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- Fri Oct 10, 2025 11:39 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: R360 League
- Replies: 129
- Views: 23535
Re: R360 League
Do you have any links for this? Here’s one you might want to read. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jun/21/the-man-behind-deal-that-launched-rugby-unions-professional-era I remember it well. Hobbs was a hero in our eyes. :thumbup: It’d be great to read something about this unsung hero that sa...
- Fri Oct 10, 2025 8:29 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: R360 League
- Replies: 129
- Views: 23535
Re: R360 League
Do you have any links for this?
Here’s one you might want to read. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/ ... sional-era
Here’s one you might want to read. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/ ... sional-era
- Fri Oct 10, 2025 7:23 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt
- Replies: 17415
- Views: 854924
Re: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt
Reds now have 4 good/decent flyhalves, 3 good inside centres, one good winger and bugger all at fullback. Campbell is serviceable super rugby fullback. HMP and Volavola can play there too. I’m a reds’ fan and would immediately swap him for the back/up fullback at any of the other Oz SR teams.
- Fri Oct 10, 2025 7:22 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: R360 League
- Replies: 129
- Views: 23535
Re: R360 League
It was tried in 1995 after the RWC in Africa. It fell over pretty quickly after the unions said the same thing. They had a lot of players signing letters of intent, but when a couple decided to stick with the establishment it went tits up. I think Jeff Wilson was one of the first to say no. Rugby w...
- Fri Oct 10, 2025 7:19 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: R360 League
- Replies: 129
- Views: 23535
Re: R360 League
It was tried in 1995 after the RWC in Africa. It fell over pretty quickly after the unions said the same thing. They had a lot of players signing letters of intent, but when a couple decided to stick with the establishment it went tits up. I think Jeff Wilson was one of the first to say no. Rugby w...
- Fri Oct 10, 2025 7:08 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt
- Replies: 17415
- Views: 854924
Re: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt
Reds now have 4 good/decent flyhalves, 3 good inside centres, one good winger and bugger all at fullback.
- Thu Oct 09, 2025 5:58 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Cities (THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TO , YOU PEDANTS) you drank dry on a Rugby day out
- Replies: 82
- Views: 1879
Re: Cities (THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TO , YOU PEDANTS) you drank dry on a Rugby day out
Here is my rating of where I have attended test or first class club/provincial rugby for quality of pre and post match drinks Brisbane Cardiff Sydney (SFS) Brighton London (Olympic stadium) Bath Dublin London (Twickers) Wollongong Sydney (Brookie) Sydney (Leichhardt) Melbourne (Docklands) London (w...
- Thu Oct 09, 2025 5:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Cities (THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TO , YOU PEDANTS) you drank dry on a Rugby day out
- Replies: 82
- Views: 1879
Re: Cities (THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TO , YOU PEDANTS) you drank dry on a Rugby day out
I've not attended too many games in London or Dublin, but I found Dublin to be a far better experience for heading out after the game. Before Twickenham had the fan zone shit , I would have said you were mad. Now, the town does nearly all it can to dissuade people staying in Twickenham for a nice e...
- Wed Oct 08, 2025 8:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Cities (THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TO , YOU PEDANTS) you drank dry on a Rugby day out
- Replies: 82
- Views: 1879
Re: Cities (THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TO , YOU PEDANTS) you drank dry on a Rugby day out
I've not attended too many games in London or Dublin, but I found Dublin to be a far better experience for heading out after the game.
- Wed Oct 08, 2025 7:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
- Replies: 567
- Views: 8860
Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
How DARE you?!
- Wed Oct 08, 2025 7:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27722
- Views: 2389031
Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
8.5kg down, stubborn fat deposits on hips & lower belly remain. Gonna keep cutting till end of November & see where I get to. Would estimate me at somewhere between 18-20%bf. :thumbup: I’ve been heading the other way - need to sort my shit out, but my wife keeps baking and I work from home too much.
- Wed Oct 08, 2025 7:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27722
- Views: 2389031
Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Anyone here able to do a muscle up? My pb for pull ups is 14 (although the last one was kind of iffy) and for chin ups is 15, but I'm nowhere close to a muscle up. Think I need to get some resistance bands so I can practice the part of the movement where you pull the bar to below your chest/level w...
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 7:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Lewis Moody -MND
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1608
Re: Lewis Moody -MND
In England they are banning heading in youth football because of dementia risk... https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/c97z8dm7g11o Italian players must head the ball more, eh? Wasn't that MND? Or dementia too? Apparently five members of the England 1966 World Cup-winning side were diagnosed wi...
