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Final score: Rebels 22, Jaguares 25
Crowd at AAMI Park: 5,538
Say no more.
Is that the official crowd? I'm surprised it was announced to be less that 10K. I thought they would have fudged the figures.
As reported by The Age:
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/rugb...14-p4z9nk.html
Perhaps the VRU wasn't able to intervene quickly enough with The Age to suppress the attendance number?
Time slot and weather issue?
That's not a great crowd for what's essentially a visit from an ersatz Argentina national team
Jeez, that's a hard article to read. I've been staying out of the Super Rugby loop and concentrating on the Force season coming up and our new team line-up, so I haven't exposed myself to much media; but I just realised how bloody awful it feels to read so many of our old team members' names in that article.
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?
Time: Well, potentially but the ARU/RA need to think ahead about this, when is it most likely there won't be three AFL games back to back? I can tell you Saturday afternoon is not the answer.
Weather: It's Melbourne, if they can't handle shit weather there the Rebels will never have support, it doesn't stop the AFL fans.
So how is the “shrink to greatness” going?
Delighted the Jaguares won. They get too much stick as they are easy to shoe from far away.
The scheduling is horrendous. No Friday night Australian game for the past two years. Couldn't give a monkey's anus if there are other sports broadcasting at this time slot. This is Rugby and as I saw from the Brumbies this giving up mentality has got to stop. The Brumbies had the Highlanders on the rack down 15-10 with just over twenty minutes left. Hawera throws the intercept from inside the Highlanders' 22, the team gives up after that. Ends up as 41-17. Personally I am still pissed off at that result and the attitude displayed after that try.
This give up mentality is not the Australian sport I grew up with. Kerry Packer will be rolling in his grave at what is going on. Not just with his own tv network. People bang on about Queenslanders' mentality to not give up however usually it is against pea hearted New South Welshmen. The days of Kieran Perkins winning a Gold Medal from lane 8 are well gone.
'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
Steve,jolly good,by the look of it,lol
'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
I thought you only had to pay tax if you made a profit?!
Proudly Western Australian; Proudly supporting Western Australian rugby
We have no idea what the VRU accounts are like. They have to payroll tax, report GST figures on their BAS.
Most teams announce lower attendance figures to reduce their tax bill.
'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
Breaking news...renowned banker and RA chairman Cameron Clyne has announced that:
Originally Posted by Cameron Cl... er... TWAS
BTW I thought that last week with 16k attending the 'Canes was "roll on the good times"...turns out that 10000 who turned out were kiwis supporting the Hurricanes lol
The long sobs of autumn's violins wound my heart with a monotonous languor
I see the RA hadn't even put up a match report summary on their website so disappointed they are.
'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
If the facts don't fit with the theory, ...
BTW, attendance at Waratahs vs Reds SR derbies for past 5 years:
Year Played in Sydney Played in Brisbane 2014 17,580 (1 Mar) 36,205 (12 Jul) 2015 26,746 (13 Jun) 27,199 (7 Mar) 2016 24,044 (27 Feb) 17,247 (27 Mar) 2017 - 18,781 (29 Apr) 2018 15,648 (14 Apr) TBP (2 Jun)
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