2021 Rugby Championship
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@barbarian said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
@booboo Ahh that settles it then. If the sub-editors at nine.com.au think it was a blast, then that's good enough for me.
And when you scroll down from the headline and read the quotes, you'll have to make sure you are sitting down. I think 'blast' undersells it. It's brutality of the highest order. Look at this savage attack from Marinos:
Talk about a vicious diatribe. I can't see how he could possibly come back from that. Im not sure I've got the appetite for dinner any more, I'm that shaken.
Well for a start he's lying.
NZR fully informed RA throughout the week. But that doesn't suit Straya's victimhood.
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It seems as though the "NSW rugby politics" style has come across to SANZAR.
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Marinos is the chap who released a 2020 TRC schedule which had NZ in quarantine over Christmas that hadn't been signed off by the NZRU right? Nice guy.
If NZ told Australia "we need a fixed schedule for the rest of TRC by Thursday otherwise we are pulling the pin" if Thursday comes and there is no resolution I'm not sure that NZ needs to inform Australia of the obvious.
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@barbarian said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
@booboo Ah OK. Well if you say so, that must have been how it happened.
They did say on the TB news last night that @booboo is correct. Whether you believe the news or not is up to you. Kind of hard to believe anyone at the moment. Case of he said, she said, but apparently without the actual saying.
Whoever is in charge of communications at RA might be in a bit of strife, if it is true of course.
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There’s too much blind supporting going on here.
Robinson claimed he told Oz, Marinos claimed he didn’t.
Somebody is lying. And leaving an implication you’ll pull out if something isn’t done etc etc is not good enough. It’s the communication age and this is a big deal.
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@majorrage said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
There’s too much blind supporting going on here.
Robinson claimed he told Oz, Marinos claimed he didn’t.
Somebody is lying. And leaving an implication you’ll pull out if something isn’t done etc etc is not good enough. It’s the communication age and this is a big deal.
It makes them both look bad
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Ultimately we don't know who said what to whom.
You are entitled to believe anyone you want, but it's just blind guessing. But if it helps you sleep at night, go nuts.
The COVID situation has made a mess of something that looked relatively straightforward a month ago.
Let's hope we get a resolution without placing too much burden on the players. While they are well remunerated, being without your family for long stretches is incredibly tough.
I think the challenge in scheduling is balancing the needs of broke unions with the needs of a tiring player group.
It's a bastard of a job, which is why the situation at the moment is almost understandable. Everyone must be at their wits end with this whole thing, perhaps a blow up was always inevitable.
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@machpants said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
Yeah the main thing is it makes both unions look like fucking amateurs. Communication, both internal, external, and to the public is key to businesses. Rugby unions are still back in the 80s
Probably because they keep looking to ex-players for administrative competence.
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I'm just going to.go ahead and assume it's correct to blame a state premier
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@mariner4life said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
I'm just going to.go ahead and assume it's correct to blame a state premier
But not YOUR State Premier. This is key.
So thanks, Dictator Dan.
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@barbarian said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
@mariner4life said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
I'm just going to.go ahead and assume it's correct to blame a state premier
But not YOUR State Premier. This is key.
So thanks, Dictator Dan.
Oh yeah good point
Fuck you, guy-from-SA-who-no-one-knows
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@bovidae said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
Many of the ABs and Wallaby players have been in regular contact so I am sure the situation was discussed amongst themselves prior to Friday. If Rennie was genuinely surprised he mustn't be talking to Hooper and co.
That's interesting, good that they're getting along these days as opposed to a few years ago.
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@barbarian said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
Ultimately we don't know who said what to whom.
You are entitled to believe anyone you want, but it's just blind guessing. But if it helps you sleep at night, go nuts.
The COVID situation has made a mess of something that looked relatively straightforward a month ago.
Let's hope we get a resolution without placing too much burden on the players. While they are well remunerated, being without your family for long stretches is incredibly tough.
I think the challenge in scheduling is balancing the needs of broke unions with the needs of a tiring player group.
It's a bastard of a job, which is why the situation at the moment is almost understandable. Everyone must be at their wits end with this whole thing, perhaps a blow up was always inevitable.
I have some faith they'll work it out as they worked out stuff last year and for TTSR even while carrying on like clowns then too.
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@nepia said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
@bovidae said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
Many of the ABs and Wallaby players have been in regular contact so I am sure the situation was discussed amongst themselves prior to Friday. If Rennie was genuinely surprised he mustn't be talking to Hooper and co.
That's interesting, good that they're getting along these days as opposed to a few years ago.
It was mainly the clown that insisted on the Wallabies not being friendly with the ABs wasn't it?
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@canefan said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
@nepia said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
@bovidae said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
Many of the ABs and Wallaby players have been in regular contact so I am sure the situation was discussed amongst themselves prior to Friday. If Rennie was genuinely surprised he mustn't be talking to Hooper and co.
That's interesting, good that they're getting along these days as opposed to a few years ago.
It was mainly the clown that insisted on the Wallabies not being friendly with the ABs wasn't it?
Gatland?
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@canefan said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
@nepia said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
@bovidae said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
Many of the ABs and Wallaby players have been in regular contact so I am sure the situation was discussed amongst themselves prior to Friday. If Rennie was genuinely surprised he mustn't be talking to Hooper and co.
That's interesting, good that they're getting along these days as opposed to a few years ago.
It was mainly the clown that insisted on the Wallabies not being friendly with the ABs wasn't it?
Was it also a bit of Quade being a dick too with his filth in relation to Richie?
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@machpants said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
@canefan said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
@nepia said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
@bovidae said in 2021 Rugby Championship:
Many of the ABs and Wallaby players have been in regular contact so I am sure the situation was discussed amongst themselves prior to Friday. If Rennie was genuinely surprised he mustn't be talking to Hooper and co.
That's interesting, good that they're getting along these days as opposed to a few years ago.
It was mainly the clown that insisted on the Wallabies not being friendly with the ABs wasn't it?
Gatland?
To many clowns to choose from these days - Gats, Cheika, Marinos, Robinson ....
Although, Cheika seems less clownish on the Stan coverage these days, he just seems pretty passionate about rugby and is often very complimentary of the ABs.
