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The man’s been a one-man highlight reel for over a decade, and yet, somehow, despite his genius, it often feels like we’ve taken him for granted.
The rugby landscape in Australia and New Zealand has shifted in recent years, and not in the direction either country would have hoped. The…
Hoy wrote an excellent article yesterday in which no less than seven Wallabies combinations were discussed. All had positives and negatives and when you…
The Brumbies host their southern neighbours the Rebels in this intriguing intra-conference game. Join us on The Roar for live scores and commentary from…
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Last week, a major story broke. Unfortunately, it received almost zero coverage. So RobC and El Gamba have decided to start the conversation. RobC…
The Western Force travel to NSW to face the Waratahs for their first match of the 2015 Super Rugby season. Join The Roar for…
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This article continues Rob C and El Gamba's National Rugby Championship dissection (Part 1) from last week. In our previous post we started putting…
The final round of the National Rugby Championship kicks off with the Sydney Stars hosting the North Harbour Rays at Leichardt Oval. Join The…
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“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and…
With the sketchy details available, I am concerned Kurtley Beale's latest indiscretion is a mountain being made out of a molehill because of previous,…
the North Harbour Rays play host to the in-form NSW Country Eagles on Thursday night at Brookvale Oval. Join The Roar for live scores…
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The history of national rugby union competitions has been disjointed to say the least. From 1968 to 1977, the Wallaby Trophy was the first…
MATCH RESULT: Brisbane City have claimed the opening match of the 2014 National Rugby Championship with a 45-20 victory against the Sydney Stars at…
Following on from the penultimate round of the 2014 Super Rugby, it is probably a good time to have a look at where we…
Super Rugby returns this weekend and I am excited. Is this due to the Force being this close to a maiden finals appearance? Probably.…
Regardless of Bill Pulver's opinion regarding sabbaticals, the June international window has provided just that (if only for a month) for many Super Rugby…
After a perfect tipping result last week, obviously built on luck, I felt it important to provide the winners to this week's games. In…
A key part of the discussion in regards to the future of Super Rugby is financial viability. If we forget about cost base for…
I must say I was surprised prior to the Force/Reds game to have a quick look at a Fox Sports Round 8 preview to…
Is anyone else out there a manager? Has anyone else had to deal with tricky employees, potentially with egos? If so, I'd ask you…
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Exclusive: McLennan urges RA to put Super team in Sydney's west with 'NRL's worst nightmare' Suaalii as marquee
Not going to lie, I thought JS was a mistake, money that could have been spent on the next generation. If he continues in this vein, and one swallow does not make a summer, he could create a whole new generation.
Exclusive: McLennan urges RA to put Super team in Sydney's west with 'NRL's worst nightmare' Suaalii as marquee
Do the black cocks do a haka before their badminton games?
'Loaded the gun': All Blacks skipper warns Poms to expect retribution over Marler's haka sledges
Nah. Let’s wait a couple of years and go to 5 then wait a couple of years and go to 4 teams. That way the competition continues to change every few years, and continues to lose whatever relevance it once had. That’s the goal right? And I refuse to buy into any more ‘RA is incompetent’ arguments because if that’s the goal they are doing a marvellous job
The Wrap: Rugby Australia’s high performance focus dooms Super Rugby into further irrelevance
Tks. Will try
Harsh reality in the clamour for Giteau Law picks - there are just two overseas Wallabies Schmidt should select
This article was unreadable on the phone due to the ads
Harsh reality in the clamour for Giteau Law picks - there are just two overseas Wallabies Schmidt should select
Less than Sualli, mind you, RA stitched up the NRL by only losing an, arguably world class winger, and a promising 10 where Australia has no depth issues… oh wait
Make league bleed money: How to stop exciting crop of Aussie school boys from leaving rugby
When did we move up a tier from tier 3
Rocks and diamonds: 'Fantastic' Pietsch delivers on Joe's 'simple' demand, but familiar failings haunt Wallabies
And Carter Gordan. Oh wait….
