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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-0...-rugby/9730956
Less than a month after losing his job as Australia's rugby sevens coach, Andy Friend is disillusioned with what is going on in the game.
Friend said he wanted to continue in the role before Rugby Australia opted not to renew his contract after last month's Commonwealth Games and does not like the direction the game is going in.
After 23 years in the coaching system, he has seen the highs and lows from inside the belly of the beast.
He said players would come to him without even the most basic skills because Australian rugby has plans for world domination, but was yet to exhibit the patience to create the foundations.
"We've tried to build the pyramid from the top down. It doesn't work," he said.
"It's not about the people that sit up the top and play Super Rugby and coach Super Rugby. It's about the grassroots and about building the pyramid from the base."
He said Australian rugby has been on the slide "for a couple of decades".
At this point, the former Brumbies coach does not even follow the top-flight XV competition.
"I actually find it stale to be honest," he said.
"I can't understand the conference system. I can't understand how you can have a competition where you don't play everyone once and you can be the best of the worst, which is what we have in this country, yet you can still make a quarter-final. Doesn't make sense to me.
"I still love the game of rugby. I'll go and watch a club game because I still love the energy around that, but Super for me, it's tainted."
For Friend, despite his abrupt departure from the game, sevens is the way forward.
He described the abbreviated version of rugby as "the new frontier" and said if and when he is allowed back into the game, that would be his path.
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Looks like someone ideal for the IPRC
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?
You mean WSR? I thought IPRC is now a debunkt concept.
IPRC, WSR, WWE, whatever; you guys know what I mean.
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?
I think wsr was chosen for this year very strategically. I am torn between two reasons though
1 it might be the name that they plan for IPRC and this will give them masses of free advertising, the brand is already built worldwide
2 the obvious similarity to wsc is a veiled threat to the aru
It could be both.
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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
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?
I think it adds pressure to RA to okay IPRC as well as giving the Force a lifeline and the fans some rugby to watch.
"12 Years aSupporter" starring the #SeaOfBlue
'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
That's great to hear!
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?
I know of at least one mum who's getting rugby tickets for mothers day
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She wasn't at the Fiji game!
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That's what I thought, too; that WSR was the name for this year's set of exhibition matches. But I've heard interviews when they mentioned WSR as the comp for next year. If WSR gets traction in the public's minds, it'd probably be better to keep that name, even if IPRC is more descriptive.
Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon
IPRC was only ever going to be a working title, it's too clunky for the marketers to work with
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