Aussie Pro Rugby

[Machpants]

"sexual intercourse without consent" is one of the charges. Isn't that rape?

Shitty PR to put a downer on the Eddie Jones coup

[game_film]

Most unbelievable thing about this is that Kurtley’s still getting paid (suspended, yes but has a contract) to play rugby in 2023. Remember that video of him with the old fella and the Charlie?

[Stargazer]

@game_film He is still getting paid, because he's considered innocent until proven guilty, and rightly so. If found guilty, he'll lose his job.

[Stargazer]

[Tim]

https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/01/23/the-wrap-rugby-australia-gets-their-man-but-at-what-cost/

[KiwiMurph]

@Tim A good read.

McLennan is basically the CEO - Marinos is just his lap dog who does the dirty work.

I can't understand the shift to Jones - but little class in the way they went about it.

[game_film]

@Stargazer Didn’t mean it like that mate. I meant in 2023 Kurtley is still getting paid to play by Rugby Oz. Not in the legal sense, completely aside of that, but in the career sense.

[Stargazer]

Nathan Williamson  /  Jan 23, 2023

Charlotte Caslick re-signs with Sevens

On the eve of the Sydney Sevens, Australian Rugby and the Sevens program have received a boost with World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year Charlotte Caslick re-signing until the end of 2026.

[Tim]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/131067175/floundering-at-every-level--wallabies-great-slams-australian-rugby

[Stargazer]

[KiwiMurph]

Ekuasi interesting.

He was stuck behind an Aussie in the NPC now gets his Super chance in Aussie.

[Duluth]

@KiwiMurph

He was more than good enough to start NPC matches and be a squad member in a NZ SR side. Bone headed selections at NPC level are having a flow on effect

[Bovidae]

Was he involved with the Blues pre-Xmas?

[NTA]

@Stargazer said in Aussie Rugby:

Nathan Williamson  /  Jan 4, 2023

Folau Fainga'a signs with French club Clermont

French club Clermont has confirmed the signing of Wallabies Folau Fainga'a at the end of 2023.

Oh noes! Who will do idiot Cannonball Tackles now?

"Never fear - Latu's here!"

[KiwiMurph]

@Duluth said in Aussie Rugby:

@KiwiMurph

He was more than good enough to start NPC matches and be a squad member in a NZ SR side. Bone headed selections at NPC level are having a flow on effect

Yep.

Cheers Alama.

[antipodean]

Raising the profile and setting an example

[Stargazer]

Edit: it looks like the subtitles are computer generated

[NTA]

@Stargazer Love the dig at Alan Jones and Clive Woodward.

[mariner4life]

Is Australian rugby really as backward looking and thinking as it is coming across as at the moment?

Every fucking thing i read at the moment is about "returning to the glory years" and harking back to the 90s, or christ now it's "the pride the Ella's had".

News flash dickheads. Success in modern elite rugby isn't about fucking mindset, or passion, or calling on the spirit of the periods when the Wallabies were good.

It's about pathways and development and preparation and plans to maximise talent.

If this isn't just window dressing for the public, and RA really do think the job is done, then this is going to crash and burn just so hard.

[Dan54]

@mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby:

Is Australian rugby really as backward looking and thinking as it is coming across as at the moment?

Every fucking thing i read at the moment is about "returning to the glory years" and harking back to the 90s, or christ now it's "the pride the Ella's had".

News flash dickheads. Success in modern elite rugby isn't about fucking mindset, or passion, or calling on the spirit of the periods when the Wallabies were good.

It's about pathways and development and preparation and plans to maximise talent.

If this isn't just window dressing for the public, and RA really do think the job is done, then this is going to crash and burn just so hard.

Amen , geez talk about taking thoughts from my mind, only you express them better than me!!