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Thread: Pressure on ASIC to investigate Rugby Australia’s Melbourne Rebels dealings

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    Some of them on GAGR are now saying we should only have 3 teams, I say why not only have one and call them the Wallabies!

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    Oh bliss oh rapture.

    Aussie SR franchises nil from 4 in Round 10.

    Why am I so happy?

    Have just posted this on Green & Gold.........

    CURSE YOU RUGBY AUSTRALIA

    Many of you will know me as the bloke who collected the Breakdown Stats – not just in Super Rugby but also for the Wallabies.
    In 2016 and 2017 I collected Ruck Stats for every game played by an Australian Super Rugby franchise and Wallabies Test Match prior to August 2017 when the Western Force was axed from Super Rugby.
    I haven’t collected any Ruck Stats since that time.
    I have lost interest in Super Rugby.
    I have lost interest in Wallabies Test matches.

    Today I found myself supporting the Jaguares against the Brumbies as they play an exciting form of rugby. They have a go – which is more than I can say about the Aussie SR teams.

    My main interest in the game was seeing how ex-Western Force players are progressing – wherever they are playing.
    It was fantastic to see Future Force player Mees Erasmus get some time off the bench. Palmyra missed him yesterday against Soaks.
    Good to see locally developed player Kyle Godwin continue his endeavours. I hope he does well at Connaght next year and rediscovers his mojo as he’s a fine young man.
    Really enjoyed seeing Isi Naisarani continue with his strong ball carries and physical game. Glad that he got his SR break with the Western Force. Another fine young man. I hope he gets to play for the Wallabies.
    Always enjoy watching Western Force Foundation Player, David Pocock, currently the best No 7 in Australia, ply his trade. (even if he is forced to play No 8 for the Wallabies)
    Chance Peni continues to get used to his switch back to Rugby Union. Loved his try. Welcome back home to Perth any time ….
    Robbie Abels gets a lot more game time with the Brumbies than he ever earned at the Western Force.

    I didn’t collect the Ruck Stats for this match.
    I probably won’t collect the Ruck Stats for the Wallabies v Ireland Tests in June.

    This weekend I watched the Australian franchises lose every game. I was actually pleased with this outcome. That’s what disappointment and disillusionment can do to you.

    But what else is new? The Aussie franchises, despite RA’s ongoing gross mismanagement, have lost 50% of the games up to the end of Round 10; won 47% and 1 drawn. The games against New Zealand and South Africa are ahead. I don’t expect any surprises.

    I don’t envy Michael Cheika’s chances of building a competitive team by June.

    Have just seen attendance numbers for Super Rugby for the 4 years up to 2016:
    2013 – 724,500
    2014 – 745,800
    2015 – 610,400
    2016 - 443,600 (The year after the Wallabies were runner-up at the RWC)

    Can’t trust the number in 2017 as they seem to be just made up or not available – especially for the Waratahs at Allianz Stadium. They continue to be N/A for this year as well. Then again, numbers such as the 5,500 for the last Rebels home game are very embarrassing. Who knows what contrived number will be given for the Waratahs v Lions game?

    I can’t wait to see ASIC move on its current active investigations into the axing of the Western Force and the dirty dealings to keep The Rebels going. ASIC doesn’t spend $$s without good cause.

    Rugby Australia (formerly ARU) has shown itself as totally incapable of running our great game.
    I honestly believe that RA has to be completely broken before it has a chance of moving forward and allowing our game to be rebuilt from the grass-roots up.

    I'm enjoying getting out and about to Perth Club Rugby. There's been some exciting and unexpected outcomes - and it's only Round 2.

    Western Force MkII has it’s first game against Fiji at nib Stadium (The Force Field) on 4 May 2018.
    The Western Force will be playing other games as follows:
    13 May – Tonga
    9 June – Rebels
    (15-17 June – Mauritius World Club 10s)
    22 June – Crusaders
    14 July – Samoa
    10 August – Hong Kong
    17 August – Japan Top 14 team (probably Panasonic)

    I’ve got my tickets for every match.
    Can’t wait to attend and to collect the Ruck Stats off the recorded game on free-to-air TV.

    World Series Rugby may well be the hope for our great game in Australia.
    Don’t hold your breath as Rugby Australia stumble along trying to play catch-up.

    Thanks Minderoo, thanks Andrew Forrest, for maintaining my interest in the professional game in WA.

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    Brilliant mate. Well said. Sums up my feelings (sadly).

