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@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Rugby:
Hooper confirmed Wallabies captain.
Interesting. I had thought that Rennie might look to make statement early around changing the guard.
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@Crucial said in Aussie Rugby:
@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Rugby:
Hooper confirmed Wallabies captain.
Interesting. I had thought that Rennie might look to make statement early around changing the guard.
I also thought he'd wait for the skipper stuff particularly given Hooper is going to Japan next year. Continuity I guess, but there are some talented backrowers in the wings.
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@NTA possibly with a shortened start to the season, and also very disrupted, he's sticking with the tried and true and experienced for that leadership. I don't rate Mad-Eyed-Hoopy as an leader to deal with refs, but he probably has the respect of the squad. He puts the mahi in, for sure. And next year, off to Japan, he can removed without controversy or hurt feelings probably permanently
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@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Rugby:
Yeah there's really no other options in the short term.
The only other viable option would be Alaalatoa but with Tongan Thor there Alaalatoa doesn't command a starting spot.
Props are also replaced by design in modern rugby so they're not great choices for captains in every instance.
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Qantas has pulled their sponsorship of the Wallabies this week as the airline looks to cut costs wherever they can.
The deal was said to be worth close to $20m to Rugby Australia, which is already in a desperate state after a generation of mismanagement and jobs-for-the-boys.
With only a handful of international fixtures between now and the end of the year, Rugby Australia has been forced to launch its own Patreon – a service in which an audience can subscribe to their favourite content creators to make sure they’re able to keep the lights on.
The interim COO of Rugby Australia, Gideon Christ-Doright, spoke to The Advocate this morning where he, for the first time, spelled out just how bad things have gotten at the nation’s once-popular rugby code.
“We went to war with Foxtel knowing that we could always count on Qantas to keep our Land Rovers full of 95 RON,” said Gideon.
“But now they’re gone, it looks like we have no choice. No choice but to turn to the only people we haven’t offended or pissed off,”
“Our fans.”
more at https://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/rugby-australia-launch-a-patreon/
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@antipodean said in Aussie Rugby:
Qantas has pulled their sponsorship of the Wallabies this week as the airline looks to cut costs wherever they can.
The deal was said to be worth close to $20m to Rugby Australia, which is already in a desperate state after a generation of mismanagement and jobs-for-the-boys.
With only a handful of international fixtures between now and the end of the year, Rugby Australia has been forced to launch its own Patreon – a service in which an audience can subscribe to their favourite content creators to make sure they’re able to keep the lights on.
The interim COO of Rugby Australia, Gideon Christ-Doright, spoke to The Advocate this morning where he, for the first time, spelled out just how bad things have gotten at the nation’s once-popular rugby code.
“We went to war with Foxtel knowing that we could always count on Qantas to keep our Land Rovers full of 95 RON,” said Gideon.
“But now they’re gone, it looks like we have no choice. No choice but to turn to the only people we haven’t offended or pissed off,”
“Our fans.”
more at https://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/rugby-australia-launch-a-patreon/
great investment options for fans
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bleeds Gold and Green.
Michael Cheika to help Pumas in Rugby Championship
The Argentine Rugby Union have announced that former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika will be part of their coaching staff during the Rugby Championship.
Yeah right
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@Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:
bleeds Gold and Green.
The Argentine Rugby Union have announced that former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika will be part of their coaching staff during the Rugby Championship.
Yeah right
Gold coins and greenbacks
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If anyone is a bit bored of a Saturday and wants to watch some rugby, head over here and check out NSW Suburban (Sydney Park footy).
So this is First Division Subbies - basically the level below Sydney Premier Rugby (Sydney uni, Randwick etc) which is all-amateur (* ahem * ) and some of the games are of higher quality than Premier if I'm honest.
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How the feck do they afford this
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/300117469/touring-wallabies-players-back-on-full-pay
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@Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:
How the feck do they afford this
Government money and Twiggybucks.
Personally I would have liked to see them play before getting them back to full dosh.
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Interesting point that Marino is applying for RA CEO. Puts the current mess in a new light with respect to his statements that NZ knew about the 12th as final test. Certainly SANZAAR employees dint have a future, well certainly most of them
NZH paywall
It might pay to take Sanzaar boss Andy Marinos with a pinch of conflicted salt from now on.
Marinos appears to have seen the writing on the wall for his role, and duly hitched his cart to Rugby Australia (RA) in the hope of landing a new plum position.
The Sydney-based South African had been shortlisted for the Rugby Australia chief executive position, and with that in mind it's only fair to ask how objective he can be in the standoff between New Zealand Rugby and RA over the Rugby Championship scheduling debacle that threatens to force the All Blacks to quarantine through Christmas on their return home.
New Zealand Rugby chief executive Mark Robinson, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Sport Minister Grant Robertson and NZ Rugby Players' Association boss Rob Nichol all felt blindsided by Sanzaar releasing the Rugby Championship schedule on Thursday without an agreement being reached.
When the Rugby Championship was to be staged in New Zealand, all four parties insisted changes be made to the original proposal to ensure the tournament finished on the weekend of December 5th which would allow foreign teams, including the Wallabies, to return home and be with their families in time for Christmas.
Now it is being held in Australia, no such provisions have been made with the tournament due to conclude on December 12th – a date that caught New Zealand powerbrokers off guard.
Once the schedule was released, Robinson, Ardern and Robertson made their views about the inflexible schedule clear.
"There was an agreement that those games would conclude by the sixth of December and if everyone sticks to that, then it wouldn't be an issue," Ardern said.
Robinson suggested the final-round match between the All Blacks and Wallabies could be played earlier, while allowing the Argentina and South Africa test on December 12 to continue as scheduled.
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@Stargazer shit eh what a weird signing.
Confirmed: Michael Hooper to captain Wallabies under Dave Rennie
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