Rugby Australia to target top NRL talent

[firechild]

Honestly, if a professional sport can't keep 5 teams financially viable, the sport can hardly be considered professional.

 

[taste2taste]

And Rugby Australia will get a smaller TV deal with less games to sell

 

[Diesel]

And Rugby Australia will get a smaller TV deal with less games to sell

It’s just lost a huge potential viewing area, what do they call it? Reach?? Sucks to be them. No way their tv deal can be close to what it currently is without a Melbourne team

 

[ash the bash]

This is even going to get worse for the ARU.

The rejected consortium which is made up of the same directors who got the Rebels in the shit in first place will start legal proceedings against the ARU on Monday.
- Reduced TV deal due to one less game.
- Cash flow poor, living on debt and now a court case coming up

I sort of hoped the Rebels would survive cause the ARU will gut the Rebels to try and pad the Tahs. Would have been worse off having 5 teams with the talent spread out more.

Recall all the comments from John, Pulver & Hamish over the years, come see the world, Cape town or Campbelltown, we are better people etc etc... Always be modest.

The Lions and WC may clear their debt but they will be back to square one with no other sugar hit incoming for a while.

 

[Brian potter]

Who replaces the rebels in super rugby?

another NZ team? Japanese team?

 

[taste2taste]

The Lions and WC may clear their debt but they will be back to square one with no other sugar hit incoming for a while.

I wouldnt count on the World Cup clearying up much dept, the past 2 WC made a modest profit ( Japan & France ) and England Union made 30m AUD in 2015.

The 27 world cup is going to have more minnows leading to higher costs that won't be recouped through gates.

Rugby Australia were saying they are estimating a profit of 100m....yeah, good luck with that

 

[Jamberoo]

Who replaces the rebels in super rugby?

another NZ team? Japanese team?

Might they axe Pasifika Moana?

There is supposed to be a Women’s Super Rugby comp starting next year. Rebels were going to partake. That will put further drain on their coffers.

 

[macca_saint]

I recall an article many years ago when the Rebels came, fitz was going on about Melbourne being a union, cultured city etc... wank wank... It was going to be the end of the Storm who would have to move to the central coast....

Does anyone know if the article was published online?
I’d love to give it a read now.

 

[Angry_eel]

Rebels are gone. Good news for Storm and RL in Melbourne.

Collapse of Rebels sparks legal battle, puts MCG World Cup final in doubt

Rugby Australia has shut down the Melbourne Rebels after 14 seasons, sparking a court battle with the consortium that planned to save the club and casting extreme doubt on the Victorian government’s commitment to hosting the 2027 World Cup final.

www.theage.com.au

I swear this is a Nelson Mandela moment for me. I thought they were gone a few years ago.

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

I recall an article many years ago when the Rebels came, fitz was going on about Melbourne being a union, cultured city etc... wank wank... It was going to be the end of the Storm who would have to move to the central coast....

Yeah, him and his pompous fool mate Spiro Zavos writing in the Herald twenty odd years ago that League was destined to become a "parish pump" sport and feeder to union.
Zavos had this top ten moments of Oz sport where union made up 3 of the top 5 spots - all forgotten now. LOLOL.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

Spiffing!!

Well said old bean .
Huzzah .
pip pip tally ho

 

[hineyrulz]

Well said old bean .
Huzzah .
pip pip tally ho

Fancy a Pims old chap??

 

[Suitman]

I can't wait to read The Fitz Files on Saturday morning.

 

[docbrown]

I can't wait to read The Fitz Files on Saturday morning.

"Here's how the Rebels collapsing will actually destroy NRL"

 

[Wb1234]

The state's junior pathways have produced Test players in both the men's and women's games, perhaps best highlighted when Rob Valetini, Pete Samu and Rob Leota formed the Wallabies' starting back row against the All Blacks in Melbourne in 2022.

This was no fluke, with considerable effort having been made to develop talent at the junior level, especially in public schools.

For example, a partnership forged between not-for-profit organisation Academy Movement and Rugby Victoria led to the establishment of several public-school programs in Melbourne.

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

In today`s The Australian:

"Rugby Australia’s future was hanging by a thread, with chief executive Phil Waugh saying it was “technically” a going concern when asked about its $80 million loan."

and

"When asked whether the governing body was a going concern given its $80 million loan with Pacific Equity Partners, Waugh said: “Technically it is, yes.”"

"Technically a going concern"...wtf does that mean. So, in other words, they are right on the verge (if not over it) of bankruptcy.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Rebels are gone. Good news for Storm and RL in Melbourne.

Collapse of Rebels sparks legal battle, puts MCG World Cup final in doubt

Rugby Australia has shut down the Melbourne Rebels after 14 seasons, sparking a court battle with the consortium that planned to save the club and casting extreme doubt on the Victorian government’s commitment to hosting the 2027 World Cup final.

www.theage.com.au

f**k yes! When's the funeral? I'll happily piss on their grave. Next up we'll put a team in Perth and make Union irrelevant there too

 

[JamesRustle]

In today`s The Australian:

"Rugby Australia’s future was hanging by a thread, with chief executive Phil Waugh saying it was “technically” a going concern when asked about its $80 million loan."

and

"When asked whether the governing body was a going concern given its $80 million loan with Pacific Equity Partners, Waugh said: “Technically it is, yes.”"

"Technically a going concern"...wtf does that mean. So, in other words, they are right on the verge (if not over it) of bankruptcy.

The debt must not be in breach of terms and due in 12 months or longer would be my guess.

If the debt was called in tomorrow they would be insolvent though.

 

[Brutus]

Who replaces the rebels in super rugby?

another NZ team? Japanese team?

Teachers-Norths

 

[Captain Apollo]

Fancy a Pims old chap??

Union men don't drink Pims! They drink a G&T with a slice of lemon

They need it to wash down all those cucumber sandwiches.