RUGBY AUSTRALIA = Panic time!!!
The ARUFORUM or ARF (Australian Rugby Forum) has a few questions from the Shareholders of Australian Rugby, through the chair,
Mr Hamish McLennan and Directors of the Board
- Didn't you fellows see the KIWI attitude coming?
- Are WE in a crisis mode yet? Are WE on fire yet?
- How far from Liquidation are WE (not you)?
- Just in case you didn’t realise I’ve been RA shareholder for 35 years?
- Isn't it, the same as when SANZAAR dictatorially decided RA had to kick-out either the REBELS or the FORCE?
- Where is the ultra-famous ANZACS spirit, the Australian Leadership on this situation?
- Where are the 10 Captains that wrote to RA, that very demanding stern letter...?
- Where are the other QLD/ACT/VIC/WA ex-Captains that should also be showing the way from the front, yet outside the tent?
- They should individually and collectively be leading the charge, from outside ‘the-tent-of-comfort-and-good-times (The well-known Gravy Train)?
HAVE NO DOUBT THAT LOTS OF PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIAN AND WORLD RUGBY ARE WELL-MEANING BUT... !
The 'good-oil' and the bad news is, whether on the field or off it WHEN YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO NOT GO FORWARD, YOU'LL NEVER SCORE A TRY. You may choose to, sheepishly continue scoring penalties and drop-goals at the distance to keep up with the scoreline. In other words, a respectable 2nd best performance.
FELLOWS and SHEILAS OF AUSTRALIAN RUGBY = WAKE UP!
The last 25 years (1996-2020) have been strategically misdirected and misguided by amateurish administrators (at their best). The last Pandemic 5-months has been the catalyst (we had to have) which detonated the current ‘malaise/infection'.
The ARU, and/or Rugby Australia has been in a soporiferous state for far too long. Board of RA, if you do not act swiftly and decisively... SHE won't BE RIGHT MATE!
Fearing All Blacks, Springboks, Poms, Argies, Scots, Green Leprechauns, Welsh, and Cherry Blossoms OFF THE FIELD, is not an option, it gets you nowhere. The antidote needed to recover the RA Patient here is to challenge all those national Unions to a FAIR and EQUITABLE deal (particularly when we are down). Isn't this What rugby is being about? = Giving a hand to a downtrodden individual or team?
BTW, bugger the TV and its executive leeches with fanciful deals. Fellas stop running around in circles, away from our problems, or sticking your heads into the sand dunes of Balmoral, Mosman, and the rest of the Eastern seaboard!!!
TOPO
(Sydney 21/07/2020)