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    Machpants
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    So there is a golden decade of money pouring in for AR, but where will it go?

    We secured a $40m line of credit, we pay a fair interest rate for the money but we used it as a lifeline while we got the game better organised

    And there’s a real possibility that we may go and borrow more money to fund ourselves through to 2025.””

    Ah, it'll go to paying off debts

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2022/jun/30/australia-rugby-union-dave-rennie-england

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      So there is a golden decade of money pouring in for AR, but where will it go?

      We secured a $40m line of credit, we pay a fair interest rate for the money but we used it as a lifeline while we got the game better organised

      And there’s a real possibility that we may go and borrow more money to fund ourselves through to 2025.””

      Ah, it'll go to paying off debts

      https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2022/jun/30/australia-rugby-union-dave-rennie-england

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      @Machpants I'm on the Board of an affiliate union here in Sydney. While I don't get stuff exactly from the horse's mouth, Rugby Australia is exactly what you'd expect of a sports body that is run as a corporation; there are some things come down the pipe that make you wonder whether they understand "rugby" at all...

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        @Machpants I'm on the Board of an affiliate union here in Sydney. While I don't get stuff exactly from the horse's mouth, Rugby Australia is exactly what you'd expect of a sports body that is run as a corporation; there are some things come down the pipe that make you wonder whether they understand "rugby" at all...

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        @NTA said in Aussie Rugby:

        @Machpants I'm on the Board of an affiliate union here in Sydney. While I don't get stuff exactly from the horse's mouth, Rugby Australia is exactly what you'd expect of a sports body that is run as a corporation; there are some things come down the pipe that make you wonder whether they understand "rugby" at all...

        Liked cos I agree not cos I like 😞

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        • M Machpants

          @NTA said in Aussie Rugby:

          @Machpants I'm on the Board of an affiliate union here in Sydney. While I don't get stuff exactly from the horse's mouth, Rugby Australia is exactly what you'd expect of a sports body that is run as a corporation; there are some things come down the pipe that make you wonder whether they understand "rugby" at all...

          Liked cos I agree not cos I like 😞

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          @Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:

          @NTA said in Aussie Rugby:

          @Machpants I'm on the Board of an affiliate union here in Sydney. While I don't get stuff exactly from the horse's mouth, Rugby Australia is exactly what you'd expect of a sports body that is run as a corporation; there are some things come down the pipe that make you wonder whether they understand "rugby" at all...

          Liked cos I agree not cos I like 😞

          SRU are worse.

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            I do love his articles, I wish that he would poke his ozzie nose more into the ABs!

            https://www.theroar.com.au/2022/06/29/how-will-the-wallabies-front-up-for-the-first-test-in-perth/

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            @Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:

            I do love his articles, I wish that he would poke his ozzie nose more into the ABs!

            https://www.theroar.com.au/2022/06/29/how-will-the-wallabies-front-up-for-the-first-test-in-perth/

            Good read that. I wish I had more time these days to read stuff like this regularly, and to have watched enough rugby to form my own opinion on whether it's arse or not.

            But this seems fairly solid from my apartment here in the Greek Islands.

            Did I mention I'm on holidays???

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              Stargazer
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              https://www.rugby.com.au/news/mac-grealy-to-captain-junior-wallabies-side-to-face-fiji-202274

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                @Machpants I'm on the Board of an affiliate union here in Sydney. While I don't get stuff exactly from the horse's mouth, Rugby Australia is exactly what you'd expect of a sports body that is run as a corporation; there are some things come down the pipe that make you wonder whether they understand "rugby" at all...

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                @NTA said in Aussie Rugby:

                @Machpants I'm on the Board of an affiliate union here in Sydney. While I don't get stuff exactly from the horse's mouth, Rugby Australia is exactly what you'd expect of a sports body that is run as a corporation; there are some things come down the pipe that make you wonder whether they understand "rugby" at all...

                rugby vic is the same...several of the clubs asked if we could start our games an hour earlier so that we could pack up and get back to the club rooms to watch the AB's game, just said NO...all games had to be played at the normal time so the 1's didn;t get back to the club rooms till 545ish

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                • KiwiwombleK Kiwiwomble

                  @NTA said in Aussie Rugby:

                  @Machpants I'm on the Board of an affiliate union here in Sydney. While I don't get stuff exactly from the horse's mouth, Rugby Australia is exactly what you'd expect of a sports body that is run as a corporation; there are some things come down the pipe that make you wonder whether they understand "rugby" at all...

                  rugby vic is the same...several of the clubs asked if we could start our games an hour earlier so that we could pack up and get back to the club rooms to watch the AB's game, just said NO...all games had to be played at the normal time so the 1's didn;t get back to the club rooms till 545ish

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                  @Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:

                  @NTA said in Aussie Rugby:

                  @Machpants I'm on the Board of an affiliate union here in Sydney. While I don't get stuff exactly from the horse's mouth, Rugby Australia is exactly what you'd expect of a sports body that is run as a corporation; there are some things come down the pipe that make you wonder whether they understand "rugby" at all...

                  rugby vic is the same...several of the clubs asked if we could start our games an hour earlier so that we could pack up and get back to the club rooms to watch the AB's game, just said NO...all games had to be played at the normal time so the 1's didn;t get back to the club rooms till 545ish

                  Mate it sounds like the Wellington rugby union back in the 70s, a test was live on tv (wasn't allowed to be advertised in those days but everyone knew), when a couple of clubs suggested changing time the Wellington rugby union replied with are they players or tv watchers and wouldn't move them. I thought those days were gone.

