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    stoff replied to the thread Australian Rugby / RA.
    When are Brett Papworth and Bob Dwyer due to chime in?
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    stoff reacted to Wilson's post in the thread Australian Rugby / RA with Like Like.
    Apparently the world cup overspend was $2.6 million: Edit: seems it was considered "unapproved spending" and was the reason for some...
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    stoff replied to the thread Melbourne Rebels 2024.
    The number does vary a bit, but the theme is consistent...
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    stoff replied to the thread Melbourne Rebels 2024.
    I’m not - I can read financial statements.
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    stoff replied to the thread Melbourne Rebels 2024.
    Waratahs 2023 annual report. For clarity not the NSWRU annual report. That and the newspaper alleged $6m Waratah debt to be funded by RA.
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    stoff replied to the thread Melbourne Rebels 2024.
    The second group you mention would be the other beneficiary - at the moment they’re not going to get a cent. If a DOCA gets up because...
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    stoff replied to the thread Melbourne Rebels 2024.
    They personally tipped in as much cash to keep the Rebels going (as non-owners) as RA did to keep the Tahs afloat this year. I’d put it...
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    stoff replied to the thread Melbourne Rebels 2024.
    Think you’re looking at the wrong report there. Waratahs had $1.5m in equity before being $6m in debt the next year.
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    stoff replied to the thread Melbourne Rebels 2024.
    Yet the Waratahs are bailed out whilst not being able to run a team without burning cash in the biggest rugby market in the country and...
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    stoff replied to the thread Melbourne Rebels 2024.
    If the assertions on the debt are true RA have run through: $40m in Ares loan repayments $6m Waratah debt $4m possible Waratah costs...
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    stoff replied to the thread Rugby in the Pacific Islands.
    They'd probably care in the inverse if anything - an event, then a future commitment. Possibly deliberate in a pro-Australia sort of way.
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    stoff replied to the thread Rugby in the Pacific Islands.
    China isn’t a strategic competitor in domestic rugby
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    stoff replied to the thread Melbourne Rebels 2024.
    Hard one for them - vote against and have the rug pulled out from under you - play along and have the same happen. The federated voting...
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    stoff replied to the thread Melbourne Rebels 2024.
    Tim North. The only way I could see it is if they showed RA's conduct to have been unconscionable or whatever the correct term is and...
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    stoff reacted to dru's post in the thread Melbourne Rebels 2024 with Like Like.
    I'm really hoping that is not the case, whether or not it is under the Rebels banner. Have to say though, I'm not very confident...
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