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This is why a fair chunk of aus rugby followers would like to see RA go bankrupt. It seems the only way this current crop of fatcats and beaurocrats of the state unions and RA will never cede control of the game.

4 wins, 9 losses. 7 times we've conceded more than 35 points. So much for fabled defence. My biggest gripe is that another season has gone by and there hasn't been any concerted plan to get a post Genia-QC (Quade Cooper) combination going. Stewart, Sorovi & Tuttle have all been shafted for Lucas, Lance &...

I was in an Uber to a friends house, who just so happens to live at the top of caxton street. We drove past Suncorp at about 5:30pm, and he asks ''Are the bronco's playing tonight?" This is a bloke who played junior rep footy for qld, and we'd spent the previous 10 minutes talking about how...

Yeah I was definitely wrong to pin 5 years on him. Lasting legacies: - The average Reds crowd has halved since he started in 2016. - He's said "yeah nice idea Bradley" and watched our biggest drawcard play club footy for Souths. - Non-traditional revenue streams are non-existent when they...

Great news, although the circumstances leading to the decision obviously aren't. This is the man who has presided over the greatest sporting decline in Australia this century. I don't know what other teams in Australia are sitting at 30% of what their average crowd was 5 years ago. Has any...

Times Pocock or Izzy's contract by 8 - that's how much we should be paying our 5 Head Coaches, Cheika and 2 Wallaby assistants. A lot of these coaching problems are cultural though. Each franchise and it's board has had it's own world-wide search spanning the car park. If we don't pick the...

So there's no reason to believe she'll be the one kicking the dated board into line is there?

And my point is that if we do get out; who do we play? Sad to hear. Although I maintain hope that because the head of Samoan Rugby is an elected official; self preservation will win out. It sure won't look good for Samoa to have Twiggy & World Rugby to say "yeah we tried to fund a professional...

Firstly, I'd like to point out that return flights to Fiji are the same as a return flight to Dunedin. Once you take into account the disparity in accomodation costs, Fiji is a cheaper option than playing the Highlanders, or anywhere in NZ for that matter. I don't think anyone here is...

I'm surprised there isn't more discussion centred around why Naholo escaped without sanction for his attempted tackle on Naiyavoro during his second try. That was a yellow card every day of the week and twice on Sundays. It's just as; if not more dangerous than a Shoulder charge to the head.

I think you might be underestimating the amount of goodwill Australia has with JRFU We voted for them to host the World Cup over the Kiwi's; something many in the NZRU administration haven't yet forgiven.

Bill Pulver had a background in marketing too, we saw how that panned out. Regarding Raelene, have you seen the mess she's left the Bulldogs in? Salary cap of $9.6mil, and she's left them in a position which is best summarised by the current Bulldogs CEO when addressing a fan forum this...

I'd strongly advocate the opposite, but for the same reasons. Any "domestic" competition should include all three - so long as WR (World Rugby) are committed to continue to foot the travel bill. I'm not advocating their inclusion out of altruism; my motivations are purely selfish. We're in survival mode...

Perhaps the incorporation of some TwiggyBall elements is what Raelene Castle was alluding to on Kick&Chase when she said (sic)"we've got some exciting developments in that space that we're not ready to announce yet" in reference to the NRC. Ideally this means the inclusion of teams Tonga &...

Like the ARU, we're becoming intoxicated with the exuberance of our own verbosity. It's otiose

Didn’t you get the memo!? Brad Thornes turned us into a fearsome defensive unit that isn’t at all a giant fucking leap backwards from where we were at last year

First there is denial. We're not bad; we're not bad; we're not bad Second is anger. Fuck you Richie/Quade/Deans/Ewan/Hooper/Beale/Chieka Then comes bargaining. If we make 5 go in to 4; everyone's 25% better! Then Depression. We just got flogged by the Sunwolves and gave up a 29 point lead...

How far down that rabbit hole do you wanna go? I'm predicting RA Bankruptcy in 2020/2021. Will we be able to fund a QLD & NSW team after the financial losses that a WC year brings and Super Rugby attendances & ratings in the scrap heap? After all, how can our participation be sustainable in...

I think the major problem is they haven't had any decent ball. None of Thorne's 10's are good enough to be the only ball player in the backline, and consequently our attack's looked disjointed with some occasional sparkles of individual flair. If Kerevi & CFS are Thorne's long-term centre...

Last week I commented in the Reds thread how we were -88 points against Australiasian teams. If you include the moondoggies it's now -123 with 1 win from 6 games. Our only win of note this season is the Jaguares. The Reds "defence" is a fable. When we come up against good attack we fall to...