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Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
THU MAY 21, 2020 / 4:02 AM EDT
Rugby-Sunwolves unlikely to be in Australia competition - Rebels CEO
May 21 (Reuters) - Japan's Sunwolves are unlikely to take part in Australia's stand-in domestic competition with the country's four Super Rugby teams and Western Force because of logistical problems, the chief executive of the Melbourne Rebels said on Thursday.
With no realistic prospect of Super Rugby resuming any time soon because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia have followed New Zealand's lead by planning a 10-week replacement competition, which they hope will kick off in early July.
The involvement of the Perth-based Force, cut from Super Rugby in 2017, looks set to happen but getting the Sunwolves into Australia and through a two-week quarantine process was working against the Tokyo-based team, Baden Stephenson said.
"Things are progressing really well with the Force but I think the international border restrictions are probably going to make it pretty hard for Japan," he told reporters in Melbourne on Thursday.
"At one stage they were thinking about using their Australian and New Zealand players and some Japanese players but I think that the more they worked through the process the harder it is looking."
The Sunwolves, who are due to depart Super Rugby at the end of this season, had said they would be eager to participate in Rugby Australia's proposed tournament in July as it would allow the side to leave a legacy before their exit.
(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Richard Pullin)
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cider my arse
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
Seeing as this is a national domestic competition, Force should play as the Perth Spirit, that would be a laugh
Japan and the Pacific Islands for Aussie Super 9's!
Let's have one of these in WA! Click this link: Saitama Super Arena - New Perth Stadium?
Excellent question X. I had the same thought. It would be interesting to see how it came about and who were around the table at the time. Given the corruption evident in player contracting over the past couple of decades and which outfits have gained most, you could easily put your tinfoil hat on.
My question is, with two lines for super rugby (super rugby teams at 6 million and super rugby and high performance at 24 million) another 9 million for national teams and high performance and 24 million for player payments and rupa, how the hell can they spend another 9 million on the wallabies team. OK 1. Illion of that will be the coaches salary, another 2 or 3 in assistant coaches etc, but surely not a cent of that money goes to players, given that there is a pool of roughly 70 million being directed to elite team costs. That doesn't count the sevens team which had its own line.
C'mon the
That article has Clarke stating that the reason KPMG cant sign off is that RA need to show that they are a going concern for the current 12 months.
Given that they are carrying forward a $6 million deficit, presumably not getting SR broadcast fees ATM, that they are still paying players and staff and have no broadcast deal in the cupboard; is a $14 million advance from WR adequate to say they are not trading insolvent again this year? There is a hell of a lot riding on Clarke's ability to sell the proposed 5 team Oz Rugby competition. Normally that would be a really hard ask, but given the current desperation for content at Fox, he might just pull a rabbit out of the hat. Maybe he should get Andrew Cox as CFO.
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David