Aussie Pro Rugby
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oh look, another former player personality with another article long on "lets do it differently" and very short on just what that looks like
@mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby:
oh look, another former player personality with another article long on "lets do it differently" and very short on just what that looks like
Kafer says:
"Looking at the first weeks of Super Rugby AU, people are watching and watching in similar numbers to previous years."And yet:
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the thing is though it's not going to go UP from there, if this is the Covid dead-cat bounce figure when you have no live attendance, you're only going 1 way from here.
@voodoo said in Aussie Rugby:
the thing is though it's not going to go UP from there, if this is the Covid dead-cat bounce figure when you have no live attendance, you're only going 1 way from here.
Unless of course the Reds become successful again, in which case they turn up in droves.
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@Godder yeah, new fans arent exactly going to get engaged if theyre getting their arse kicked every week
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Is Kafe wrong? Not entirely - in fact he's entirely right that things can't continue the way they are, because Super Rugby has run its race. We got fucking lazy with Super Rugby, and ignored the fact that a bunch of really good players came together at the same time to win things, or at least be competitive. That probably would have happened if Super Rugby didn't exist.
Nobody actually gave a flying fuck about the supporting systems, and here we are.
He is definitely wrong in thinking that Back To The Future will just work - the club system gave us a platform for great players to dominate the local scene, and then occasionally beat the ABs.
He, among others, suggests a national club competition as one option. And again: it isn't wrong, but it is hardly going to bring along people who didn't grow up with those clubs. As I've mentioned (many times) most of the Sydney Clubs aren't even as well-run as your average chook raffle, so how they're going to create a competitive national player pool running their clubs out of something you wouldn't house your dog in should be keenly watched.
I would love the concept to get up, just so it can fail miserably like those before it, and the Sydney Club cognescenti can shut the fuck up at last.
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... before blaming other parts of the club scene for getting it wrong and "they should have listened to me!"
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@mariner4life Lou Ransome on the FB Live feed for Shute Shield
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Putting the Fox in Aussie rugby
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Went and spent a beautiful tropical winters afternoon watching my old club play. Not bad, even if they did lose an unloseable game.
Nice reminder of just how many years I am past a first grade game.
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Brumbies first five Noah Lolesio is out for about 8 weeks with a hamstring injury. Hopeful to be back for finals of the Super Rugby Aus comp.
@KiwiMurph does SR Aus have finals? think i just assumed they were doing the same as NZ
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@KiwiMurph does SR Aus have finals? think i just assumed they were doing the same as NZ
@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:
@KiwiMurph does SR Aus have finals? think i just assumed they were doing the same as NZ
They are doing a top 3.
First week 2 plays 3 (1 gets a bye)
Second week is final
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@Stargazer said in Aussie Rugby:
https://twitter.com/JamiePandaram/status/1285467856314830848
You have to wonder sometimes. Here's an organisation that's broke and they want to throw $1 million a year at an unproven 16 year old.
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@Stargazer said in Aussie Rugby:
https://twitter.com/JamiePandaram/status/1285467856314830848
You have to wonder sometimes. Here's an organisation that's broke and they want to throw $1 million a year at an unproven 16 year old.
