Aussie Pro Rugby
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My "Aussie Rugby" story from last weekend: refereed a Third Grade game in the morning on an oval with a turf cricket square in the middle. Absolute muck there, and dead grass everywhere else.
Played most of 2 Grades in the afternoon, on a track that was slightly better (no turf square, green grass mostly). Started at First Grade hooker which I don't think I've done before.
2 throws not straight and back spams from launching the ball over their only jumper to 4, 5, and occasionally 6. Must be roughly 80% hit rate.Needed a Powerade urgently just after halftime as the cramps started to hit my calves. Lesson learned: I'm too old
Tomorrow we just got official word that we're good to go, despite a bit of moisture underfoot. Only light showers between now and kick off so reckon we'll have a bit of fun
@NTA Mate always laughed about 30 years back in the mighty Nua, the main rugby ground had a cricket pitch in middle. and councils answer to it ripping up, put a fine gravel in it, not too many players were keen to go down in middle of park!!:beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
And love the fact you reffing AND playing, I doff my cap sire!
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My "Aussie Rugby" story from last weekend: refereed a Third Grade game in the morning on an oval with a turf cricket square in the middle. Absolute muck there, and dead grass everywhere else.
Played most of 2 Grades in the afternoon, on a track that was slightly better (no turf square, green grass mostly). Started at First Grade hooker which I don't think I've done before.
2 throws not straight and back spams from launching the ball over their only jumper to 4, 5, and occasionally 6. Must be roughly 80% hit rate.Needed a Powerade urgently just after halftime as the cramps started to hit my calves. Lesson learned: I'm too old
Tomorrow we just got official word that we're good to go, despite a bit of moisture underfoot. Only light showers between now and kick off so reckon we'll have a bit of fun
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
2 throws not straight and back spams from launching the ball over their only jumper to 4, 5, and occasionally 6. Must be roughly 80% hit rate.
You eligible for NZ?
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@NTA Mate always laughed about 30 years back in the mighty Nua, the main rugby ground had a cricket pitch in middle. and councils answer to it ripping up, put a fine gravel in it, not too many players were keen to go down in middle of park!!:beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
And love the fact you reffing AND playing, I doff my cap sire!
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
2 throws not straight and back spams from launching the ball over their only jumper to 4, 5, and occasionally 6. Must be roughly 80% hit rate.
You eligible for NZ?
@Nepia said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
2 throws not straight and back spams from launching the ball over their only jumper to 4, 5, and occasionally 6. Must be roughly 80% hit rate.
You eligible for NZ?
Zero chance.
One not straight out of about 10 today, won all the rest. I'm getting better
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The news comes as Australia’s credibility as a host nation hangs in the balance. The Herald can reveal that with a little more than two months before the World Rugby Council votes to award hosting rights, RA has not yet secured a federal government funding commitment worth about $120 million.
The governing body has locked in a similar amount in state government funding but is yet to receive a commitment from Canberra. A federal government source indicated the Morrison Government was supportive of the bid but potentially not at the price RA was asking.
$120M to have a knock-on tourism effect of at least twice that. In limbo.
$4B disaster fund established after the fires of 2019 that is basically untouched.
$600M for a gas plant in NSW that could be a stranded asset before construction even begins? Shit yeah!
Priorities.
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@NTA well he did say don't put your trust in government. He might have had inside info on that sage advice.
@nostrildamus said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA well he did say don't put your trust in government. He might have had inside info on that sage advice.
Wouldn't trust him with the collection tray at church.,..
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@Stargazer said in Aussie Rugby:
https://wallabies.rugby/news/wallabies-confirm-squad-for-argentina-tour-2022720
Maybe I have missed it, but I haven't seen Charlie Gamble show up with the Wallabies or their A team. Is he injured? I thought he would have least been in the A squad.
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@Stargazer said in Aussie Rugby:
https://wallabies.rugby/news/wallabies-confirm-squad-for-argentina-tour-2022720
Maybe I have missed it, but I haven't seen Charlie Gamble show up with the Wallabies or their A team. Is he injured? I thought he would have least been in the A squad.
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@Crazy-Horse not eligible until next year I believe.
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@NTA no Skelton?
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
2 throws not straight and back spams from launching the ball over their only jumper to 4, 5, and occasionally 6. Must be roughly 80% hit rate.
You eligible for NZ?
@Nepia said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
2 throws not straight and back spams from launching the ball over their only jumper to 4, 5, and occasionally 6. Must be roughly 80% hit rate.
You eligible for NZ?
I would ask the same thing about Wales, but with a success rate as high as that he's clearly not got any Welsh heritage whatsoever
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
@ACT-Crusader said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA no Skelton?
Arnold fills the quota I guess?
Or (reads 140kg)...they have to stick to the catering budget this year?
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Not sure if previously posted. https://www.theroar.com.au/2022/07/29/a-one-stop-solution-to-improve-the-structure-of-rugby-in-the-southern-hemisphere/
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Not sure if previously posted. https://www.theroar.com.au/2022/07/29/a-one-stop-solution-to-improve-the-structure-of-rugby-in-the-southern-hemisphere/
@pakman ....i dont hate that at all! i have visions of a proper tent village before a test on a sunny saturday/sunday afternoon in march in my head
post it in the super rugby thread too
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I, actually, don't hate that at all. That is the best solution i have heard yet to be honest.
Yep, i am on board.
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I, actually, don't hate that at all. That is the best solution i have heard yet to be honest.
Yep, i am on board.
@mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby:
I, actually, don't hate that at all. That is the best solution i have heard yet to be honest.
Yep, i am on board.
From an ABs perspective, you'll have ABs with that team from November through April, with breaks in between, but without having other shit to do for domestic teams/Super rugby, and we can wear the fluffybunnies out before SRP comes around, rather than getting a bunch of tired-ass players.
I don't love it but is is the best idea I've heard.
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby:
I, actually, don't hate that at all. That is the best solution i have heard yet to be honest.
Yep, i am on board.
From an ABs perspective, you'll have ABs with that team from November through April, with breaks in between, but without having other shit to do for domestic teams/Super rugby, and we can wear the fluffybunnies out before SRP comes around, rather than getting a bunch of tired-ass players.
I don't love it but is is the best idea I've heard.
@gt12 said in Aussie Rugby:
@mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby:
I, actually, don't hate that at all. That is the best solution i have heard yet to be honest.
Yep, i am on board.
From an ABs perspective, you'll have ABs with that team from November through April, with breaks in between, but without having other shit to do for domestic teams/Super rugby, and we can wear the fluffybunnies out before SRP comes around, rather than getting a bunch of tired-ass players.
I don't love it but is is the best idea I've heard.
the more i think about it, the less i can find wrong with that structure.
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we could also have the AB's in camp for a bit longer which cant hurt, not just thrown together a week or two before the first game
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we could also have the AB's in camp for a bit longer which cant hurt, not just thrown together a week or two before the first game
@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:
we could also have the AB's in camp for a bit longer which cant hurt, not just thrown together a week or two before the first game
You have your Spring tour, a month off for Christmas, and then preseason in January for a comp starting end of Feb.
I like.
