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    ACT Brumbies board gets big shake-up

    CHRIS WILSON
    Last updated 07:35, December 17 2014



    The ACT Brumbies have voted for change following a record financial loss this year, ousting chairman Sean Hammond and replacing him with new board member Rob Kennedy.

    Kennedy, of Canberra accountancy and consultancy firm Synergy, is one of four fresh faces on the Brumbies board after a dramatic night of change at the franchises's annual general meeting on Tuesday.

    There had been rumblings about a potential leadership challenge before the meeting, given the Brumbies bled a record A$1.07 million (NZ$1.2m) in financial losses this year.

    But Kennedy was a surprise candidate, voted onto the board and then straight into the chairman's role.

    Hammond not only lost the chair, but he failed to win back a seat on the board.

    Long-serving board members Dick Cordy and interim Brumbies chief executive Doug Edwards have stepped aside, their spots taken by Lisa Thorburn, ACT director of IT firm Datacom, and Peter Callaughan, a representative member of junior clubs.

    Australian Wallabies forward Scott Fardy will be the new players' representative, given Stephen Moore has stood down to focus on his first year of captaincy.

    The massive shake-up at board level continues a period of instability for the Brumbies.

    In the past 15 months, head coaches Jake White and Laurie Fisher have quit.

    The Brumbies are also searching for their third chief executive in just over a year. Chief executive of a decade Andrew Fagan left his post to join AFL club the Adelaide Crows, while his replacement Edwards has given notice he will resign early next year.

    Meanwhile, the club has relocated to its new facilities at the University of Canberra, but is still on the hunt for a major naming rights sponsor to replace UC.

    While the players have done their part, making the finals for the past two years, it has been one of the most turbulent periods in Brumbies history off the field.

    That has been compounded by this year's balance sheet. Hammond has previously admitted only about A$2m (NZ$2.3m) remains of the A$11.4m (NZ$12.9m) from the sale last year of the Brumbies' Griffith property.

    Continued financial losses like they had this year put the club at risk of going broke.

    The Brumbies' losses could have been worse if not for a boost in grants, especially from the government.

    According to the annual report, made public on Tuesday night, government grants rose A$738,900 (NZ$832,500), or 48.7 per cent, to A$2.3m (NZ$2.5m).

    The Brumbies have not explained the boost. But it is understood the majority of the increase relates to a A$1m (NZ$1.1m) grant from the ACT government to the club in August for ground works at their new UC base.

    Grants from the Australian Rugby Union rose marginally to more than A$6.4m (NZ$7.2m), but this takes into account an increase in the number of Australian Wallabies representative players and their payments.

    Match day revenue, made up mostly of ticket sales, dropped 31 per cent, down more than A$740,000 (NZ$834,000) to A$1.6m (NZ$1.8m). Sponsorship was also on the slide, down to A$3.96m * .

    While membership income remained steady, revenue from merchandise and hospitality at games dropped about 7 per cent.

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/s...ts-big-shakeup

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    Not nice to see the Brumbies struggling, it is a cause for concern.

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    It isn't like turmoil at the top of the Brumbies is news, they've been a basket case for a few years now.

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    When will the financial results for RugbyWA in 2014 be announced?

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    Good career move for Pocock. The main reason he left, Jake white, took his ball and went home, it is a cold awful shithole, and now they are bankrupt bordering insolvency....and he has a criminal record. He has two knee replacements due at age 40 in an era when methicillin resistant staph implant infections may require amputation or even be fatal. Lock on big guy....your wind powered surgical theatre will be state of the art.

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    Brett Papworth didn't release the story so it must all be total bullshit,

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    Low gate takings and revenue courtesy of jake-ball.

    The force cops the 'we're propping them up and they have no place in rugby' nonsense. But that should really be directed at the Brumbies. They were gouged out of waratah territory, stole all of their players at the beginning and need grants of funding from government bodies to keep them solvent. If any Super Rugby team needs to go it should be them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Herbasimplex View Post
    If any Super Rugby team needs to go it should be them.
    that's a pretty big call, they were the first Aussie team to win a title have contributed several legends of our game and would still compete for the title of most successful Aussie club.

    Financially they're a mess at the moment, but they really haven't been any worse than any other, they have (like everybody) received fewer handouts and bailouts than both NSW and Qld, if that was the test, I'd say Melbourne, in it's short history, is the worst, they have had financial troubles most years they have been in operation.

