Australian Rugby Development Centre
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Andy Friend has shown how much faith he has in this new project by welcoming the idea of relocating the Sevens program to Perth, rather then been just another team crammed into Moore Park, they would have their own training facilities in Perth, and cost of living for the players would be significantly more affordable.
On completion of the ARDC there will be 6 pro teams at Moore Park using the 2 training fields, with further EPS/U20s academy squads from Tahs, ARU and Swans also using the fields intermittently throughout the year.
On completion of the ARDC there will be 6 pro teams at Moore Park using the 2 training fields, with further EPS/U20s academy squads from Tahs, ARU and Swans also using the fields intermittently throughout the year.
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Cyril Towers (30)
The ARU won't allow this to happen, especially with TF intending to start a 7's comp. Their intention is to kill all opposition in the West to make themselves safe.
Unfortunately for them this won't work.
The ARU just need one semi major thing to go wrong and they are toast.
All this started by Clyne's bending over for sanzaar & not representing Aus rugby and then not conducting an honest process. He can't back out now and is just lurching from one desperate decision to the next.
The ARU would be the ones that make it happen.
It would be an olive branch to WA, would have access to good facilities that are relatively free and would be cheaper from a cost of living perspective for the players.
Given they spend a substantial amount of time overseas and are also generally young and unattached, getting them to relocate is probably less of a drama than it could be for other programs.
I think it's a good idea.
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Cyril Towers (30)
They know they won't get any financial support because of their treachery and they don't have 2 brass razoo's to rub together so it will never happen.
That is in addition to what I said above.
Otherwise I agree with all you have said.
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I should add that Clyne has claimed the 7s teams are contractually obliged to training at Moore Park... another fantastic decision by the powers the be.. force Australian Rugbys lowest paid players to be based in one of the highest cost of living areas of Australia's most expensive city
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
Roosters train there too
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And the issue grows, now they're investigating using Ballymore as the training ground for the Australian 7s teams, contractually they are obliged to train at Moore Park, but they're proposing they train in Ballymore in winter due to the number of winter codes based at Moore Park and also so Ballymore can be developed further..
This ARDC is turning into a white elephant before it's even built..
This ARDC is turning into a white elephant before it's even built..
Sell it to Twiggy?
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Peter Johnson (47)
Apparently Twiggy offered them $80mil which they said that couldn't accept due to some deal they were locked in to!
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Arch Winning (36)
Apparently Twiggy offered them $80mil which they said that couldn't accept due to some deal they were locked in to!
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UTS take up the majority of the space...
Which baffles me given the ARU had $25million to spend on this building, which would suggest UTS spent more.. making it’s a $55 million building... which it isn’t
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Which baffles me given the ARU had $25million to spend on this building, which would suggest UTS spent more.. making it’s a $55 million building... which it isn’t
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Apparently the builders applied the standard Eastern Suburbs Building Levy to all sub-contracts, generally quoted in $100K increments. Plus, we can't see the furnishing, gold taps and Shiraz collection from the outside!
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
They - i presume its them and not UTS - have hundreds of workstations on the Moore Park Road side of the building: how many employees does the ARU have?Apparently the builders applied the standard Eastern Suburbs Building Levy to all sub-contracts, generally quoted in $100K increments. Plus, we can't see the furnishing, gold taps and Shiraz collection from the outside!
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Mark Ella (57)
UTS have half of level 2, and all of floors 3 to 5 so it's mostly them I'm guessing
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ARU paid $25million for 1 and a half levels?
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Mark Ella (57)
Us taxpayers paid for all of it didn't we?
Edit - ARU has ground, 1 and half of 2. UTS has 3, 4 and the roof level (5)
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I guess so, given the money was granted for a defined purpose. Still, maybe we could have got better "performance" from the grant. Kinda sounds like it.
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