Aussie Pro Rugby
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Aussie Rugby:
@Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:
Reason actually on point about Hamish
"Rumours of an impromptu champagne party being thrown at the headquarters of New Zealand Rugby have yet to be substantiated, although the bellicose Aussie businessman was known to be about as popular with the leaders of NZR as a rabid possum."
Seriously quality writing.
Sounds like Greg Growden from over here. Enormously pleased with their own cleverness and has enough readership of similar intelligence to chortle along with them.
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@MajorRage said in Aussie Rugby:
@barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:
.Had he left after the World Cup, I think he would be viewed differently. People would respect the balls to make the big calls, and resign when the biggest call didn't work out. Instead he hung on, insisting we needed him and it was all a witch hunt from jaded losers who were out to get him. It was sad.
Has his redundancy package been published? That'll be why he didn't resign.
Given he was an elected Chair, I'm not sure he gets one? I'm no expert in corporate governance though...
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@barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:
@MajorRage said in Aussie Rugby:
@barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:
.Had he left after the World Cup, I think he would be viewed differently. People would respect the balls to make the big calls, and resign when the biggest call didn't work out. Instead he hung on, insisting we needed him and it was all a witch hunt from jaded losers who were out to get him. It was sad.
Has his redundancy package been published? That'll be why he didn't resign.
Given he was an elected Chair, I'm not sure he gets one? I'm no expert in corporate governance though...
Yup he decided to chuck his teddies out cos he couldn't be chair, he could've stayed as board member
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@barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:
@MajorRage said in Aussie Rugby:
@barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:
.Had he left after the World Cup, I think he would be viewed differently. People would respect the balls to make the big calls, and resign when the biggest call didn't work out. Instead he hung on, insisting we needed him and it was all a witch hunt from jaded losers who were out to get him. It was sad.
Has his redundancy package been published? That'll be why he didn't resign.
Given he was an elected Chair, I'm not sure he gets one? I'm no expert in corporate governance though...
Board members aren't employees so wouldn't be covered by normal redundancy and as @Machpants notes he resigned because he wouldn't be Chair.
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Ever wondered what Marika Vunibaka is up to? Wonder no more!
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I know AR blew the RWC budget, by millions including a mill spent on psychiatrists, add to this, and Eddie has cost a lot of people a lot of money!
Fallout from Eddie Jones exit contributes to RFU costs rising by £4.7m
The RFU’s decision to sack Eddie Jones and replace him with Steve Borthwick contributed to increased England costs of nearly £5m, according to the organisation’s annual report for the year ending June 2023
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Yeah, but Mark N is a bit of an outlier. I don't think any other player has a realistic chance at getting a league contract.
Good on him, will be interesting to see how he goes. These days I don't think you can be too attached to local players, the vast majority will go overseas at some point. But it's rarely permanent and I wouldn't be surprised if he came back in 2027 for the World Cup.
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if i was a winger i would probably choose the NRL as well. More touches, more runs.
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby:
if i was a winger i would probably choose the NRL as well. More touches, more runs.
If you wanted to play footy, that would make sense. The issue for RA is the investment they've pout into Marky Mark for him to finally come good at Test level and now he's reportedly pissing off. Like @barbarian , I think he'd be motivated to come back for the Lions/ home RWC. The issue is Australia doesn't have a big problem developing backs.
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby:
if i was a winger i would probably choose the NRL as well. More touches, more runs.
and only 13 opponents to get past to the line
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@Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:
@mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby:
if i was a winger i would probably choose the NRL as well. More touches, more runs.
and only 13 opponents to get past to the line
And acres of space because opposition wingers don't know how to defend wings.
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@Nepia hard to honestly judge when the whole wallabies teams has been struggling maybe?
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@Kiwiwomble Yeah possibly.
