2024 world rugby election

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Who is Brett Robinson? World Rugby's new boss with issues to fix

Australian Brett Robinson has been elected as the new chairman of World Rugby. But what does it mean for the sport, and what changes can be expected?

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More upset about this than the US election. Really think this guy will chase silver bullets rather than growing the game.

 

[Reiser99]

From my understanding it was mainly a choice between a candidate focused on growing the game commercially and a candidate looking to expand into new areas.

 

[jordiev]

Rugby will never cease to amaze me at how it always resists change to grow the game beyond traditional nations and a small footprint. Guy is just running on Beaumont continued, I think one of his ideas was improving american rugby for the World Cup, too late! If the game was fully pushed there over a decade ago maybe, but now they are going to get dominated with minimal locals turning out to see it and an already shaky model being stretched even further with a poor WC.

Other guy at least had some ideas to grow the game, to actually increase the number of nations playing, to push 7’s as a way of increasing participation. England and NZ always pull this short sighted protectionism **** with rugby, just like the RFU has with the domestic game.

 

[jordiev]

From my understanding it was mainly a choice between a candidate focused on growing the game commercially and a candidate looking to expand into new areas.

It was more a candidate remaining on the current path and not rocking the boat vs a guy who wanted to expand the game and shake it up from a model that is on shaky grounds

 

[Rugbyfan564]

He has to deal with a prospect of major breakaway league and the possible end of Rugby as we know it. Big job.

 

[Reiser99]

It was more a candidate remaining on the current path and not rocking the boat vs a guy who wanted to expand the game and shake it up from a model that is on shaky grounds

Doesn't surprise me tbh. Old boy network don't want to give up their power.

 

[AlRums]

Who is Brett Robinson? World Rugby's new boss with issues to fix

Australian Brett Robinson has been elected as the new chairman of World Rugby. But what does it mean for the sport, and what changes can be expected?

www.espn.com

Mod can come up with better ***le.

More upset about this than the US election. Really think this guy will chase silver bullets rather than growing the game.

At least he's not a moron

 

[Kiwiwomble]

Rugby will never cease to amaze me at how it always resists change to grow the game beyond traditional nations and a small footprint. Guy is just running on Beaumont continued, I think one of his ideas was improving american rugby for the World Cup, too late! If the game was fully pushed there over a decade ago maybe, but now they are going to get dominated with minimal locals turning out to see it and an already shaky model being stretched even further with a poor WC.

Other guy at least had some ideas to grow the game, to actually increase the number of nations playing, to push 7's as a way of increasing participation. England and NZ always pull this short sighted protectionism **** with rugby, just like the RFU has with the domestic game.

im actually not against solidifying the current market rather than growing into new areas, rugby is dying in Aus and NZ, super rugby teams have less money that NPC teams did 20 years ago...and NPC teams are all but armature, we've seen English teams go into administration etc and the only suggestions seem to be more firenly internationals

 

[mdaclarke]

im actually not against solidifying the current market rather than growing into new areas, rugby is dying in Aus and NZ, super rugby teams have less money that NPC teams did 20 years ago...and NPC teams are all but armature, we've seen English teams go into administration etc and the only suggestions seem to be more firenly internationals

Agree with this. I think we should concentrate on the Tier 1 and Tier 2 teams. Forgot about the rest.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

Agree with this. I think we should concentrate on the Tier 1 and Tier 2 teams. Forgot about the rest.

i wouldn't go so far as to forget about the rest...but i think you do have to shore up the foundations, i dont think other countries will get excited about a game if they look and see empty stadiums

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

i wouldn't go so far as to forget about the rest...but i think you do have to shore up the foundations, i dont think other countries will get excited about a game if they look and see empty stadiums

Does a Columbiann amateur player care if super rugby has full crowds?

South American and European rugby has grown exponentially over the past 8 years and I don’t think any of them care about pro attendance in any nation (Okay, maybe French club rugby has helped spread the game a little).

 

[Kiwiwomble]

Does a Columbiann amateur player care if super rugby has full crowds?

South American and European rugby has grown exponentially over the past 8 years and I don't think any of them care about pro attendance in any nation (Okay, maybe French club rugby has helped spread the game a little).

once people are playing then maybe not (although i think emerging markets without high level pro comps probably still follow overseas teams)....but if we're introducing to completely new people then you need to show them something and that is normally "look at this game, how fun and popular it is".

Also...the players are a tiny % of a "market", its the new fans we need to be attracting and they need to have something to watch, amateurs playing on suburban pitch isn;t going to bring money into the sport in that area, but fans buying merch from local shops, buying streaming/broadcasting packages and making investors think if they throw some money at a local team they might achieve something...but all of that kind of relies on the existing markets being and looking sustainable and popular

 

[Booboobang]

im actually not against solidifying the current market rather than growing into new areas, rugby is dying in Aus and NZ, super rugby teams have less money that NPC teams did 20 years ago...and NPC teams are all but armature, we've seen English teams go into administration etc and the only suggestions seem to be more firenly internationals

I wouldnt be against it, if thats what would actually happen, but this is status quo and we currently have the french being the only nation running a profitable domestic game, even the keep the club closed guys have led to the rotting of the game in areas of massive historical importance.

My big worry with the passing it around the ol boys is that this is simply fingers in ears eyes closed, pretending everything is fine behaviour. I truly hope I am wrong.

 

[Derpus]

Does a Columbiann amateur player care if super rugby has full crowds?

South American and European rugby has grown exponentially over the past 8 years and I don't think any of them care about pro attendance in any nation (Okay, maybe French club rugby has helped spread the game a little).

Do all the countries who actually fund the game care about a Colombian amateur rugby player?

Australia made this mistake for all of you decades ago by expanding into Melbourne which has a rich sporting background but no interest in Rugby. It failed miserably and cost RA (by the time all is done including the ongoing litigation) hundreds of millions for little or no return.

Growth opportunities in new markets are great if you identify a good one and pull it off. But investing in emerging markets is very high risk and is not something you are typically looking to do during a period of contraction.

I understand the frustration from a smaller nation looking to develop rugby but it's got to be balanced against maintaining a viable sport in countries that currently provide revenue.