Silverado
Dick Tooth (41)
Pay cut until September apparently.
Waratahs 2020
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KOB1987
Rod McCall (65)
Or when play resumes, whatever happens first
Jimmy_Crouch
Ken Catchpole (46)
qwerty51
Stirling Mortlock (74)
How are the Reds a sinking ship?
I didn't realise it had been floated again.
waiopehu oldboy
Stirling Mortlock (74)
NSW government has pulled the plug on the ANZ stadium do-over & will spend the $800Mn on Covid recovery projects instead. Where does this leave ANZ as a rugby venue? Article doesn't really say, only that Allianz has been demolished.
https://www.news.com.au/sport/sport...t/news-story/5d32e4fbb080ae0e1d4ebb3a2943e2f3
https://www.news.com.au/sport/sport...t/news-story/5d32e4fbb080ae0e1d4ebb3a2943e2f3
I'm not sure if it has been mentioned but the NSW Government finally appointed a new builder for the new Sydney Football Stadium at Moore Park.
John Holland is the builder and work is apparently underway.
John Holland is the builder and work is apparently underway.
Blackadder
Desmond Connor (43)
TSR
Mark Ella (57)
I dunno - a player gets to pick his time to hang up the boots. He’s had a great career. Was never going to be a superstar but a very solid super rugby player who, it could be said, got the best out of himself when he really doesn’t match the profile of the modern day hooker.
Unless of course there is more to it - but otherwise I always think it’s great when players can pick their own departure. Not all are so lucky.
Unless of course there is more to it - but otherwise I always think it’s great when players can pick their own departure. Not all are so lucky.
Jimmy_Crouch
Ken Catchpole (46)
must have missed that - is that a restriction that has been put in place?
Adam84
Nick Farr-Jones (63)
I think they canned the development because of the cost and public support to the project, there was still sufficient stadiums to use in the interim.
Also the 40,000 limit doesn’t mean they can’t use ANZ, just means the attendance is capped at 40,000. Tahs could use it
KOB1987
Rod McCall (65)
No, that’s not my understanding. They have capped the attendance for stadia up to 40,000 at 25% capacity. For bigger stadia they haven’t come up with anything yet. My thoughts were that they could cap the attendance at the bigger ones at 10,000 and someone at the press conference asked that exact question, and the response was ‘they are working on something’. Didn’t make much sense and hopefully they will announce something soon, but for now ANZ, Suncorp, SCG, MCG, etc can only use corporate and function areas. So if I were the Tahs, under the current restrictions, I’d be avoiding ANZ.
KOB1987
Rod McCall (65)
Yes I know. I just did a bit more research and it seems that the rationale is that these constraints would make the hiring of these bigger stadia financially unviable. So the venue owners are to negotiate with their relevant state health authorities to come up with a plan. It’s a watch this space situation. Given Gladys’ announcements earlier today, I would say the one person per 4 square metre rule would seem pretty logical for ANZ and the SCG.
On a related matter, I heard from a friend close to the action that during the height of the lockdown, when hospitality businesses were hanging on by a bit of dental floss, the big retailers who were allowed to stay open (no names mentioned), in calculating the numbers allowed on their premises under the 1 per 4 rule were including their car parks and outdoor storage facilities in their area. So if I was ANZ, at the very least I would be including the playing surface.
On a related matter, I heard from a friend close to the action that during the height of the lockdown, when hospitality businesses were hanging on by a bit of dental floss, the big retailers who were allowed to stay open (no names mentioned), in calculating the numbers allowed on their premises under the 1 per 4 rule were including their car parks and outdoor storage facilities in their area. So if I was ANZ, at the very least I would be including the playing surface.