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Top-ups: Keeping Aussie talent on golden soil

Top-ups: Keeping Aussie talent on golden soil

Skip May 22, 2013 47

Outside the box ideas for how we can keep Aussie rugby talent in Australia with a top-up system

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Amateur Negotiations Lead to Amateur Boxing

Amateur Negotiations Lead to Amateur Boxing

Skip November 27, 2012 43

So the whole bloody saga has ended……apparently

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THINK TANK: A new, workable 3rd Tier

THINK TANK: A new, workable 3rd Tier

Skip August 9, 2012 35

For some time this website has been campaigning for a 3rd tier and there has been much discussion about how it would help develop players.  It’s well known that the ARU has tried this

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Waratah Finances: The Toughest Market of them all

Waratah Finances: The Toughest Market of them all

Skip May 23, 2012 42

Having looked at the finances of both the ARU as a whole and the Reds (see here and here respectively), let’s take a look how the NSW Waratahs are doing (their annual report is

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The Reds by Numbers: Back from the Brink with Link

The Reds by Numbers: Back from the Brink with Link

Skip May 16, 2012 14

After the great feedback I got for the article on the ARU numbers (see here), overlord Gagger gave me the go ahead to look at some of the Australian super sides from the same

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ARU – The figures

ARU – The figures

Skip May 9, 2012 39

The ARU annual report – what are we to make of it? With very little fanfare, the ARU recently released its annual report, which can read here.   As a wallaby fan, I’m interested in

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