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If you translate it into Welsh you might get it past the censors
Great post and completly agree. You make some wonderful points. When you put it like that why would we stay with the ARU/RA?
Imagine being able to verse national teams and have world rugby grant those matches TEST status. Its almost too good to be true.
The All Blacks have been on a crusade lately to play sides where they are guaranteed a percentage of the gate revenue. Hence why there hasnt been an England vs all black match scheduled outside of the regular autumn int fixtures (our spring fixtures) so if you promised the NZRU anywhere between 30-50% of the gate fee they would be here on their very own chartered Air NZL flight tomorrow.
The whole strategy of the IPRC is aroung getting Wallaby eligibility. They are trying to work with the IRB and Rat's Arse. For now. Also I imagine there would be plenty of complications for WA clubs; like insurance for instance.
Jumping off a cliff is not really a good strategy for dealing with a bully.
So did the RA and from memory they took it to the IRB. Good on the RFU for saying no as they are also standing up for unions who can't afford to give away half of their gate money from matches they host. Particularly Wales and Scotland who have running on massive losses since redeveloping their respective stadiums. France and Italy don't have their own stadiums. Unless the deal has changed as they have threatened to walk away previously, the FFR burn €2 million each time they play a match at the Stade de France. They also don't have as much money as the club body LNR who have been racking up large increases on their tv deals as the EPCR and Top 14 rights are separate. I think the ProD2 has their own tv contract now.The All Blacks have been on a crusade lately to play sides where they are guaranteed a percentage of the gate revenue.
The RFU would also be aware of the RA's ability to waste money and go after players while on contract. As for the Kiwis they go and sign players 30 plus on four year deals with holidays to not play Rugby. They also pulled the ABs out of half of the Super Rugby which destroyed the credibility of Super Rugby as it was seen as a training ground for test Rugby (nothing has changed since then) and schedule Bledisloe Cup matches with the RA in places like Tokyo and Hong Kong. They have talked about having one in Twickenham.
The IRFU are pretty prudent with their money so I doubt they would give away significant amount of one of their main revenue streams to an incompetent union like the RA. They either run at a small loss, break even or scrape a decent profit. The RA have also treated them badly. A Wallabies official damaged a changing room door at Lansdowne Road a few years back and I don't think they sought for damages. It was pretty obvious who it was and he may have been on a suspended sentence at the time. The RA through Cheika also actively pursued Kane Douglas at the start of his three season deal with Leinster and when a release was agreed the RA refuse to pay out the remainder of his contract which wasn't much. This is despite two seasons left on the deal, he was under rehab for an injured back and Leinster were put in a bind to find a replacement due to it being close to the RWC.
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'I may be a Senator but I am not stupid'
https://omny.fm/shows/the-alan-jones-breakfast-show/cameron-clyne
Link to Senate Report http://www.aph.gov.au/senate_ca
https://www.change.org/p/rugby-australia-petition-for-cameron-clyne-to-resign-as-chairman-of-the-rugby-australia-board
Who gives a shit. Move on. I dont think any of us could stomach representing the Wallabies moving forward after what the ARU/RA has done. That is the point. After everything do you actually still want to be affiliated? If so you are suffering from stockholm bully syndrome!
we could always represent the hut river province
I didnt want to humilate you but if you actually read the first post in this thread PROPERLY you would have read the following:
Thanks for proving my point. INSURANCES FFS somrthing a few quid can cover - and we have billionaire philanthropist Andrew Forrest on our side..by standing next to the RugbyAU I see no benefit moving forward. Simply saying we pay less for insurance is a cowards answer
The main goal of the IPRC is to give WA a chance to continue to participate as a professional entity (preferably as the Force) and to ensure the future of the game for young Western Australians.
'I may be a Senator but I am not stupid'
https://omny.fm/shows/the-alan-jones-breakfast-show/cameron-clyne
Link to Senate Report http://www.aph.gov.au/senate_ca
https://www.change.org/p/rugby-australia-petition-for-cameron-clyne-to-resign-as-chairman-of-the-rugby-australia-board
Steady on SPaRTAN,, you are having a potshot at the wrong bloke.
Shasta is a respected and eminently reasonable poster. Listen to him. His observation is valid.
I voted sucede. He did not. No biggy.
The long sobs of autumn's violins wound my heart with a monotonous languor
Thats fair enough. But I did ask for transparency and his answer was the answer I mocked in my original post and he still used that as the basis to justify sticking with the assholes who have attempted to bankrupt us ontop of killing our professional team. If we as a community are gonna be strong then listening to TWAS like responses and accepting them when they defy logic is not gonna make our cause a powerful one. People like Shasta just prove what is wrong with the very people that have accepted bullying as a way of life. I personally hate people dominating me, i dont accept it, and if people like shasta feel justified then that's fine, but atleast put up a compelling response that isnt the same ol same ol tedious bullshit like insurance costs when we have the 3rd richest aussie backing our cause. Im sure Twiggy wp uldnt give too shits about supporting the insurance of every WA rugby player, we all know that it is siginicantly less than what it costs to run superrugby