Aussie Pro Rugby
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@Crucial said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@Crucial yeah but I think he was a bit ashamed at being charged down by the slowest guy on the field. I had my fucking ears taped. Who even does that any more?
Brodie Retallick?
Exactly. Imagine being charged down by Brodie?
The best part is I shouldn't have been allowed to charge it down because some of our guys had retired to halfway for the next kick off.
Looking at the scores I'm surprised they didn't just stay there for the whole game
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@Kruse said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@Kruse said in Aussie Rugby in general:
I seem to recall a Brodie Retallick with a massive stupid grin on his face scoring a try at the world cup from a charge-down.
Actually - looking that up now... I didn't realise at the time, but it was with his face.
It seems taped-up-ears' charge-downs are typically awesome.Big, scary, happy man.
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@Catogrande said in Aussie Rugby in general:
Looking at the scores I'm surprised they didn't just stay there for the whole game
To be fair, he was 10m wide of the sticks.
And most of their tries were under the posts
Worst bit is those guys aren't even top 4 material
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Tyrone Viiga, playing NRC level for the Western Sydney Rams has been signed by Bezier into D2.
Been around, only 25 this year. Solid player.
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@Kruse said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@Kruse said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@Kruse said in Aussie Rugby in general:
I seem to recall a Brodie Retallick with a massive stupid grin on his face scoring a try at the world cup from a charge-down.
Actually - looking that up now... I didn't realise at the time, but it was with his face.
It seems taped-up-ears' charge-downs are typically awesome.Big, scary, happy man.
I hadn't noticed before but after the chargedown the kicker goes down with an 'injury'. Now watch the first team mate that runs past him.
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This week at my club:
Second Grade 40-0
First Grade 90-0 (and it was only about 60 minutes).Now, our opponents will go deep into the finals, but still, its indicative.
At least we made a bucketload at the canteen, and they came back to our pub for an hour of drinking before their bus trip home.
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@NTA Keep the faith mate, keep on enjoying the best sport in the world.
That said, it seems like dissatisfaction with rugby is going quite deep. I used to be a mad keen die hard rugby fan; watched every game of S12 each weekend, attended most (if not all) home Super rugby fixtures. I've been a season ticket holder at Eden Park for nearly 10 years, but I just can't be arsed any more.
I'm not renewing next year after the Lions tour, I've pulled the pin on Sky Satellite (for FanPass), but find there's nothing I'm missing. There are just so many other demands on my time that finding time to watch even one game of footy is too hard. Feels like there are a few others in my boat too - we have a number of season ticket holders who are bailing. I offered free tickets at the office recently, and it was nearly impossible to get anyone who was interested in going.
Maybe I"m just getting old and crusty, but making time for anything but the All Blacks or the occasional NZ Derby/Blues game seems a stretch too far.
ah well, good luck next week
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@NTA Sounds like you've got it sorted for next year though. Lose big each week this year and the opposition will come back and spend money at the pub, you'll get more sponsorship to maybe entice some young fellows just arrived from over the ditch out to trainings in the bush (anything further than Burwood or Lane Cove is the bush for me
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@nzzp appreciate the sentiment. A lot of people keep telling me this but we're at the point now where we can't even field a 2nd Grade.
Amateur rules mean we can't "entice" anyone, unfortunately. Results are what counts now, and we're unlikely to get anything that looks decent. So next year the club men will have to go around again.
And the results are unlikely to get any better.
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@jegga said in Aussie Rugby in general:
Aussies looking to mooch off the npc .
It's the least we can do since they voted for us to host the 2011 RWC...
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@antipodean a couple of years ago they wanted the lions to play a game in Australia before they started their tour here.
Sad to see they haven't curtailed their mooching instincts.
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"Kiwi Official Working in Australia wants Australia in Kiwi Competition"
First I've heard of a "proposal" that is "being supported". Sure, we've discussed it in the past but NRC is here now and we need to focus on that.Hore is probably just sick of dealing with the pile of steaming dogshit that is Sydney Premier Rugby administrator illuminati, and looking for ways around it. He won't get there because NZ will have nothing to do with it.
So he'll have to go back to fighting Sydney Premier Clubs for something better. Some of the big clubs hate the NRC and wish it would fuck off so they could get some sweet TV funding.
What they don't understand is that none of them run even close to profit and are so busy consuming themselves that rugby is dying except for certain enclaves, where volunteers have worked their arses off with a plan e.g. northern beaches.
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I don't have too much problem with investigating the concept of evolving the NPC into an Australasian comp.
The pros could be more viewer interest, more sponsorship money, more variety.
The cons could be the comp structure becoming elitist again in NZ to accommodate the extra teams, a homogenisation of playing styles between the countries, increased expenditure for travel.
Maybe with the changing environment for Super Rugby a serious look is taken at a next tier comp that could include local based PI teams as well. It would need to remain at the semi-pro level though for NZ with strong constraints around expenditure/caps etc.
I can't personally see how it would fly, or be of short/medium term benefit for NZ but it could be worth a look for the next change cycle that will inevitably come. We have the NPC in a good place as far as development goes at the moment but that could change or the demands for financial accountability could increase.
One driver down the track is likely to be a change in the broadcast environment. At some point I can see NZRU having to produce and own the TV product themselves, then on sell it to various mediums without exclusivity. The days of Sky/ Fox being the card holders is coming to an end and there will be change.
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@Crucial said in Aussie Rugby in general:
One driver down the track is likely to be a change in the broadcast environment. At some point I can see NZRU having to produce and own the TV product themselves, then on sell it to various mediums without exclusivity. The days of Sky/ Fox being the card holders is coming to an end and there will be change.
Yep - with the rapid internet being deployed now, there are going to be few issues delivering content via the web.
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@Crucial said in Aussie Rugby in general:
I don't have too much problem with investigating the concept of evolving the NPC into an Australasian comp.
The pros could be more viewer interest, more sponsorship money, more variety.Super Rugby isn't working in Oz because all the teams are currently shite. The NPC loses money in its current format. Adding a longer format with greater transport costs is not a genius move to long-term financial sustainability.
So what do you do if it continues to have no interest and you're losing vastly more money?
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Rob Clarke resigns from ARU
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11850250
Tyrone Vi'iga - Wikipedia
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