No brainer (for Australia). They cant afford to take any financial risks at the mo.
I think France barged in on that WC too. Meant to be SA?
Then they got burned, good job.
If RA get a slice of the stadium action they'll come out alright. Aussies love turning up to a sporting event.
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@Tim said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
Can only assume his family weren't happy in Queensland. Strange to move over, play once for the Wallabies then retire the following season otherwise.
Hodgman had been injured a lot this year.
Interesting to read that Liam Wright is also leaving Qld, and maybe Aust, and that seems down to only being offered a reduced RA contract.
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Some of the aussies aren't happy with Joe right now
@canefan said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
Some of the aussies aren't happy with Joe right now
the tide has turned enormously over here in a very short space of time. After the Lions series and that SA win, there were calls for Aus to throw all the money at him to get him to the World Cup.
Now? Joe out Kiss in ASAP
@mariner4life said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
Joe out Kiss in ASAP
Wallabies supporters wandering calling once again for Joshua to lead them out of the desert to the promised land. And Les isn't the answer - one only has to see how the Reds have underperformed given their squad.
Choice of coach is totally irrelevant to results for our player base.
BUT some consistency of fail would be nice
12 days later
Zac Lomax to the Western Force would be fun.
1 month later
@jamsb said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
Angus Crichton signing with RA?
For 2027 - so he'll have a Super comp and some tests (if they throw him in) to get up to speed. Seems a tall order.
The Wallabies and Aust rep teams will have a new jersey supplier. - Castore.
@Tim said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
I enjoyed reading the comments hoping that he had resigned as a commentator
Comments from Cotter in the article.
Max Jorgensen set to extend with the Waratahs & Australia for 5-years at over 900k per season.
He has 2 sabbaticals but this is good for Super Rugby.
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RA is set to lose its best forward over the past few years after the 2027 World Cup on Australian shores. The Australian can reveal Rob Valetini is set to sign a multi-year, multimillion-dollar deal in Japan. It’s believed the bruising back-rower will find his way to Kubota, just outside Tokyo, who have Bernard Foley and Malcolm Marx on their books.
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Rugby Australia has recruited former All Black centre Scott McLeod as the Wallabies’ new defence coach, in the first key staffing appointment of incoming test coach Les Kiss.
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Wallaby fans have had a glimpse in to the Les Kiss future and they do not like what they see.
Les won't even manage to become the first host nation to be kicked out before the finals.
Ignominiously mediocre is what they appear to be aspiring to. It's unfathomable that he was selected as the replacement for Joe Schmidt. McLennan has an awful lot to answer for
Perhaps he's the NRL's secret agent.
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
Wallaby fans have had a glimpse in to the Les Kiss future and they do not like what they see.
Whingey, histrionic, mediocre coach with victimhood syndrome?
Should have stuck with Cheika.
And you posted this before Friday's game against the Chiefs.
@booboo said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
Whingey, histrionic, mediocre coach with victimhood syndrome?
Huh? Les Kiss' quotes after the match don't seem that bad
@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
@booboo said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
Whingey, histrionic, mediocre coach with victimhood syndrome?
Huh? Les Kiss' quotes after the match don't seem that bad
Did you watch the vision in the coaches box?
I'll give him credit for not going feral in the press conference (and no I didn't), but compared to Cheiks it's not exactly a compliment.
I'm assuming this is the right place to ask the question -
Why are the Aussie women 7s so good but the 15s so underwhelming? I don't pay close attention to the women's game (but do watch bf test matches) so I was wondering if anyone could shed any light on it.
@nonpartizan said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
Why are the Aussie women 7s so good but the 15s so underwhelming
The programs are run entirely separately.
And as the 7's have had success (olympics) they get more money.
The programs are to be merged, expect a big effort to get competitive for RWC 29 (in Aus).
@nonpartizan said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
Why are the Aussie women 7s so good but the 15s so underwhelming? I don't pay close attention to the women's game (but do watch bf test matches) so I was wondering if anyone could shed any light on it.
Not something I follow either but I know the Aussie womens sevens program recruited from a variety of sports (athletics, hockey etc). Basically taking athletes and teaching them how to play the short version of the game
That might help explain why the 7s fortunes are independent of the XVs health?
@antipodean said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
How much of this actually true and how much is just whinging?
A quick wiki of Lemoto and he's played for Aussie at age group rugby, so he's hardly been overlooked.
Also, a whole team of league players enter a comp and do well and it's somehow Oz rugby's fault that they haven't been on rugby's radar?
@Duluth said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
Aussie womens sevens program recruited from a variety of sports
from touch rugby
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Anyone been reading anything on the Rebels case against RA? To me someone who has not much legal clues it looks as though the Rebels case is falling apart real fast.
Seems the Rebels saying if they had known that RA wouldn't of bailed them out they would of gone into Liquidation in June 2023 instead of December. As they owe about $30 mill, I not sure that is a great argument, as RA still paid all the wages of players for the years. Also seems they as part of that also paid the Rebels the money for the players wages tax bill, and Rebels board forgot to forward that or lat couple of years to Aussie tax department?