National Rugby Championship 2014
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No4918
John Hipwell (52)
Will happily admit to knowing very little about the back office stuff. Would it be possible that instead of making the Reds, Tahs and Rebels merge the ARU could save a heap of money by bringing all these 'organisations' under the same banner?
Dave Beat
Paul McLean (56)
Brumbies have had one extra game though.
Interesting table this year, Aust 3rd place on the table on 14 points is equal to the NZ's top of the table on 14 points - however Chiefs have only played 4 games as well.
en_force_er
Geoff Shaw (53)
Politics my friend, politics.
It's pretty simple to say "you're merging and you each get seats on a board". But, then you've got to ask who get's what number of seats and why. And all parties have to agree, not just in the short but in the LONG term.
Shesh, nothing is more cantankerous then amateur sport.
I like to watch
David Codey (61)
That's the problem.
At this level,it is a professional sport,with highly paid execs to administer it.
Governed by professional people,with an amateur attitude.
The only attitudes that appear to have changed,are epicurean in nature.
Claret is just a memory,but some of the Board are going back to a cheeky Riesling occasionally.
At this level,it is a professional sport,with highly paid execs to administer it.
Governed by professional people,with an amateur attitude.
The only attitudes that appear to have changed,are epicurean in nature.
Claret is just a memory,but some of the Board are going back to a cheeky Riesling occasionally.
No4918
John Hipwell (52)
With that being the case, it says a lot that the ARU thought it would be easier to convince the Reds, Tahs and Rebels to merge than battle the Sydney based parties.
en_force_er
Geoff Shaw (53)
Most sports are like that to varying levels though. League and Soccer have similar issues.
The only 2 sports the world over who have one admin body with everything else under its heading are AFL and Crossfit. Both are growing exponentially.
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Tigers Tale
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My QRU sources tell me that Jim Tucker was on the money in his Courier -Mail article on Saturday - the two QLD teams in the NRC will be City & Country Origin.
With both teams based and training at Ballymore but City playing its games at Ballymore and Country splitting its games between Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville & Robina.
Coaches, Support Staff & Media supplied from QRU ranks.
What will be the origin criteria for say:
1. PNG boys like Aidan Toua, Pettowa Paraka, Nigel Genia;
2. NZ/SA heritage players e.g. Mike Harris;
3. Interstate raised players like Beau Robinson, Ant Fainga.
Apparently there will be a big media release from the ARU or QRU regarding the NRC this week.
With both teams based and training at Ballymore but City playing its games at Ballymore and Country splitting its games between Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville & Robina.
Coaches, Support Staff & Media supplied from QRU ranks.
What will be the origin criteria for say:
1. PNG boys like Aidan Toua, Pettowa Paraka, Nigel Genia;
2. NZ/SA heritage players e.g. Mike Harris;
3. Interstate raised players like Beau Robinson, Ant Fainga.
Apparently there will be a big media release from the ARU or QRU regarding the NRC this week.
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Tigers Tale
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Great game and atmosphere for the Aust Club Champs at David Wilson Field, Bottomley Park on Saturday. The vocal local Easts crowd nearly got their side home but Sydney Uni ran out the victors 19-14 (3 tries to two), but Easts nearly pulled it out of the bag at the death.
Great sign of depth for both clubs as each side only had 5/6 players from their 2013 grand final sides.
Both clubs will be hard to topple in their respective competitions in 2014.
Great sign of depth for both clubs as each side only had 5/6 players from their 2013 grand final sides.
Both clubs will be hard to topple in their respective competitions in 2014.
Bruce Ross
Ken Catchpole (46)
At 11 am The Roar tweeted:
"Australian Rugby Union to make major announcement on the@NRC_Rugby today. The Roar will have live coverage of it all!"
I went on the @NRC_Rugby official page and discovered that they had 0 Tweets, were following 11, and had 25 followers. They now have 26. The amount of activity could be viewed as a metaphor for Australian Rugby.
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"Australian Rugby Union to make major announcement on the
I went on the @NRC_Rugby official page and discovered that they had 0 Tweets, were following 11, and had 25 followers. They now have 26. The amount of activity could be viewed as a metaphor for Australian Rugby.
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GaffaCHinO
Peter Sullivan (51)
Fox on Twitter is saying 12pm EDT that would be in 20 mins no?
Bruce Ross
Ken Catchpole (46)
A FoxSports Tweet:
From midday EDT @FOXSportsNews will unveil the teams & format around forthcoming National Rugby Championships @FOXRUGBY @GMiddletonFOX
3 pm? Midday? Please see the red section of my signature below.
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From midday EDT @FOXSportsNews will unveil the teams & format around forthcoming National Rugby Championships @FOXRUGBY @GMiddletonFOX
3 pm? Midday? Please see the red section of my signature below.
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Rob42
John Solomon (38)
I wouldn't want to stop your bitching about everything to do with ARU, Bruce, but perhaps there will be a press release at 12pm, with a conference at 3pm. Presumably Fox already have the details and are preparing to release them at 12. It's not an unusual media strategy - give the journos 3 hr to get their heads around the plan before asking questions at the press conference.
Bruce Ross
Ken Catchpole (46)
Why not try out the Official Twitter Page by Tweeting the time of the announcement? Most organisations would have already thought of that.
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So the teams are:
Brisbane City
Qld Country
North Harbour Rays
Sydney
Greater Sydney
Melbourne
Perth
Canberra
NSW country
9 team competition with four home games and four away games.
Semi finals and final.
Brisbane City
Qld Country
North Harbour Rays
Sydney
Greater Sydney
Melbourne
Perth
Canberra
NSW country
9 team competition with four home games and four away games.
Semi finals and final.
Tomikin
Simon Poidevin (60)
I like to watch
David Codey (61)
Well,I have one team I am keen to support,and two I want to death ride, big time.
That's a good start.
Bring it on!
That's a good start.
Bring it on!
Just lots of stuff popping up on twitter right now.
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