Rocks and diamonds: 'Fantastic' Pietsch delivers on Joe's 'simple' demand, but familiar failings haunt Wallabies
I just think he doesn’t have the cattle. Steve Hansen made a good point, you aren’t in the wallabies because you’re an elite athlete, you’re there because you have the potential to be an elite athlete. Successful countries now have pathways which develop elite athletes before they’re selected for national honours. We don’t have that because of two decades of mismanagement which continues today. It won’t, however, continue much longer, it’ll be completely dead soon.
'Absolute rubbish': Wallaby great rinses ex-All Blacks duo after saying New Zealand under 'all the pressure'
Brett Robinson ticks a few boxes for mine. First he’s Australian and as such knows his stuff by default. Also, how good that there won’t be any hint of biase because rugby won’t exist in his country of origin for much longer anyway.
'Mission critical': World Rugby is facing an 'existential threat' - a former Wallaby wants to ensure the game's future
There’s not much gravy left in the trough
The Wrap: Pumas blitz caps awful week for Australian rugby - but progress under Schmidt is plain to see
On the highveldt no less
Ref blame, haka whinge and another sure fire sign that All Blacks have succumbed to a losing culture
Yeah the wallabies often do the dumb stuff at the end of a game. At least NZ have two easy games at the end of TRC
Ref blame, haka whinge and another sure fire sign that All Blacks have succumbed to a losing culture
My point is quantity and quality isn’t an option
Could this NRC-style model save Australian rugby, and is anyone brave enough to try?
Agree KPM. One comment I find a little hard to believe is the line from the Stan ‘insider’ that they want quality not quantity. I’d suggest they would actually want quality AND quantity, they just know this is not possible with only 4 Aus SR teams. A model like this helps with that
Could this NRC-style model save Australian rugby, and is anyone brave enough to try?
If RA had a case for instant dismissal due to gross misconduct, why did RA have to pay out his contract? $4m is a lot if they were in the right…
'I'd fit straight in': Folau says he'd walk into Wallabies, opens up on career switch and THAT post
And he needs to play the ball I think, I’d say he’d be one of the quickest over the first 5m but a prop would run him down over 20m
Exclusive: Wallabies lose key back for rest of TRC, Schmidt mulls playmaker options with Lynagh in doubt
Appreciate the feedback Nick, and well made points around a 3rd tier not having to be profitable in and of itself. Harder to quantify but it would generate more revenue in the long term by providing for a strong Wallabies set-up. 15 games per season for a non wallaby is a telling stat. More to come I reckon
The missing link RA must back to arrest Wallabies' decline - and the short term fix needed right now
Agree. And at half time in game 2, @tonyharper, can you please edit out anything about NZ’s decline in the article? Hopefully I’m asking the whole article be deleted at half time in the wallabies game but I think it should be fine. But yes, for Super to work for both countries that is key. Depth and competitiveness in the competition, and Australia aren’t bringing that right now and although the rebels players adding to, the now, 4 other sides in Australia that may help. But it’s also a short term fix and will hurt the pathways for players coming through for the next couple of years. Worse than what happened with the gorse because the rebels don’t have a benefactor to create a whole, brand new, competition to keep the rebels alive. Interestingly, if RA had kept the Force back then perhaps Twiggy’s money could’ve been used to support pathways across Australia. Another pretty clear example of RA asleep at the wheel blaming ‘challenging headwinds’
The missing link RA must back to arrest Wallabies' decline - and the short term fix needed right now
I didn’t expand on the NZ decline very much, and decline may be the wrong word. Rest of the world catching up maybe? But I think they will decline at the top level if using the Super rugby competition as their top flight competition, which is unarguably in decline. Gone are the heady days of Crusaders getting experience against a top SA province on the highveldt
The missing link RA must back to arrest Wallabies' decline - and the short term fix needed right now
Yep, same!
The missing link RA must back to arrest Wallabies' decline - and the short term fix needed right now
That’s great for your nephew and a well made point
The missing link RA must back to arrest Wallabies' decline - and the short term fix needed right now
Another great option, there’s some great ideas, just need some oversight, maybe we need some kind of oversight organisation to review and implement a holistic approach, and stick to it. We could call it Rugby Australia
The missing link RA must back to arrest Wallabies' decline - and the short term fix needed right now
I thought big Will wasn’t available for Ireland as it’s outside the test window?
CONFIRMED: Wallabies make six changes for Scotland, Tizzano replaces McReight as Potter debuts