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Australian Rugby / RA

Pone's Mullet

Pone's Mullet

Alex Ross (28)
LevitatingSocks said:
Formula 1 right now is doing well but it's driven by a perfect storm of Formula 1 being trendy, Netflix's Drive to Survive series, and fans that care for the narrative/drama aspect of it rather than the motorsport aspect. Drive to Survive ratings are down for the past season, at some point the trendiness will wear off, and fans that don't become invested in the motorsport aspect of it will lose interest in Formula 1.

Their problem, like others said, is that the actual product that earns you lifelong fans is not great. Minimal competitiveness at the podium, boring tracks built in parking lots, and extortionate pricing.

The actual rugby product we've seen in super rugby is pretty good this season even if the Wallabies are struggling. Rather see a few players lost to overseas rather than dumping revenue back into salaries. Need to build on any momentum we have with investments in grassroots and fan engagement. Reform the Giteau law if need be to keep the Wallabies competitive in that scenario
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F1 created that storm, marketing, engagement (they commissioned effectively DTS). Great storylines

Why do we get? That Eddie Jones WC Autopsy.
 
Ignoto

Ignoto

John Thornett (49)
LevitatingSocks said:
Minimal competitiveness at the podium, boring tracks built in parking lots, and extortionate pricing.
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If you simply ignore Max winning the race, everything else is pretty competitive.

But I swear anyone complaining about the competitiveness is new to the sport. The last 2 decades has largely been the same person and or two teams winning; Vettel, Hamilton, Rosberg and now Verstaphen. Go back before that and you had 5 years of Schumacher destroying the field.

Outside of the last few years, internationals have been similar and let's not forget world cups where a southern hemisphere team has won the bulk of them.
 
LevitatingSocks

LevitatingSocks

Chris McKivat (8)
Ignoto said:
If you simply ignore Max winning the race, everything else is pretty competitive.

But I swear anyone complaining about the competitiveness is new to the sport. The last 2 decades has largely been the same person and or two teams winning; Vettel, Hamilton, Rosberg and now Verstaphen. Go back before that and you had 5 years of Schumacher destroying the field.

Outside of the last few years, internationals have been similar and let's not forget world cups where a southern hemisphere team has won the bulk of them.
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Rosberg vs Hamilton was pretty fun though because there was still intra-team competition and bad blood even if that Mercedes was very good.

Unlike how Bottas at Mercedes and Checo at Red Bull were signed to carry water and stay out of the way of Hamilton and Verstappen.
 
LeCheese

LeCheese

Peter Johnson (47)
Wilson

Wilson

David Codey (61)
LeCheese said:
So, as suspected, turns out this really isn't much more than a (very potentially self-serving) 'blow it all up' with very limited suggestions for a way forward. Groundhog day. Brilliant.

www.theroar.com.au

COMMENT: Australian rugby is a depressing picture - the RA board must be axed and the constitution changed

I have to declare I am part of a group known as Supporters of Australian Rugby Reform, SOARR. The objective of this group is…
www.theroar.com.au
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It seems Russ Tulloch has been dusted off a year early this time:
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The dump the NRC article from almost 10 years ago tells you all you really need to know about Tulloch.
 
Strewthcobber

Strewthcobber

Mark Ella (57)
Derpus said:
I'm guessing the salaries of their best players technically come from the provincial clubs?
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Same as us. They have provincial salaries and then some players get a "central" contract as well.

In practice, it means Leinster have a much higher salary pool than the rest of the provinces
 
Strewthcobber

Strewthcobber

Mark Ella (57)
The Rugby Championship kick-off times announced.

Some interesting choices made here....

(Thanks to Paul Cully and Christy Doran on twitter)
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