Aussie Community Rugby
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We snuck into 6th spot with a 28-30 loss on the weekend to just shift ahead of the guys in 7th.
Soured a little by one of our blokes blowing up deluxe at the ref, and a post-match citing by the other club of one of our guys who has the cleanest record I've seen for an openside flanker. I don't see any form of contact during the period alleged, but off to Judiciary we go again.
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good luck
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
We snuck into 6th spot with a 28-30 loss on the weekend to just shift ahead of the guys in 7th.
Soured a little by one of our blokes blowing up deluxe at the ref, and a post-match citing by the other club of one of our guys who has the cleanest record I've seen for an openside flanker. I don't see any form of contact during the period alleged, but off to Judiciary we go again.
Hope it goes ok at Judiciary mate. And keep up the great work you doing!
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and we go again next week!
5 point win over the private school boys on their ground tastes so sweet. they were hot on attack about 15m out, attacking lineout but right in front of our supporters...as a former hooker i don't envy thier hooker having to make that throw....he didn't actually get it wrong but our lock gets up and pinches it...then they dive over the subsequent ruck and we get the pen....and thats full time...beautiful
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a small insight into rugby in Vic
below is a snip of the 8 Dewar Shield teams in melbourne (yellow pins).....historically the final is held at one of the clubs, not necessarily one in the final as not all can host a full day with several finals across different grades but Harlequins, Box hill and last year Endeavour have all hosted, they have good club rooms
rumour the final will be held at the new Vic Rugby Training facility at La Trobe uni (Red Pin)...bloody miles! from any of the clubs that might make it and their fans
Hell, Endeavour might be further away but theyre just off a freeway and have loads of people help out around the club making a great environment
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lost our prelim final....ahead at 80mins and then the ref decides who should win and proceeded to penilise us 6-7 times in a row including 2 yellows...marched them to our 5m where they were able to tap and drive over (kicker was spent so thats all they had left)....so pissed off, i got told off for saying the ref was a cheat in the club group chat (spur of the moment frustration), apparently the ref is a partner if one of our club members...just a shit afternoon in the end....we'd also made plans to go out and so had to leave right at full time so felt as if i was abandoning the team...wife told me i had to shake it off and not bore the aussies were were going to dinner with rugby talk
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@NTA yeah, it had been close and we'd only got back in front with 5 to go...it was just the ref suddenly started see loads of things she hasn't bothered with earlier...and then getting called out and ya feel embarrassed for an outburst when was already feeling shit...oh well, 3's still have a final next week
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Qld Suburban is basically dead. A few clubs hanging on, playing Friday nights against each other or Premier Club 6th grades.
That said, the Premier scene there always appeared much larger than Subbies e.g. 5 men's grades + a couple of colts in Prem versus 1 or 2 grades
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
Qld Suburban is basically dead. A few clubs hanging on, playing Friday nights against each other or Premier Club 6th grades.
That said, the Premier scene there always appeared much larger than Subbies e.g. 5 men's grades + a couple of colts in Prem versus 1 or 2 grades
Yeah the premier comp has a very good geographical spread (or at least had before the city grew like weed since the early 2000s) and made subbies a bit shit. I played a season for QUT, which didn't make much sense because Norths was across the road. Same with Kenmore vs Wests. But as far as I can see there is almost zero presence in new developments towards Ipswich and the west which are dominated by league.
When my boys were playing from about 2014-2019, club union seemed very strong up to about U13s, but the GPS strangulation meant that many kids then played for their schools and those without scholarships or loaded parents were left out. Stoopid situation.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel same down here - junior clubs things are generally ok until about U15s and then schools fuck it up.
Connection to seniors is generally lost unless you're good enough to play Prem Colts. Most kids don't even know there is a Subbies club in the neighbourhood, and there are nearly 50 Subbies clubs across Sydney compared to 10 Prem clubs.
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If they go back to three teams, will rugby die in Perth and Melbourne? How many homegrown players have those regions produced? I understand that a lot of expats play in Perth and the Melbourne club scene has a high percentage of Polynesian players.