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                  • Dan54D Dan54

                    @Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:

                    @NTA said in Aussie Rugby:

                    @Machpants I'm on the Board of an affiliate union here in Sydney. While I don't get stuff exactly from the horse's mouth, Rugby Australia is exactly what you'd expect of a sports body that is run as a corporation; there are some things come down the pipe that make you wonder whether they understand "rugby" at all...

                    rugby vic is the same...several of the clubs asked if we could start our games an hour earlier so that we could pack up and get back to the club rooms to watch the AB's game, just said NO...all games had to be played at the normal time so the 1's didn;t get back to the club rooms till 545ish

                    Mate it sounds like the Wellington rugby union back in the 70s, a test was live on tv (wasn't allowed to be advertised in those days but everyone knew), when a couple of clubs suggested changing time the Wellington rugby union replied with are they players or tv watchers and wouldn't move them. I thought those days were gone.

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                    Kiwiwomble
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                    @Dan54 said in Aussie Rugby:

                    @Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:

                    @NTA said in Aussie Rugby:

                    @Machpants I'm on the Board of an affiliate union here in Sydney. While I don't get stuff exactly from the horse's mouth, Rugby Australia is exactly what you'd expect of a sports body that is run as a corporation; there are some things come down the pipe that make you wonder whether they understand "rugby" at all...

                    rugby vic is the same...several of the clubs asked if we could start our games an hour earlier so that we could pack up and get back to the club rooms to watch the AB's game, just said NO...all games had to be played at the normal time so the 1's didn;t get back to the club rooms till 545ish

                    Mate it sounds like the Wellington rugby union back in the 70s, a test was live on tv (wasn't allowed to be advertised in those days but everyone knew), when a couple of clubs suggested changing time the Wellington rugby union replied with are they players or tv watchers and wouldn't move them. I thought those days were gone.

                    conversely i remember playing colts rugby in dunedin in the late 90's at 9am so the prems could play before lunch and everyone could watch games at 2:35....good times

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                      https://www.rugby.com.au/news/sevens-squad-confirmed-for-commonwealth-games-202275

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                        Machpants
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                        #3274

                        Did not now this at all

                        https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/05/samu-kerevi-restoring-pride-in-the-family-name-through-australia-form

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                        • M Machpants

                          Did not now this at all

                          https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/05/samu-kerevi-restoring-pride-in-the-family-name-through-australia-form

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                          Nepia
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                          @Machpants Damn, we wouldn't have been wondering who to play 12 if that plane hadn't of stopped in Oz.

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                            Bovidae
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                            Why Brace and co were wearing a black armband.

                            https://www.rugby.com.au/news/vale-andrew-cole-202279

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                              Stargazer
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                              A "The Herald has been told by sources" type of article.

                              https://twitter.com/tomdecent/status/1549196498906165248

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                                Was/is their a Ben Kimber involved with the Green and Gold rugby site and if so, is it the same person that is now the CEO of Stan Sport?

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                                  Was/is their a Ben Kimber involved with the Green and Gold rugby site and if so, is it the same person that is now the CEO of Stan Sport?

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                                  @Unite said in Aussie Rugby:

                                  Was/is their a Ben Kimber involved with the Green and Gold rugby site and if so, is it the same person that is now the CEO of Stan Sport?

                                  He was not involved, no.

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                                    @Unite said in Aussie Rugby:

                                    Was/is their a Ben Kimber involved with the Green and Gold rugby site and if so, is it the same person that is now the CEO of Stan Sport?

                                    He was not involved, no.

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                                    @barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:

                                    @Unite said in Aussie Rugby:

                                    Was/is their a Ben Kimber involved with the Green and Gold rugby site and if so, is it the same person that is now the CEO of Stan Sport?

                                    He was not involved, no.

                                    Cheers, for some reason I had that name in my head.

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                                    • NepiaN Nepia

                                      @Machpants Damn, we wouldn't have been wondering who to play 12 if that plane hadn't of stopped in Oz.

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                                      @Nepia said in Aussie Rugby:

                                      @Machpants Damn, we wouldn't have been wondering who to play 12 if that plane hadn't of stopped in Oz.

                                      Foster wouldn't have picked him πŸ˜‰

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                                        @Nepia said in Aussie Rugby:

                                        @Machpants Damn, we wouldn't have been wondering who to play 12 if that plane hadn't of stopped in Oz.

                                        Foster wouldn't have picked him πŸ˜‰

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                                        @NTA said in Aussie Rugby:

                                        @Nepia said in Aussie Rugby:

                                        @Machpants Damn, we wouldn't have been wondering who to play 12 if that plane hadn't of stopped in Oz.

                                        Foster wouldn't have picked him πŸ˜‰

                                        Don't be facetious of course he would've.

                                        At fullback

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                                        • M Machpants

                                          @NTA said in Aussie Rugby:

                                          @Nepia said in Aussie Rugby:

                                          @Machpants Damn, we wouldn't have been wondering who to play 12 if that plane hadn't of stopped in Oz.

                                          Foster wouldn't have picked him πŸ˜‰

                                          Don't be facetious of course he would've.

                                          At fullback

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                                          @Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:

                                          @NTA said in Aussie Rugby:

                                          @Nepia said in Aussie Rugby:

                                          @Machpants Damn, we wouldn't have been wondering who to play 12 if that plane hadn't of stopped in Oz.

                                          Foster wouldn't have picked him πŸ˜‰

                                          Don't be facetious of course he would've.

                                          At fullback

                                          Blindside flank πŸ˜‰

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