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Bring back Perf!i rather a new league with just 6-8 Australian sides
i rather a new league with just 6-8 Australian sides
you took the words right out of my mouth.Who would you have though?
The best state league sides going professional or create (and bring back Perth) some new teams(Adelaide, Western Sydney, NSW Country, Qld Country?) to join current Australian SL teams?
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To have Raelene Castle as the CEO of the ARU turned out to be a mistake.Aussie stakeholders shifting towards Super Rugby exit
The messaging is clear: Australia's rugby stakeholders are tired of Super Rugby. The big question is now whether Rugby Australia can satisfy each of those stakeholders to make the game sustainable, either with or without New Zealand.www.espn.com.au
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To have Raelene Castle as the CEO of the ARU turned out to be a mistake.
Yeah the Israel folau saga didnt help.Don’t think it made a difference really.
Damage was definitely done well before she got there and the rocks were tumbling down the hill.
The cardigan brigade still hold too much power and control.
The NRC wasnt a bad league. Not bad for a cheap grass roots feeder league.Been dead for years.
Anyhoo, an Australian comp would really just be the NRC - which no one cares about. Personally I can only see interest in rugby growing instead of shrinking year on year is a successful World Cup campaign. Next one isn't until 2023.
Our dwindling attendances are propped up by expats going along to see the visiting SA and NZ sides. However much interest there is in the Force in a given year you are guaranteed a boost if you are hosting the Crusaders or Sharks.
On field we lose to NZ teams in SR and we lose to the All Blacks in tests. If they do their own thing and we do ours I can't see us somehow closing that gap. We'll end up like Japan and Argentina were, just playing among ourselves and then hoping we are up to the standard of our opposition when it's test season.
We also open a can of worms with player movement and test eligibility. Without the SANZAR of SANZAAR TV revenues will fall. Sure it's not shared between181514 teams but I don't see Aus teams suddenly having more money to spend. There is already a player drain to Europe and Japan and less money on offer won't help that. If we have 20, 30 players in Europe the Wallabies will stink. If we start picking European players who don't come under the Giteau rule everyone will be on a plane.
Alternatively, give Andrew Forrest the reins (shudder) and try to really create World Series Rugby. Top rugby league players come to the NRL. If rugby had that going it would gain traction.
The Brumbies are actually the franchise of ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union.you took the words right out of my mouth.
You Already had 5 solid clubs in ACT brumbies, NSW waratahs, Queensland reds, Melbourne Rebels and Western force.
Adelaide would of been the 6th club.
a 2nd queensland side called Queensland country or Gold coast would of been the 7th
the 8th side would of been a NSW side, it could be NSW country, A western sydney side or a Newcastle or a South coast/wollongong side.
The Brumbies are actually the franchise of ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union.
I am not too Suprised to be honest.The Brumbies are actually the franchise of ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union.
My parents and family live in the Gundagai and Tumut region and many of the people from that area are Brumbies supporters. Most of my family including myself are Brumbies members but I only get over from Adelaide for a couple of games a year ATM.
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Did you go?Fantastic scenes in Auckland.
Did you go?
Ah cool. Moved recently to NZ and was there yesterday. Great celebratory atmosphere in an understated Kiwi sort of way.No. I'm in Melbourne.
Ah cool. Moved recently to NZ and was there yesterday. Great celebratory atmosphere in an understated Kiwi sort of way.
How many at the rebels game? Are they contending for most irrelevant pro sports club in Melbouene with the aleagues Western UnitedIt's hanging on for dear life in 2023.