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    Heat on ARU boss John O'Neill to revive 'boring' rugby

    Heat on ARU boss John O'Neill to revive 'boring' rugby


    • Peter Badel
    • From: Herald Sun
    • August 23, 2010 10:31AM






    HEAT IS ON: ARU boss John O'Neill is under pressure to revive the 'boring' code. Picture: Gregg Porteous Source: The Daily Telegraph



    LEADING rugby identities have labelled the sport "boring", as pressure mounts on Australian Rugby Union boss John O'Neill to revive the code.

    The critiques from former Wallaby Glen Ella and one-time Test coach Eddie Jones were delivered as former ARU boss Gary Flowers issued a letter via a legal representative putting O'Neill on notice after a magazine interview last month with the ARU chief.
    O'Neill was interviewed as part of a probe into the state of Australian rugby and the hurdles the code faces to claw its way back in a market dominated by the NRL and AFL.
    Flowers is furious at suggestions he mismanaged millions of dollars in his three-year term as ARU chief executive from 2004.
    He declined to comment, but an ARU spokesman said yesterday: "We have no letter with any reference to legal action."
    Former Test fullback Ella said O'Neill, as ARU boss, was duty-bound to stop the rot.


    "The code has become boring," the former Wallabies assistant coach said. "Until we play attractive rugby, crowds will get worse, sponsors will turn away, we'll lose kids at the grassroots, the whole box and dice will be affected.
    "The game has gone backwards for 10 years, not directly because of John O'Neill, but he's in charge of the code so he has to take some blame. I know John has spoken to the (Super) franchises about playing attractive rugby - whether they pay any attention to him is an issue."
    Jones questioned the regime's ability to revive the code.
    "When John O'Neill came in, he espoused rugby to be the No. 1 winter sport in Australia," Jones said. "Everyone bought into that and geared towards it. It now seems he is just trying to keep his head above water."
    THE rampant All Blacks clinched the Tri-Nations title with a dramatic 29-22 triumph over South Africa in Soweto yesterday and turned their sights to creating a record winning streak.
    Tries from captain and loose forward Richie McCaw and replacement back Israel Dagg in the closing three minutes turned around a five-point deficit before almost 90,000.
    It took to 14 the number of consecutive Tests wins by New Zealand.


    http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/rug...-1225908850145

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    What a ridiculous article. Glad I wasted my time on that rubbish

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    coz Stone Cold says so

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    Glen is becoming almost as controversial as Eddie! makes for good media fodder on a slow news week i guess.

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