Aussie Pro Rugby
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@antipodean Mate he not a bad player at all and a loss. I surprised you have never heard of him if you follow rugby.
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Good player. Only 25. More of a mobile blindside than a big bopper, tho at 193cm and 110kg no midget.
It's a shame. Even if there is a Rebels next year, not sure what they'll have left in terms of players.
Maybe the Force can stop being a retirement gig for foreign players and pick a few up.
An 11-team comp will be a bit shit tho.
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Another nail in the coffin
The Melbourne Rebels’ hopes of surviving beyond this season are swiftly fading after 10 administrative staff, including chief executive Baden Stephenson, were made redundant, with the remaining staff and coaches put on four-month contracts to see out the Super Rugby campaign. A day out from Super Rugby Pacific’s glitzy launch in Auckland, administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers began the process of winding up the Rebels on Tuesday by terminating the employment of all staff members, excluding players (given Rugby Australia is a party to their contracts).
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
Good player. Only 25. More of a mobile blindside than a big bopper, tho at 193cm and 110kg no midget.
It's a shame. Even if there is a Rebels next year, not sure what they'll have left in terms of players.
Maybe the Force can stop being a retirement gig for foreign players and pick a few up.
An 11-team comp will be a bit shit tho.
With 11 you could have a complete home and away round robin, as no need for rest weeks, then semi and finals, I think
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Josh Kemeny was named as an outside back for the world cup....so not sure his profile is quite as good as he might like
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@Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:
With 11 you could have a complete home and away round robin, as no need for rest weeks, then semi and finals, I think
You get rid of the ridiculous situation where 2 clubs have the week off, it's true.
Not sure Australian Rugby is willing to give up the conference system tho Not enough wins
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@Dan54 said in Aussie Rugby:
Man I can't believe after the talk from Waugh ,that you still can't buy tickets to Fridays night's game, it's only 5 days!
Really?
Just bought tickets to Reds v Chiefs on 9 March
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@booboo said in Aussie Rugby:
@Dan54 said in Aussie Rugby:
Man I can't believe after the talk from Waugh ,that you still can't buy tickets to Fridays night's game, it's only 5 days!
Really?
Just bought tickets to Reds v Chiefs on 9 March
Yep well last night you still couldnt get them for Fridays Rebel's game, I thought they would of got stadium locked in and tickets on market by now. Hell I got mine for Hurricanes/Rebels game on March 22nd.
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@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Rugby:
Tickets finally sorted for Melb Rebels
Giddy-up?
Shouldn't that be what the Brumbies are saying? Or are they going to ride the ponies
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@Duluth said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
Sydney Suburban update:
Maybe we should split this thread? An Aus community rugby thread and a pro rugby one? What do you think?
im not sure there is the demand, there is only a couple of us that post the occasional thing about club rugby and often in relation to things like how strong the game is in general
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@Duluth said in Aussie Rugby:
@Kirwan said in Aussie Rugby:
Nah, it's a separate topic, and allows people to find stuff they are interested in more easily. Should be split.
Yeah I like Nicks posts about that stuff but it gets lost in the crowd
so split the threads then - dunno why you're asking us, you're the boss - this isn't some Russian democracy