Aussie Pro Rugby
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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.
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@Stargazer just the sort of signing to make them competitive - ageing Irish player looking for more sunshine.
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@Yeetyaah said in Aussie Rugby:
@Stargazer shit eh what a weird signing.
I don't mind it.
Kind of intriguing.
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@booboo said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
TWIGGYBUCKS!!!
This though.
Not sustainable
Have a look at RA since building a $45M war chest on 2003 RWC windfall.
Sustainable? Lolz....
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
@booboo said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
TWIGGYBUCKS!!!
This though.
Not sustainable
Have a look at RA since building a $45M war chest on 2003 RWC windfall.
Sustainable? Lolz....
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan, "before the year is out."
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Western Force. Fixing Australia's depth by hiring one ineligible retiree at a time.
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@antipodean said in Aussie Rugby:
Western Force. Fixing Australia's depth by hiring one ineligible retiree at a time.
TWIGGYBUCKS FTW!
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@antipodean So the Force must be competitive but they must only be competitive with locally sourced players?
They are 31 and 26 year old internationals, by the way.
It's actually pretty hard to gauge what NZ actually want. is it competitive teams, or locally sourced talent, or is it new markets, or Pacifika team based no-where near any of it's 'locally sourced players'? flopping around like a dead fish.
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