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Yep, SA is going nowhere in a hurry and Rugby just doesn't exist there. Would be a waste to put a team there when there are other Rugby playing communities that are without a team.

The current set up is a hassle, just have them on the one page ffs.

I thought Bond Uni was to be the base and headquarters as their main backer?

Two games and being based there as well does.

Liking the two 3pm Saturday kick offs against Country and Melbourne and i can live with thursday night games. Good for students and families at those times. Not a fan of a game being a curtain raiser for the bledisloe though. I'm not interested in paying 80 bucks to see Australia get flogged...

Might as well have just called them Gold Coast and waited for an actual Country team to come in. Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast, Rockhampton types all have the right to be annoyed. One game in Townsville does not make it "Country".

Play Yep playing at coogee is outrageous, if Randwick wanted a team playing there they should have put their own damn one in.

I've heard it's an utter stain for the locals getting there, plus unlike the other Rugby grounds in aus bar homebush there is literally no pubs nearby. Hopefully that pie in the sky new roofed stadium in the middle of Canberra can get a good dose of reality sooner rather than later

I'm pretty doubtful any FTA network is too interested tbh. Seven and Nine have AFL and League, SBS spent their coin on the A League and Champions League and if 10 is interested then it'll be a bidding war against themselves for a game of the round package (if fox let them take that game)...

Bah, Canberra can be cold but none of you know cold rugby games until you've seen Scotland play a test match in Aberdeen. Get your coats and beanies on and an ale into you and man up.

Well there is your real problem. How does a pro comp in the 21st century NOT have away jerseys?

I don't see the big deal, It is more important that teams pick colours that are respectful to their host city colours or the clubs that own the stakes in them rather than worrying about everyone having to be unique. Brisbane City are doing it right with their colours being the official colours...

The blokes too fucking thick for league, let alone Rugby.

Going to look great with only a couple of thousand there. Shame there is no alternative.

Or maybe until they develop fully and get the nuances of senior rugby. Do you even get rugby?

It's quite simple, from the position of the SARU it's worked out great. a) They can always field their strongest team without any silly domestic player rule restricting them. b) They don't have to pay the massive wages for their highly sought after players c) Their Super Rugby teams can use the...

Really? I must have missed the bit where South Africa rugby imploded as a result of players being allowed to leave.

You could well be right, I would like to find the reasoning why their football sides diverged without issue. It's quite hard to find information on these sort of things.

I understand that, the J League had similar problems prior to the current era though where you'd find current powerhouses Yokohama Marinos, Nagoya Grampas and Urawa Red Diamonds were in fact extensions and named after Nissan, Toyota and Mitsubishi respectively. The clubs have since separated...

Players are leaving anyway, what are you going to do when to stop that reality? It's going to get worse and the reality is that the ARU cannot afford to keep throwing money at the likes of Folau or Hooper when they are going to inevitably leave anyway. You assume that people will just stop...