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Rugby AU must also urgently get legal advice on the ability of NZRU to individually invite teams, rather than have Rugby AU decide which teams it puts up into the competition. NZRU will try and play divide and conquer, telling QRU/NSWRU that they have a secure future under this deal. Surely the...

Strong agree on this. I think ultimately, they play hardball and concede entry to Australian teams but say because we've done that we get more revenue in return. Australia should just tell them to stick it. Aus should say we are openly disinterested in 'joining' super rugby auterea, and want...

Will Kearns definitely be the replacement? Who chooses Castle's replacement? If it's the board, who has backed the reforms she's put in place, wouldn't they be inclined not to back him? The Kearns cabal can background news journos all they like, doesn't make him a certainty to be CEO. Could be...

Again I don't agree that they don't need us. Foxtel has posted some astonishingly large losses in recent years, has a massively dwindling subscriber base and desperately wants to hold on to whatever content it has. To make matters worse, many rugby subscribers are baby boomers paying 100 bucks...

Sorry if I'm spamming, but don't forget it was Foxtel who broke good faith by shit sheeting us in the first place despite still needing us. As a leader, imo you have to set the precedent that if people are going to go for you like that, you don't take it lying down

Rugby Australia should always be run as a corporate org which profit goes back to the game, not some deranged clubs collective which has to caucus every five minutes to make a decision

Can I make the point that while I have backed the policy of the administration of taking the games rights to the market, and I have personally hated newscorps obvious campaign against it, Castle's inability to manage the politics of this has been weak and shows why she potentially isn't up to...

It's all moot because free to air is also dying. The whole media industry is dying and will soon just be a google and facebook dystopia

I know a lot of people on here don't like the self-interest of the Sydney clubs and are sceptical of a national club comp, but is the NRC really the way forward? The whole thing just has utterly minimal community interest. I know the trend for talent development is centralisation but the teams...

The decline of foxtel is going to put a hole in every sporting budget in Australia. It's just going to put a black hole in rugby Australia. But perhaps given Foxtel was 'doing us slowly' we should just jump now into Optus and gamble - afterall, we haven't being in positive territory with Fox...

Wouldn't read too much into teams looking 'poor' in very hot and humid conditions in a trial game. There's normally a lot of teething problems and handling errors at the start of a season, multiply that by more in very humid conditions. Good to hear Dalby's had some recent rain too

Completely, and took about 7 years too long to even consider something like SVOD. It's an absolute shame because Foxtel has been great for Australian content - unlike Netflix, Facebook/Google et al. At the same time something like Kayo sports should have been established in 2012 and should...

The outbursts from fox alumni and associates stink of desperation to me If Foxtel is so confident in its negotiating position and that rugby isn't worth any money - break off the negs and ditch the sport. But the reality of course is that rugby is a loss leader to get people to sign up to...

I agree, and it's a serious concern - facebook and google have ripped 50% of the advertising revenue out of the Oz media market. I work in media and there's been a 30% reduction in the number of journalists in just four years, and television stars are either being made redundant or resigned on...

The most important thing about Castle is that she is distinct from the North Shore cabal and will not have her judgement jeapardised by self interest that is not in the games national interest. I think she's proven herself with the Folau case, it was always going to be a shit sandwich and...

I was right behind it and am happy to give a sworn affidavit to the QRRA arhat it was deliberate for the performance review

I’ve seen penalty tries - poor officiating

No penalty for deliberately throwing it over the dead ball line? Wrong decision all day, boos justified

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Don't think Ippi's policy of just pinging the ball around will work against a team like Nudgee that always has rigid defence, set piece strength and pressure cooking attack. THey won't get the ball and if they do they will make mistakes under pressure. Playing social touch against Toowoomba...