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 6:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
- Replies: 567
- Views: 8860
Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025

Skelton didn’t return to the field after this tackle and I’m sure that few Australians will be surprised that this TMO failed to pick it up.
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 4:36 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27722
- Views: 2389031
Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Not a good week for ‘Dr’ Mike Israetel :o If you’re not aware… 1. Solomon Nelson, who turns out is an Aussie Fitness Industry analyst, got his hands on Dr Mike’s Phd dissertation and absolutely shredded it. https://youtu.be/elLI9PRn1gQ?si=nkI4WQmqhlrOnbE4. 2. Milo Wolfe interviews Mike and gives hi...
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 4:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Lewis Moody -MND
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1608
Re: Lewis Moody -MND
Yeah they recommend school kids don't do headers now and its been banned in some places. But it appears to be only the Italian pro soccer players that have the high incidence. In England they are banning heading in youth football because of dementia risk... https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/...
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 11:36 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27722
- Views: 2389031
Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Not a good week for ‘Dr’ Mike Israetel :o If you’re not aware… 1. Solomon Nelson, who turns out is an Aussie Fitness Industry analyst, got his hands on Dr Mike’s Phd dissertation and absolutely shredded it. https://youtu.be/elLI9PRn1gQ?si=nkI4WQmqhlrOnbE4. 2. Milo Wolfe interviews Mike and gives him...
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 10:53 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Lewis Moody -MND
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1608
Re: Lewis Moody -MND
Terribly sad news. The neck/head axis is the weak spot. The concussive battering of the upper body and effect on the spine and hence the brain is hard to mitigate against. Is that so? There is evidence that Italian pro soccer players develop MND at rates far higher than the general population (up t...
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 10:45 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Lewis Moody -MND
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1608
Re: Lewis Moody -MND
Terribly sad news. The neck/head axis is the weak spot. The concussive battering of the upper body and effect on the spine and hence the brain is hard to mitigate against. Is that so? There is evidence that Italian pro soccer players develop MND at rates far higher than the general population (up t...
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 10:35 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
- Replies: 567
- Views: 8860
Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Losing Skelton early was crucial - on top of that we saw two Yellow Cards, which served to drain the tank. Without the likes of bench regulars Bell and Tate, there was far less PoW available to the Wallabies in the second half.
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 10:32 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The future of the Rugby Championship?
- Replies: 136
- Views: 3570
Re: The future of the Rugby Championship?
Well the RC wasn't sidelined for this tour, there wasn't a RC next year. The RC agreement ended this year. Well according to the CEO of RA. Also interesting he seemed to suggest Aus and Argoes get a cut of broadcast for it. The agreements are always for a period of time - the RC and TRC have been ‘...
- Sat Oct 04, 2025 11:03 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
- Replies: 567
- Views: 8860
Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Desert, eh?Jeff the Bear wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 10:59 am I like welcome to country.
On another note, how hilarious is it to have the game on the edge of a dessert, and then have it piss down.
Perth gets about the same amount of rain as London.
- Sat Oct 04, 2025 10:55 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
- Replies: 567
- Views: 8860
Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
Is this kicking off now? Sky Sports (UK) are showing highlights of women's rugby league instead of the match if it's on. Saying 15mins to KO on my feed, assuming 11:00 and not 10:45 start. I think it will be like 8.05pm or 8.10pm here in Qld. How hard is it to let viewers know what time the game ac...
- Sat Oct 04, 2025 10:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
- Replies: 567
- Views: 8860
- Sat Oct 04, 2025 10:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: R360 League
- Replies: 129
- Views: 23535
Re: R360 League
It'd pretty much be mismanagement if a commercial organisation announced that they were going to work with their future competition. Not to mention how much it would work to put their pro clubs at a disadvantage in player contract negotiations. Whether or not nations select players signed to R360 fo...
- Sat Oct 04, 2025 10:05 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The future of the Rugby Championship?
- Replies: 136
- Views: 3570
Re: The future of the Rugby Championship?
I think they mean expanding the brand by playing a Bok/AB test at Twickers as part of tour. Same as why do you think the Irish test is being played in Chicago next month. I think it sounds like corporate yoga-babble. The kind of shit one might hear from a try-hard, suspenders-wearing, first-year bu...
- Sat Oct 04, 2025 10:02 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The future of the Rugby Championship?
- Replies: 136
- Views: 3570
Re: The future of the Rugby Championship?
I think it sounds like corporate yoga-babble. The kind of shit one might hear from a try-hard, suspenders-wearing, first-year business consultant at a f*ckwit bar between Jaeger bombs . I’m not particularly thrilled by the idea of an extended tour of someone we regularly play every year or against ...
