Aussie Pro Rugby
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby:
Oh, and if you want an illustration of how fucked rugby is in Australia, and why it's actually going to die
I registered my 12 year old son for his 2 month season up here. $90
That came with a breakdown.
$5 went to his club
Much much more was the QRU and ARU levy. 12 year olds are paying to prop up elite rugby, not the other way around.Compare that to league and AFL and wonder where kids are going to play
Jeez, that's outrageous.
I checked locally and it's £75 for a whole, 8 month season, with £40-ish going to the club and the rest going to the RFU and insurance
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@Dan54 said in Aussie Rugby:
Wonder if RA look at Mick Byrne as a coach for Wallabies? Doing good job with Drua, been involved with ABs and Wallabies and apparently an incredible rugby brain.
Yes, yes, all very impressive. But does Hamish McLennan like his ability to pull headlines?
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
@Dan54 said in Aussie Rugby:
Wonder if RA look at Mick Byrne as a coach for Wallabies? Doing good job with Drua, been involved with ABs and Wallabies and apparently an incredible rugby brain.
Yes, yes, all very impressive. But does Hamish McLennan like his ability to pull headlines?
True mate, what the hell was I thinking??
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@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Rugby:
Justin Harrison is a plague - the king of corporate buzzwords who is also head of RUPA and a Stan Commentator on the review panel - that will go well.
Recommendation #1: Give more money to players.
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Ex-England and Australia head coach Eddie Jones has ruled himself out of contention for the vacant British and Irish Lions role.
He certainly has, inadvertantly.
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@Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
Nice of him to confirm it. Given apparently the RFU wouldn't be seen dead with him anyway
Lions are not part of the RFU, but I doubt Iuean Evans (from shit little Wales) would be keen on him either
Yes I know that, but when 30% of your base* won't touch him, good luck getting the others to agree.
*Let's face it: Scotland are like 15%, Ireland 30%, and Wales 25%
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@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Rugby:
Justin Harrison is a plague - the king of corporate buzzwords who is also head of RUPA and a Stan Commentator on the review panel - that will go well.
He’s also a plank according to Austin Healy and he likes throwing medals away
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@mikedogz said in Aussie Rugby:
Aged well...
McLennan argued former Wallabies were supportive of the move, and that Jones had a “hard edge” that Rennie did not. The chair later upset some players and fans by appearing to criticise Rennie’s penchant for playing guitar in team bonding sessions.
“I would rather we have somebody who’s really tough and we win World Cups than we have a Kumbaya session, everyone holds hands and we fail,” McLennan said.
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
McKellar rules himself out.
If he’s genuinely not interested why wouldn’t he take the opportunity to say
I’d love to coach the Wallabies one day, but that will never happen with the current board in place
I have no confidence in their ability to do their jobs and support me in doing mine
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@MiketheSnow that is, perhaps, somewhat burning a bridge.
Edit: these situations lean toward POW rules i.e. answer the question you're asked.
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
@MiketheSnow that is, perhaps, somewhat burning a bridge.
How so?
Hopefully that will get the ball rolling to get them ousted and binned
And if not, he didn’t want the job anyway
Win, win
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Tension between the Sydney Roosters and Rugby Australia is set to explode with the NRL powerhouse club to meet with Wallabies rising star Mark Nawaqanitawase next week in a potential move that will send shockwaves through the 15-man game.
Bombshell rugby raid: Roosters to meet with rising Wallabies star
Roosters on the verge of snatching one of Wallabies’ best players in move that would be revenge for the loss of Joseph Suaalii.
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