Could an improved NRC based more on club lines help build the base of the pyramid and be played at the same time as Super? What would a rugby version of the league system look like?
Their is a two tiered club system isn't there? Those Shute shield teams are like pro clubs aren't they? More players in a club in Sydney than premier players in Southland, NZ?
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@mikedogz said in Aussie Rugby:
If they go back to three teams, will rugby die in Perth and Melbourne?
It wont die, the Dewar Shield has been around for over 114 years, yes there are alot of expat (NZ, PI and Irish) knocking around the club scene in melbourne but there always has been, we currently have very little connection with the rebels, mainly our coaches coaching the various age grade teams
the interesting and damning thing for me...there is currently a state rep team tour going on (we have three guys in the squad)
These have nothing to do with the super teams....not a complicated structure at all!
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Would a ten team Aussie only comp be a better TV product for Aussie TV audiences? The top two/four could play qualify for a separate international comp. It seems weird that Sydney/NSW has one pro rugby team when other sports have 2 or 3 and the NRL has 9 in Sydney alone.
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@mikedogz said in Aussie Rugby:
Would a ten team Aussie only comp be a better TV product for Aussie TV audiences? The top two/four could play qualify for a separate international comp. It seems weird that Sydney/NSW has one pro rugby team when other sports have 2 or 3 and the NRL has 9 in Sydney alone.
It might be a better comp in some ways - could be competitive and entertaining within itself. But would have to deal with all the same issues of the old ARC.
Reckon it would work well for Melbourne, for example - if we no longer had a Super Rugby team, but had a Rebels team playing in a decent national comp, that would serve as a focus for the rugby community and a pathway for Victorian players.
Don't think it would sit so well in Sydney and Qld though. Too incompatible with the established comps and traditional set-up.
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@Kiwiwomble which club are you with?
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@GibbonRib Power House
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@antipodean said in Aussie Rugby:
It exposes more players to professionalism.
And coaches, hopefully...
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@GibbonRib said in Aussie Rugby:
Don't think it would sit so well in Sydney and Qld though. Too incompatible with the established comps and traditional set-up.
In terms of Sydney: there are a few clubs who would gladly knife the rest if they could make a quick buck from a national comp.
The Premier Rugby competition (sometimes referred to as Shute Shield but that is just First Grade) consists of (currently) 11 clubs with 4 Senior Grades and 3 Colts Grades each... well in theory.
Randwick, Eastwood, Sydney Uni, Gordon, and Eastern Suburbs have enough players for probably 5 Senior Grades and 4 Colts sides. Maybe more. They warehouse a lot of guys so they can take rego money off them every year. Easy money from idiots who are happy to get a pair of shorts and socks, and sit on the bench for 10 minutes every other week.
Northern Suburbs, Manly, and Warringah probably sit in the next tranche, with Norths in particular having issues fielding all 3 Colts sides this year. Warringah's Colts were good, but Grade were duds in 2023.
Hunter Wildfires (based in Newcastle) are only in the comp as a rescue mission* and only field 2 Grades + 1 Colts - they might not be there next year, because the Newcastle comp is also suffering and they can't get the numbers, and the travel is a bit of an issue.
*Penrith were slowly imploding but they wanted 12 clubs, so Hunter stepped in. Then Penrith left to go play in Canberra, where they also got smaaaaaaaaashed
West Harbour and Southern Districts fielded all their teams but mostly got whipped.
Two Blues could only field 3 Grades + 2 Colts (struggled to do that) and their results were ordinary. First Grade finished mid table (9W, 9L), Second Grade bottom 4 (7W, 11L), and Thirds stone cold last (1W from 17). Their Colts failed to win a single game between them. I'm shocked they haven't fallen over.
So, with the top 4-5 clubs in Sydney, and 3-4 from Brisbane, and one each from Canberra and Melbourne, you could create a decent competition BUT funding it is the issue.
Besides bus trips between Sydney and Canberra, everything else is a flight. If you want to include Perth, it is an expensive flight.
We don't exactly have billionaires lying around to fund this (besides Twiggy) so it'll need some creative thinking to work.
