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    RUPA furious at ARU

    “Australia’s professional Rugby players are incredibly frustrated and deeply disappointed by today’s confirmation that the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has voted to axe an Australian team from Super Rugby in 2018 and beyond," he said.

    “Having signed Australian Rugby up to a competition which reduced local content, diluted tribalism and disrespected fans with its lack of integrity, ARU have now agreed to a new model which has protected the expansion teams in Argentina and Japan at the cost of one of our own.

    “Despite receiving $30 million of additional annual broadcast revenue from 2016, the financial challenges of Australian Rugby will likely be used to justify today’s short-sighted and ill-conceived decision which will limit the growth of Rugby in Australia for generations to come.

    “It is tomorrow’s players, coaches and fans who will now pay the price for this strategic mismanagement. This decision will be the catalyst for an irresponsible human cost without any genuine remedies to the real strategic issues that the game faces."

    http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2017/04...y-announcement

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    So who owns the game?

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    Well said rupa

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    Time to strap in. This is gonna get ugly

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    How is making this announcement, mid-season good for the game?
    Way to throw a 3 teams worth of players off their game...
    Then when they're supposed to be representing their country, some are going to be too pre occupied deciding which country to move their future to because their National organisation's governing body has totally screwed them over & shown no loyalty to them.

    Great step forward for the game ARU...

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    Quote Originally Posted by laura View Post
    How is making this announcement, mid-season good for the game?
    Way to throw a 3 teams worth of players off their game...
    Then when they're supposed to be representing their country, some are going to be too pre occupied deciding which country to move their future to because their National organisation's governing body has totally screwed them over & shown no loyalty to them.

    Great step forward for the game ARU...
    I was thinking great way to open the door for the Reds, Tahs and Brumbies to savage the player lists of the Rebs and Force.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GIGS20 View Post
    I was thinking great way to open the door for the Reds, Tahs and Brumbies to savage the player lists of the Rebs and Force.
    Don't forget coaching & any decent administrative staff as well

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    Interesting since RUPA's long term stance re a player draft is one of the contributing factors to the current mess.

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    Nice to see Ross Xenos and Peter Fairburn finally earn their $500,000 each .....of our money!

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