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    Andrew just don’t send it there! Wake up our own perth media, eastern states know it alls send it to them in an email! As I said on Facebook go viral 😜. Great piece of text!

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    Quote Originally Posted by andrewg View Post
    Have just posted this on Green & Gold..........
    Where did you post it? As a comment on a match report or as your own new post? I ask because, 2 hours later, I still can't see it on there.

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    WTF! I swear I just read it in the Forums/rugby discussion, and now its just disappeared! Has it been deleted be GAGR? Are you Effing kidding me! Have also noticed the past week that the comments are really building into a very angry en masse perspective. Unsurprisingly they’re all comments that Force have been saying again, and again and again with backlashing. And now. - well the tide has finally turned, the posts are getting more and more rebellious. It feels like a big angry bubble is about to burst, so lets sit tight & watch the show!

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    Sorry my bad! It’s on 2nd last page of ARU forum page in rugby discussion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by valzc View Post
    WTF! I swear I just read it in the Forums/rugby discussion, and now its just disappeared! Has it been deleted be GAGR? Are you Effing kidding me! Have also noticed the past week that the comments are really building into a very angry en masse perspective. Unsurprisingly they’re all comments that Force have been saying again, and again and again with backlashing. And now. - well the tide has finally turned, the posts are getting more and more rebellious. It feels like a big angry bubble is about to burst, so lets sit tight & watch the show!
    Ladies and Gents if you are referring to that post it is still up

    http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/com...12818/page-190

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    Quote Originally Posted by valzc View Post
    Sorry my bad! It’s on 2nd last page of ARU forum page in rugby discussion.
    Quick Hands' post about dictatorships is a ripper on the last page.

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    Fully in agreement with a post by “RedsHappy” on GAGR. Shows even more evidence of the ever mounting sway of opinion that Eastern States rugby have finally woken up to the BS of the RA.

    “Side point: if anyone bothers to read the excellent piece in today's AFR re how Catherine Brenner climbed the greasy pole via shameless but cunningly designed Sydney elite networking and smoozing to arrive as Chairperson of the AMP, whilst largely ill-qualified for the post, you will be rewarded in the understanding of just how the 2017-18 board of RA is what it is.

    This is typically how the Sydney business elite gains traction and self-promotes, I have seen it firsthand many, many times. Properly aligned competencies for strategic board tasks are a wholly secondary set of criteria for board design.

    This syndrome is a key factor as to why RA's board - pre Castle - was for years completely bereft of proven executive skills in the building and running of a professional sporting code's business organisation and was instead filled with a gaggle of 'prestige' lawyers, cruise company leaders, people from the likes of Microsoft, and, last but by no means least, Chairperson's from the finance, banking and insurance sectors flushing out their profiles leveraging RA positions into other 'suitable' board positions.

    And we are only now gaining real insight into the inner cultures and ethical frameworks of many of Australia's leading banks and financial institutions. Recent RA Chairmen have come from just these sectors.”

    In light of the atricious criminal behaviour of the banks & investment over the years coming out in the Royal Commission, it explains a lot about the corrupt foundation of the RA & how they operate.

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    In hindsight I think Geoff Stooke has done himself a real favour by resigning from those monkeys. the noose is really tightening around the necks of those clowns and its beautiful to watch. The RA apologists are becoming fewer and far between. I've noticed the Rebels thread and some regular smart asses have been very quiet lately. I wonder if some of the reality is starting to hit home.

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    Yeah they are boof knew it would start to happen when their 'team' began to lose matches. They have only played one Kiwi team so far and they got flogged so more losses to come.

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    John O'Neill was the CEO of the State Bank of NSW when that organisation died. When banks go so do the deposits belonging to the average joe blow. In the UK banking crisis the UK Government and the Bank of England could only guarantee deposits up to a certain value so they went nationalising broke banks at the expense of the tax payer. A lot of this de Clyne like behaviour and bad business deals from the banks came from deregulation. Australians who weren't around in the UK at the time wouldn't be aware of how bad it can get when companies can think that they can do what they want which would have happened if the Royal Commission never occurred.

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    I assume Alison has seen and dismantled the ARU sections of this response, but have you seen the MRRU half Ali?

    https://www.aph.gov.au/sitecore/cont...onal_Documents

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    Quote Originally Posted by GIGS20 View Post
    I assume Alison has seen and dismantled the ARU sections of this response, but have you seen the MRRU half Ali?

    https://www.aph.gov.au/sitecore/cont...onal_Documents
    Is this a newly submitted document to the senate inquiry?

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