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I'm curious to know what the approximate size of player payments are for NRC players. I know they can't live off it, need other (very flexible) jobs, but what sort of bickies would an NRC player get? Per match payments or per season? Are Super players still paid by their Super team, or would...
Wasn't sure where to put this, politics or club rugby or somewhere else, but I thought it would be interesting for some of you.
A study commissioned by the Bingham Cup organisers found rampant homophobia in sporting clubs... Read more...
Thought that this would be an interesting addition to thoughts about taxes:
http://www.rossgittins.com/2012/10/budget-redistributes-income-over-life.html
A campaign has just been launched to interest female athletes from any endeavour (OK gymnastics and ballet probably wont cut it) to consider Rugby 7s as a "Pathway to Gold". There are try-outs in the next few months, leading to the Women's world Cup next year and obviously the Olympics in 2016...
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2012/07/27/bjsports-2012-091395.short?g=w_bjsm_ahead_tab
This was in Crikey today:
Blame the time zones. Those of us who are keen punters on sports did not need a group of doctors to tell us that flying from Australia and New Zealand to South Africa or from...
Does anyone know what (if any) selection process the ARU (and the other tri-Nations since we're on about it) will have for the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016? Will it be sevens specialists or will wallabies be called upon? I'm presuming the latter. Do we know whether the ARU thinks that this is a...
I live in West Gippsland, not the ends of the earth, a pretty civilised place really. Except that the nearest rugby club is Endeavour Hills, an hour or more drive away. Foolishly I have encouraged my boys to love rugby. I've told them that no good will come from this, that they live in...