Aussie Community Rugby
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@Kiwiwomble If they are a pack of unsavoury folk that do not play within the spirit of the rules (I know that is a cricket term but should also apply to the supposed gentlemen's game of rugby where one of the tennents of the sport is that the referee is the sole judge of fact and any decision they make should be accepted as sacrosanct and treated with respect, even if through gritted teeth on occasions!) then other opposing teams/clubs will also have had to put up with their unsavoury behaviour. If they succeed with their citing then those other clubs could well side with you guys and cite every possible misdemeanor they observe that said team might do and they could well come to regret their howlybagging.
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thats actually similar to a thought one of our coaches had, theyre claiming that they'd had 4 games in a row where similar stuff had happened and the ref hadn't protected their players...we saw it as are they going into these games looking to start shit and quickly turning to the victim, so we wanted to go back and see if theyre had cards in the games prior
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@NTA fuck that then
we actually just had to put the pressure on one of former 1's from last year, played in the final but had said he was doing family stuff this year...then we heard another club was tapping him up and he was about to "sign" as they pay rego and provide full kit etc....boys had to give him the old "you dont jump clubs" speech...turn up last night but it was close
these other clubs must have someone bank rolling things to pay rego and kit etc
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@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:
boys had to give him the old "you dont jump clubs" speech
Don't Dog The Boys
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I even cut these guys a deal because they're driving a long way - and our standard rego is only $150 to start with!
Have over 80 guys registered for two grades. About 15 of those you can chuck away as vaguely interested, but not really committee. That is still more than enough for 3 Grades but if blokes are named on the 2nd Grade bench they start dropping off.
But if you're not going to turn up on the day, knowing that guys drop out and your opportunity is there, how does that help anyone?
Sorry for putting on free beer and pizza after home games, BTW....
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we dropped ours to $200. It use to be $325 or something but that included a training top, shorts and socks...then we had everyone saying they didn't need new stuff as they have "last years"....so we split them...and now everyone is "what? i need to buy kit?"
legit have people turning up on a sat in track pants asking for shorts...obviously id want the uniform but surely if your going to a game you take some training short just in case!
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
It is possible to set up a Third Grade game but it's a lot of effort and other clubs want to play at fuckall o'clock at their home ground. Fuck that.
see, we have to field 3 grade, if you dont you dont qualify for finals
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@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:
we dropped ours to $200. I use to be $325 or something but that included a training top, shorts and socks...then we had everyone saying they didn't need new stuff as they have "last years"....so we split them...and now everyone is "what? i need to buy kit?"
legit have people turning up on a sat in track pants asking for shorts...obviously id want the uniform but surely if your going to a game you take some training short just in case!
And people wonder why you get burnt out running clubs? It's so f***ing frustrating!
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@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:
legit have people turning up on a sat in track pants asking for shorts
EVERY. FUCKING. WEEK.
Got a new manager in the club - great guy but knows nothing about rugby. He's got all these great ideas but is yet to truly appreciate that most of our player base are guys under 30 with the attention span of gnats.
Mate I love your enthusiasm, but most of these guys literally just want to turn up, play footy, have a beer and go back to their lives.
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@Dan54 dont get me wrong, im not even on the commitee, just manage one of the teams, the actual commitee kill them selves keeping the club alive
one of them who is probably a bit like @NTA in that he does loads for the club and then will also play two games if needed, was tell me the other week he needs to step down, said he was lonely and legit cant have a partner and still do everything he does for the club
@NTA they were probably saying the same thing about me when i first joined
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@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:
he does loads for the club and then will also play two games if needed, was tell me the other week he needs to step down, said he was lonely and legit cant have a partner and still do everything he does for the club
That's toxic. Unfortunately that situation requires them to just leave in order for everyone else to appreciate it.
I'm going to step down from the Union Board next year. It is only one meeting a month and I'll miss the odd junket, but I have to start withdrawing from the excess duties in some fashion.
I also find it frustrating that in 4 years on the board very little has changed in terms of landscape. Most of that is out of our control but why am I wasting my time on it when as a big part of the grassroots scene, we just get run over by Premier Rugby?
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@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
It is possible to set up a Third Grade game but it's a lot of effort and other clubs want to play at fuckall o'clock at their home ground. Fuck that.
see, we have to field 3 grade, if you dont you dont qualify for finals
Our Division (4) is only 2 Grades. Currently if you want regular Third Grade you have to go to Division 2 and have Colts U21 with it.
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@NTA have you had to get international clearance for a player?
we have loads of player from overseas but for some reason we've got to get clearance for a new guys thats just rocked up, highest level he's played is 1stXV club in ireland so hes not professional or anything...i have to get his club and then the irish union to sign off before lodging with Rugby Vic
seems over kill and i just cant believe every kiwi that comes over does it
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@Kiwiwomble I haven't had to do it though I know it is in the competition rules if someone last played overseas.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:
seems over kill and i just cant believe every kiwi that comes over does it
Yeah it becomes a case of "don't ask, don't tell". Our comp is fully amateur so they want to be sure it isn't some kind of dodgy setup
