Rugby Union running scared

[titoelcolombiano]

Would be real shame for Brumbies which are an original team, having to make way for Perth. I don't like to see strong clubs fold regardless of code.

f**k them all

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Union could very well be facing the prospect of becoming an amatuer game again here in Australia. NRL and AFL in different ways have raided the private schools too.

NZ, Fiji we are coming to save you from RU next

 

[Wb1234]

Oh dear... more contraction on the way. I don't think Union yet understand how much impact losing the whole Pacific region (including NZ) to rugby league will have.

They might think they have Japan (lol) and Argentina (lol) to replace it, but the amount of players that are provided to all nations (global sport - lol) from down here is still extremely high. Not only that, the All Blacks is their only genuine brand that transcends the sport. If that weakens and ends up performing at the level of Tonga, Samoa and Australian at international level, they have really gone backwards as a sport.

Happy days ahead

dominating nz would be like league getting cheque mate when the other player still has most of his pieces on the board

 

[titoelcolombiano]

dominating nz would be like league getting cheque mate when the other player still has most of his pieces on the board

The most infuriating of checkmates

 

[final say]

Super Rugby has 12 teams and a ridiculous 8 that makes the finals!
With 11 ... are they still going to have 8 ! Imagine! Or they're looking at a cut to 6 ? Then they have less finals games to sell...

 

[Canard]

I'm not sure why people are arguing with you. Rugby Union is a crap game and not every player can make the crossover (e.g. they've only trained for years to run a couple of metres every couple of minutes in a game with 35 minutes of actual ball-in-play time). However, with training a lot can still make the conversion. But even more so, as union declines, their juniors shift to league. That's where the main battle is won.

Cheaper and easier to poach from their junior base then to waste salary cap on unproven talent.

Unfortunately the talent in Australian Union is all playing Rugby League already, as we won that war about 15 years ago.

 

[final say]

All Blacks legends: New Zealand Rugby is ‘broken’ as controversial vote puts game at ‘very big risk’

Several All Blacks legends have agreed that the unions could have severely damaged the game in New Zealand following last week’s controversial vote.

www.planetrugby.com

 

[final say]

NRL news 2024 | Carter Gordon signs with Gold Coast Titans on two-year deal, leaving Super Rugby Pacific

 

[T to the T]

NRL news 2024 | Carter Gordon signs with Gold Coast Titans on two-year deal, leaving Super Rugby Pacific

Still, Eddie Jones got to do a press conference about taking it to League!

 

[titoelcolombiano]

All Blacks legends: New Zealand Rugby is ‘broken’ as controversial vote puts game at ‘very big risk’

Several All Blacks legends have agreed that the unions could have severely damaged the game in New Zealand following last week’s controversial vote.

www.planetrugby.com

Is this their mini version of the super league war that will give us a vital leg up in NZ like we gave our rivals in NSW/QLD in the 90s?

Carry on destroying yourselves RU, we'll take you out one country at a time.