Aussie Pro Rugby
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@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
Schmidt was pretty clear that the captain for test 1 isn't necessarily the captain for the season. He has been pretty frank that is knowledge of the Aussie players from a leadership point of view is very little so far.
i respect that
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@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
@NTA agreed. Wallabies have struggled with on field leadership for a fair while so I can see the appeal of going with a natural captain.
Michael Hooper killed himself trying to drive those boys forward, and more often than not no one would or could go with him. It needs more than one bloke.
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D Duluth forked this topic on
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Another stray Rebel is adopted -
ACT Brumbies have today announced the signing of forward Tuaina Taii Tualima to a two-year deal for the 2025 and 2026 Super Rugby Pacific competition. -
The ACT Brumbies are set to experience one of the biggest shake-ups in their history, by signing a partnership agreement with Rugby Australia. The Brumbies would become the second Australian Super Rugby outfit to link up with RA after the Waratahs handed over the keys at the start of the year. The Brumbies board briefed key stakeholders in the Australian Capital Territory & Southern New South Wales Rugby Union on the club’s financial position and the deal put forward by the national body – a deal that will see RA take charge of the day-to-day business operations. -
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@NTA said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
Inevitable.
Agreed. They have no assets and are on the bones of their arses financially. The key clause in the agreement would be keeping the franchise where it is IMO.
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@antipodean said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
on the bones of their arses financially.
Australian Rugby in general. None of these idiots knows how to run a chook raffle.
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Two more Rebel strays adopted - Reds are building a strong squad.
Gibbon and Anderson Commit to Reds
The Queensland Rugby Union is excited to welcome former Wallabies prop Matt Gibbon and outside back Lachie Anderson to the Reds for the 2025 season.
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@Daffy-Jaffy lol the Reds are going to be very strong and the Tahs very weak. Apparently no one wants to sign with them.
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@Canes4life said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
and the Tahs very weak. Apparently no one wants to sign with them
They can't even keep the players they had!
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@Daffy-Jaffy they will struggle to field a team at this point. Could be a long year for them next year.
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@Canes4life said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
@Daffy-Jaffy they will struggle to field a team at this point. Could be a long year for them next year.
Unlikely to be worse than this year. With new coaching staff, an uninterrupted integration with RA's high performance setup it'll be a rebuilding year. Like all the others...
Losing HJH doesn't help, but I don't feel the Reds are really bolstered by the addition of Gibbon and Anderson. Their benefit is that they've played SR before. And that's about it.
Those negotiations were probably already well in train before the Tahs had cemented their coaching announcements. And tbh I think that's where the Tahs focus has to start - professionalism there will flow down to high performance in the squad.
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Makes sense. The good players already played Wales twice. The rest of the squad is starting for the Reds on Friday.
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The unheralded ex-Wallaby who could soon become most powerful man in global rugby
Former Brumbies captain Brett Robinson is considering a run for the chairmanship of World Rugby later this year after colleagues urged him to stand.
Force land Johnson-Holmes to bolster front-row stocks
