.geerob: Wallabies captains, players union to mine history for rugby's future
They include that "the current administration heed our call and step aside"; that a "special general meeting" of Rugby Australia member unions be called; that the full 2019 financials be tabled there; that a "cabinet" be formed to review the many reports and reviews put together over the past decade, and that the best bits of those reviews be combined for a bottom-up rebuild of all levels of the game.
Nick Farr-Jones offloads the ball during the World Cup final between England and Australia at Twickenham on November 2, 1991. Australia won the match 12 to 6.In the Wallabies captains, who put their names to what increasingly appears to be the intellectual heavy-lifting of Nick Farr-Jones, the players have found an independent and respected group to help deliver the "transformation" they have spoken of for weeks.
Waratahs hooker Damien Fitzpatrick, president of the Rugby Union Players Association and one of the current players on the Wednesday morning call, said "all options" were on the table, including blowing up Super Rugby. And that means the group will likely end up advocating for a trans-Tasman or domestic competition as a replacement for Super Rugby, the 25-year-old competition that has lost popularity among rugby fans.Outside the less fan-friendly recommendations that rugby leave behind its history in state federations and embrace a fully independent governance structure, that has been the broad recommendation of any expert that has been asked to look at the game, for years.
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