Rugby who?

I didn’t watch the Bledisloe on the weekend because I knew it was coming.

My personal opinion is that Australian Rugby is fucked for good.

Rugby is clearly the no. 4 football in Australia with TV ratings slipping back by 2/3’s over the last decade or so.

Too much of the sport was siphoned off on to pay TV for too long.

They continually screw up in player development.

Rugby management, nationally and internationally, is just useless compared to the other codes. They just can’t seem to get their act together and act in concert in the best interests of the code. Self-interest always wins.

The game is just so boring compared to the other three football offerings with stoppages usually outlasting time in play. When will they ever just introduce a 5 or 10 minute sin bin for ruck or scrum infringements with a tap restart (no penalty kick)? Never!

Penalties usually decide the game unless the Wallabies decide to lay down and give up like they did on the weekend. 

With relative money for player payments slipping, the good players will depart for distant rugby nations (and not be eligible to play for the Wallabies) or go to Rugby League.

The Wallabies will continue to slide. Support will wane. And the problem will get worse.

Time to disengage.