- Fri Oct 03, 2025 4:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt
- Replies: 17415
- Views: 854924
Re: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt
I actually like that Hooper retains his starting spot and they’re bringing Valetini off the bench considering he’s been in and out of the squad with that hammy issue… Hooper has been consistently the Wallabies’ best forward this year, and it sucks he’s heading overseas now. Wilson is also having a ...
- Fri Oct 03, 2025 4:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
- Replies: 567
- Views: 8860
Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
I’d almost be confident if Tate and Bell were on the bench.
- Fri Oct 03, 2025 9:34 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
- Replies: 567
- Views: 8860
Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
I mean Razor's winning percentage as Head Coach is still higher than Rassie's, but I agree his team has performed below the expectation of North island based trolls who have Razor Derangement Syndrome after watching his Crusaders molest their nothing-franchises year in year out.. I think he's perfo...
- Fri Oct 03, 2025 9:11 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
- Replies: 567
- Views: 8860
Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
That would have been a politically unsafe position. The provinces of Auckland, Taranaki and Wellington would have rioted, with the NZ rugby media led by fanboi in chief Marc Hinton actively seeking to unseat Robertson on day one. I find this part of your sentence baffling, almost the entire NZ rugb...
- Fri Oct 03, 2025 7:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt
- Replies: 17415
- Views: 854924
Re: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt
Wilson is not better than Valetini ffs. I love the guy but that’s straight up crazy talk. Joe Schmidt thinks he’s a better 8. Apparently so much so he named him captain. You must know more than Joe Schmidt. I don’t think that’s the case at all. Obviously Joe wants them both in the team - why not pl...
- Fri Oct 03, 2025 5:50 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt
- Replies: 17415
- Views: 854924
Re: Wallabies 2025: Revenge of the Schmidt
Wilson is not better than Valetini ffs. I love the guy but that’s straight up crazy talk.
- Fri Oct 03, 2025 5:48 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The future of the Rugby Championship?
- Replies: 136
- Views: 3570
Re: The future of the Rugby Championship?
I think they mean expanding the brand by playing a Bok/AB test at Twickers as part of tour. Same as why do you think the Irish test is being played in Chicago next month. I think it sounds like corporate yoga-babble. The kind of shit one might hear from a try-hard, suspenders-wearing, first-year bu...
- Thu Oct 02, 2025 9:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
- Replies: 567
- Views: 8860
Re: Dead Bled, Live RC: WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS, Perth, 2025
I think people should stop obsessing about the numbers on the jerseys of the backs. The number on the jerseys aren't going to correlate with where players are positioned at every facet. Keeping in mind that Jordie Barrett played at 14 in defense in Bledisloe 1, with Carter defending in the centre's...
- Thu Oct 02, 2025 9:05 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: New player load guidelines from WR
- Replies: 4
- Views: 186
Re: New player load guidelines from WR
I can't imagine there are any unintended consequences from such a rule..... One thing I noticed is the admission from Conrad Smith (who somehow has rocketed to the top of sports administration) that rugby's guidelines around head contact have seen NO reduction in the number of concussions. I'd be i...
- Thu Oct 02, 2025 8:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The future of the Rugby Championship?
- Replies: 136
- Views: 3570
Re: The future of the Rugby Championship?
How exactly does NZR profit from 'expanding the brand' to South Africa? Is there something actually in this or is it just more Goog Harrison-esque, corporate yoga babble? I think they mean expanding the brand by playing a Bok/AB test at Twickers as part of tour. Same as why do you think the Irish t...
- Thu Oct 02, 2025 5:43 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: New player load guidelines from WR
- Replies: 4
- Views: 186
Re: New player load guidelines from WR
I can't imagine there are any unintended consequences from such a rule.....
One thing I noticed is the admission from Conrad Smith (who somehow has rocketed to the top of sports administration) that rugby's guidelines around head contact have seen NO reduction in the number of concussions.
One thing I noticed is the admission from Conrad Smith (who somehow has rocketed to the top of sports administration) that rugby's guidelines around head contact have seen NO reduction in the number of concussions.
- Thu Oct 02, 2025 5:40 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The future of the Rugby Championship?
- Replies: 136
- Views: 3570
Re: The future of the Rugby Championship?
How exactly does NZR profit from 'expanding the brand' to South Africa?
Is there something actually in this or is it just more Goog Harrison-esque, corporate yoga babble?
Is there something actually in this or is it just more Goog Harrison-esque, corporate yoga babble?
- Wed Oct 01, 2025 6:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 49766
- Views: 2657299
Re: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
North Carolina is a parasitic state that receives billions more from the fed than it contributes.