    I'm not actually convinced that five teams does ANYTHING to harm Aussie rugby, the ARU are doing a far better job of that than any perceived pLayer drain that might be occurring!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jargan83 View Post
    When will the financial results for RugbyWA in 2014 be announced?
    Early next year but this was the position at the start of this year according to The West


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    Force field to gain from loss - The West Australian



    Western Force posted an $857,000 loss in 2013, taking losses to over $1 million in the past two years, but the club is confident the team's resurgence will be reflected in an off-field turnaround.
    Chief executive Mark Sinderberry believes the club will break even this year before moving into the black in 2015.
    "We'll have one further tough year and then we will come out of it. We can feel the turn, we are showing signs of improvement," Sinderberry said. "This year will be one where we aim to break even, thereafter we are confident we will start to look up again."
    Coming off the poor 2012 season when they made a $271,000 loss, the RugbyWA board budgeted for a further drop of $450,000, but total revenue last year dec- lined 5 per cent, including in corporate hospitality and match- day ticket sales. Revenue from memberships fell $200,000 and sponsorship was down almost $80,000 on the previous season.
    RugbyWA made savings of $600,000 in commercial services costs, Force team costs went up a "moderate" one per cent and more than $1 million was pumped into grassroots rugby.
    "When the organisation was relaunched last year it was a conscious decision of the board that we had to go through this," Sinderberry said.
    "We fell well short on a number of forecast revenue items and numbers were not achieved.
    "We have to become more efficient in what we do. We have to try and protect the team as much as possible.
    "The slow economic market and the team's standing within the Super Rugby competition unquestionably had an adverse effect on our corporate hospitality revenue.
    "It's about us re-establishing ourselves in the sporting community of Western Australia. We are very optimistic. There is a whole bunch of things that are happening that make us positive about the future.
    "The new stadium is starting to pay dividends for us, and we are pretty excited by what Foles (coach Michael Foley) is doing with the team. We are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel."
    RugbyWA chairman Russel Perry said there had been "lagging" support from potential sponsors and corporate supporters but there was a "multi-pronged agenda" to turn the loss around.
    "Clearly the aftermath of 2012 hit us," Perry said.


    "Times are very, very tough. It's not an easy task but we believe we've got the resources and strategies in place to get to where we need to go.



    "We have now appointed an outstanding new CEO and an outstanding coach. We turned over two thirds of the squad and we are now seeing the results on and off the field." DID YOU KNOW? $1m The amount of money RugbyWA allocated to grassroots rugby last year

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    Quote Originally Posted by onions View Post
    Brett Papworth didn't release the story so it must all be total bullshit,
    Papworth finds it very to sling shit at the ARU Force and Rabble for wasting money. Where his "argument" falls down is in not being able to say what the alternative is should they dump 2 Super franchises and lose the relevant TV monies. Would have more respect for his views if he could put up a case instead of whining from under his Eastwood hat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GIGS20 View Post
    that's a pretty big call, they were the first Aussie team to win a title have contributed several legends of our game and would still compete for the title of most successful Aussie club.

    Financially they're a mess at the moment, but they really haven't been any worse than any other, they have (like everybody) received fewer handouts and bailouts than both NSW and Qld, if that was the test, I'd say Melbourne, in it's short history, is the worst, they have had financial troubles most years they have been in operation.

    I'm not actually convinced that five teams does ANYTHING to harm Aussie rugby, the ARU are doing a far better job of that than any perceived pLayer drain that might be occurring!
    Don't believe so. when you take the emotion out of it and examine the logic of it. If a team has to go it has to be the brumbies. already in established rugby territory, producing almost no juniors of their own, problems with finances and stadium attendances issues, in atime when the raiders are absolute pants.

    Melbourne and Perth are out in the Rugby badlands. We are bringing in new people to Rugby and to the TV screens. Brumbies are adding zip. If a team has to go the red marker pen should be drawn through them.

    #deathtothebrumbies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Herbasimplex View Post
    Don't believe so. when you take the emotion out of it and examine the logic of it. If a team has to go it has to be the brumbies. already in established rugby territory, producing almost no juniors of their own, problems with finances and stadium attendances issues, in atime when the raiders are absolute pants.

    Melbourne and Perth are out in the Rugby badlands. We are bringing in new people to Rugby and to the TV screens. Brumbies are adding zip. If a team has to go the red marker pen should be drawn through them.

    #deathtothebrumbies.
    Meh, it isn't like I'm really passionate about it, but I think the Brumbies are the most likely team in oz to pull a championship out of thin air. Another couple of years like this might change my perspective.

    Qld have sucked more money out of the ARU in the last ten years and nobody is calling for their heads!

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    Quote Originally Posted by GIGS20 View Post
    Meh, it isn't like I'm really passionate about it, but I think the Brumbies are the most likely team in oz to pull a championship out of thin air. Another couple of years like this might change my perspective.

    Qld have sucked more money out of the ARU in the last ten years and nobody is calling for their heads!
    They're too busy chewing those sour grapes over graham though.

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