Aussie Pro Rugby

antipodean

Brilliant decision by Sydney Rugby Union and NSWRU. And by extension the ARU. Western Sydney is a wasteland devoid of any sporting pretensions or talent. Despite decades of ignoring the area, the management of the game has seen absolutely no return on the investment they're yet to devote. Neither the ARU nor NSWRU should bother considering wasting anymore nonexistent resources in the area.

booboo

Not the point of the story but I found the following amusing:

The Emus have win just won game...

NTA

@booboo reckon they were in the middle of revising "just one win" when they had the editor say "post the fucken thing now!"

@antipodean said in Aussie Rugby in general:

Brilliant decision by Sydney Rugby Union and NSWRU. And by extension the ARU. Western Sydney is a wasteland devoid of any sporting pretensions or talent. Despite decades of ignoring the area, the management of the game has seen absolutely no return on the investment they're yet to devote. Neither the ARU nor NSWRU should bother considering wasting anymore nonexistent resources in the area.

Best thing they ever did was installing that magnet, powered by money, that silently graduates talent under the age of 23 eastward

barbarian

I'm actually pro this decision, provided they create something in Penrith's place.

Whilst people will blame RA/NSWRU for this, I've had a few dealings with Penrith over the years and they are horribly run club. How do you try and help a club that won't help itself?

Giving them the arse could be the best thing for them.

If this is our 'presence' in Western Sydney, then what's the point? They've been horrible for at least 20 years. Let's actually try and build something meaningful at UWS.

NTA

@barbarian and i tend to agree. I've heard bad things about the back office, and the playing squad and coaching appointments are a rotating door. The thing is, you can't sustain players getting belted every week by 50+ for that long. Last year at our club we didn't have a human tryscorer until Round 4, and we were shipping point-a-minute most weeks.

This week we've still had some hammerings but not by as much as Penrith are copping.

Pete Niumata actually played a season with us in 2010 with some of his mates. Then next year they all took off to Penrith to get slammed.

jegga

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12042589

nzzp

@jegga said in Aussie Rugby in general:

it's always the halfback, innit.

Edit:According to the newspaper, Phipps was dressed as a cow at the time.
of course!

KiwiMurph

According to the newspaper, Phipps was dressed as a cow at the time.

Sapetyvi

That story made me smile. Love me a good piss up with the boys.

Honestly, this is a good story, lately it has been Hunt with the drugs, Higgers with the cops, Folau.. Etc, very bad PR.

Phipps being dressed as a cow and humiliatimg himself? Better pr.

Nepia

I had a mate who used to piss on the bar every weekend, the dipshit. You learned never to go to the bar with him because of backsplash and his aim was generally shit.

barbarian

Phipps punishment should be a full public apology made to the media... while wearing the cow suit.

Catogrande

@barbarian said in Aussie Rugby in general:

Phipps punishment should be a full public apology made to the media... while wearing the cow suit.

Whanger in or out?

NTA

@catogrande do you need to ask?

Bones

@nta the question that immediately popped to my mind was whether the "h" is silent? I would have been inclined to think it's now a Whanger in Whanganui, when it used to be a Wanger in Wanganui.

Catogrande

@nta said in Aussie Rugby in general:

@catogrande do you need to ask?

It's down to cultural differences I think. Cow suits and pissing is not really a thing up here. Now if you're talking future Prime Ministers sticking their cocks into a dead pig's mouth, well that's different.