then it would be their 5th biggest sport with the NFL way out ahead (97 of the top 100 broadcasts last year were NFL games with two of the remaining 3 being College Football), NBA, MLB and NHL currently ahead of the MLS.
If the NRL want to win over America, what happens in Vegas has to stay there all year around
There’s no real buzz about it in the Rugby community in the US. Which some may say ‘so what’ but in terms of interest most of them at the very least are aware of the NRL as a competition and Rugby League as a sport so would be the logical initial target audience. All of the chatter has been about MLR kicking off and the LA 7s this weekend. The only mention I’ve seen of the NRL’s Vegas venture has been about a potential kick on effect for MLR.
If the NRL want to win over America, what happens in Vegas has to stay there all year around
With an extensive injury list and the time.
'Not a hit and run': Schmidt explains short-term deal and why he 'surprised' himself by taking Wallabies job
Well, considering most of them called for Jones to be installed and that turned out to be a total trainwreck you’d hope they’d be self aware enough to keep quiet for the foreseeable. Though I doubt it.
'Not a hit and run': Schmidt explains short-term deal and why he 'surprised' himself by taking Wallabies job
Yep. Look up who’s bankrolling things like Major League Cricket. It’s not overly difficult to figure going off some of the team names.
Talk is cheap: Only real investment can stop Test cricket ending up like rugby league
Given Hansen has committed his future to Ireland his opinion on who should coach the Wallabies really isn’t relevant.
Rugby News: 'Doesn't seem right' - Mack urges RA to avoid Kiwi coach, Clive tells Poms to ditch 'ridiculous' ban
This was an improvement on our last outing against the Canadians. Who be.at us last year 45-7
Wallaroos defeated by Canada as pressure turns on Yapp's side ahead of crunch USA clash