NZR review
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@SouthernMann we will just continue to bleed money unless something is done. The NPC is borderline professional these days with most provinces propped up by club players. Something needed to change today but unfortunately it hasn't. I feel our game will be in real trouble in 2-3 years time.
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@Canes4life said in NZR review:
The NPC is borderline professional these days with most provinces propped up by club players.
is it though?
Many of the players without a super gig earn buggar all for the NPC and then go back to whatever else they do, at best, it is semi-professional.
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That is resounding.
Unless someone has more info, I don't see a lot of difference in them. Insisting on 3 board members with PU experience is very different to representing a particular PU on the board.
I hate how the NPC has been undermined over the years by NZR. They have treated it shamefully and it's no surprise that it is a shadow of its former self.
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@Canes4life said in NZR review:
@SouthernMann we will just continue to bleed money unless something is done. The NPC is borderline professional these days with most provinces propped up by club players. Something needed to change today but unfortunately it hasn't. I feel our game will be in real trouble in 2-3 years time.
isn't club players getting to rep their union....kind of the whole point?
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@Kiwiwomble said in NZR review:
@Canes4life said in NZR review:
@SouthernMann we will just continue to bleed money unless something is done. The NPC is borderline professional these days with most provinces propped up by club players. Something needed to change today but unfortunately it hasn't. I feel our game will be in real trouble in 2-3 years time.
isn't club players getting to rep their union....kind of the whole point?
Yes. But investing in a long-term high performance programme? Or should it just be letting the club season run and picking the best 30 players?
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@SouthernMann as i say, i can see the attraction too trying to win (other than some glory), winning begets winning often and that attracts money which you can easily convince yourself is good for the game in the region
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@SouthernMann said in NZR review:
long-term high performance programme
isnt this in the interest of NZ Rugby as a whole, especially as the NPC loses it's significance?
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@Kiwiwomble said in NZR review:
@SouthernMann as i say, i can see the attraction too trying to win (other than some glory), winning begets winning often and that attracts money which you can easily convince yourself is good for the game in the region
It depends. Wellington for example, very sucessful on the field, absolutely bleeds money off it. It has a high spend with high performance
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@taniwharugby said in NZR review:
@SouthernMann said in NZR review:
long-term high performance programme
isnt this in the interest of NZ Rugby as a whole, especially as the NPC loses it's significance?
i think the argument is an expensive high performance program for an increasingly insignificant competition (which kills me to say) is viewed as poor use of funds
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@taniwharugby said in NZR review:
@SouthernMann said in NZR review:
long-term high performance programme
isnt this in the interest of NZ Rugby as a whole, especially as the NPC loses it's significance?
But 20 high performance units is way too many.
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@Kiwiwomble said in NZR review:
@gt12 said in NZR review:
The Pilkington report laid out that it sees the political games of the PUs fltering into the boardroom where other key stakeholders don't get representation (e.g., Super franchises, players), and basically says that the PUs are misusing funds (redirecting may the term) to focus on high performance rather than community rugby (like, only 21% of their spend vs 59% on high performance).
i think its a bit harsh to say that spending on high performance is misusing funds, until NZR has the balls to come out and say the NPC is no longer a important competition then i think trying to do well in it (short of overspending which some have)....doing well raises interest, attracts more sponsors and new players, more money in the door etc
I can't be bothered going back to the report, but it explained situations where money earmarked for local club rugby was redirected for high performance NPC.
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@Canes4life said in NZR review:
As Mils put it on the Breakdown, NZ Rugby will be dead in four years because of this.
This really is a very silly comment by Mils
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@gt12 said in NZR review:
@Kiwiwomble said in NZR review:
@gt12 said in NZR review:
The Pilkington report laid out that it sees the political games of the PUs fltering into the boardroom where other key stakeholders don't get representation (e.g., Super franchises, players), and basically says that the PUs are misusing funds (redirecting may the term) to focus on high performance rather than community rugby (like, only 21% of their spend vs 59% on high performance).
i think its a bit harsh to say that spending on high performance is misusing funds, until NZR has the balls to come out and say the NPC is no longer a important competition then i think trying to do well in it (short of overspending which some have)....doing well raises interest, attracts more sponsors and new players, more money in the door etc
I can't be bothered going back to the report, but it explained situations where money earmarked for local club rugby was redirected for high performance NPC.
ok, that is more clearly unacceptable, as long as thats the level they are being critiqued for rather than just trying to well in the NPC
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@nzzp said in NZR review:
That is resounding.
Unless someone has more info, I don't see a lot of difference in them. Insisting on 3 board members with PU experience is very different to representing a particular PU on the board.
I hate how the NPC has been undermined over the years by NZR. They have treated it shamefully and it's no surprise that it is a shadow of its former self.
Nor do I. Pilkington wanted 100% and he got 95%. Still an outcome for reform
The thing is it still will be very hard to attract / find outstanding Board members. They just don't exist. Esp not to focus on NZ rugby (and low remuneration). It will be made much harder with these diversity requirements
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@mikedogz said in NZR review:
The Super rugby franchises don't get a vote do they? That could probably change in the future.
arent most (all?) for the franchises partially owned by at least one or two of the local PU's?
edit: as of 2021
Blues: 38.5% ARU 21.5% NHRU
Chiefs: PU's 50%
Crusaders: PU's 100%
Highlanders: ORFU 7% SR% 4.7% NORFU 1.3%
Hurricanes: WRU 50% HKR 3% -
So effectively what we have is PUs determined to live in the past and misuse the money provide to them.
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@Kiwiwomble said in NZR review:
@gt12 said in NZR review:
@Kiwiwomble said in NZR review:
@gt12 said in NZR review:
The Pilkington report laid out that it sees the political games of the PUs fltering into the boardroom where other key stakeholders don't get representation (e.g., Super franchises, players), and basically says that the PUs are misusing funds (redirecting may the term) to focus on high performance rather than community rugby (like, only 21% of their spend vs 59% on high performance).
i think its a bit harsh to say that spending on high performance is misusing funds, until NZR has the balls to come out and say the NPC is no longer a important competition then i think trying to do well in it (short of overspending which some have)....doing well raises interest, attracts more sponsors and new players, more money in the door etc
I can't be bothered going back to the report, but it explained situations where money earmarked for local club rugby was redirected for high performance NPC.
ok, that is more clearly unacceptable, as long as thats the level they are being critiqued for rather than just trying to well in the NPC
I went back to have a read (from p. 38, discussing roles and its relationship to funding):
Agreed frameworks of accountability are not consistently adhered to, and the formal NZR corporate strategy insufficiently assigns roles and responsibilities. Both parties need to be able to hold each other to account. For example, we were informed that, in some cases, funds granted for the community game have been rerouted into high performance.
