Serial knobBoomer, I heard a replay of an interview with Matt Burke this morning on Fox Sports Radio, in which he said that if the Reds couldn't beat the Kings, then they should be the ones to go!!
Does anyone else find it bizarre how embedded former players are in written rugby journalism in Australia?
Outsode Peter Fitzsimons who else is a regular contributor? Matt Burke does from time to time that I know of but he's mostly on TV these days.
Outsode Peter Fitzsimons who else is a regular contributor? Matt Burke does from time to time that I know of but he's mostly on TV these days.
Although he's not a regular journo, I reckon Nathan Sharpe offers a balanced and objective viewpoint on whatever it is he is commenting on. I'd be happy to see him on the payroll of one of the big media companies.
Turning into quite the dial-a-quote, apparently.
Sorry. I stand corrected. It was the Bulls game with the mini crowd,
Force have only had 2 home games
Are crowds down because of quality?
Is there research to,prove that?
I ask because I don't go to games even though I live 200m from a stadium and the reason is because I can watch 3 games, league, EPL, etc and be in bed 3 mins after full time.
But here's another thing:
What funding do the NZ Super Rugby teams receive and how much money does the NZRU have in the bank?
How are they situated across the ditch in comparison to the Aussies?
Appears he is paid to moan and complain. I don't ever read his column any longer. Never offers solutions. Just whinges and whines.Mark Ella is a regular windbag for the Oz...
Wrong game I think. The Bulls / Jags game was empty. Stormers/ Lions looked packed. Double that in one of the main stands.Interesting piece of information to consider from last night:
Africa 1 (Strormers W6-L0) V Africa 2 (Lions W5-L1) conference leaders played last night (AKA the top 2 teams in SA atm) in front of...
....reports are just over 5000 crowd!
whats the latest on all the dodginess behind closed doors at the brumbies??I'ts a train wreck right across Australian Rugby Mudskipper, and the Brumbies have lost just as much money as the Western Force have over the last 5 years, the only difference is one had $11million from the sale of land to keep the creditors at bay.
What you'd rather have more Growden types than people who have actually played?Does anyone else find it bizarre how embedded former players are in written rugby journalism in Australia?
Wayne Smith is normally quite balanced and not prone to make outlandish statements IMOWhat you'd rather have more Growden types than people who have actually played?
Although I have to agree, some of them are not very good at writing, regardless of how good they were on the park.
The 2015 NZRU annual report (possibly NSFW in Australia as it contains images of R. McCaw).
As the opening infographic outlines, they provided almost 10 million in provincial grants in 2015. There's nothing on the franchises (that I can see, anyway), but I believe they're largely self sustaining as the NZRU foots all the wages for players and coaches. The franchises themselves basically look after logistics and game-day events.
As for how much money they have in the bank, cash reserves "remained strong at $59.1 million, slightly down on the previous year, which is due more to timing of receipt of one-off grants in 2014" (pg 19).
EDIT: There's some numbers thrown around on page 73 under "28 TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES: PROVINCIAL UNIONS AND SUPER RUGBY ENTITIES" which may mean something to those more interested than I in accounting wordyness.