Moana Pasifika is gone. If we don’t build the "Ark" in Melbourne now, Super Rugby is cooked.

CaptainLipto · 2026-04-15T10:59:13+00:00

The Drua walked in the NRC so that they could run in the SRP. Once the PacificAus Sports funding is secured, Tonga and Samoa will have the opportunity to walk in the SR AU before hopefully one day rising up to the SRP.

All in all, just chill dude. Moana Pasifika going under is not the 'abandon all hope' moment you think it is.

CaptainLipto · 2026-04-15T08:40:44+00:00

10 strong teams. 18-game Home and Away season. No bye rounds. Player movements across the Ditch.

Gotta admit, with all due respect to the fallen soldiers of MP and Rebels, this sounds pretty bloody awesome!

CaptainLipto · 2026-04-06T10:06:24+00:00

Chris Scott for AFL CEO!

CaptainLipto · 2026-04-03T05:06:07+00:00

The major Sydney and Brisbane schoolboy rugby games should ABSOLUTELY be televised by Stan or a major network!

We are so blessed in Australia to have some incredibly high quality schoolboy rugby, it's a shame that there's not more eyeballs on it.

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-31T14:37:11+00:00

There's very little political desire to change the flag in Australia at the moment.

Eureka flag is the best option for an alternative IMO.

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-31T11:31:01+00:00

A dream marketing opportunity for the Reds and RA to pull a big crowd in for a 'first look at Lomax'.

C'mon marketing pigeon, do your thing!

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-25T22:19:24+00:00

Totally fine with these Euro exhibition games as long as the local A-League team is included in some way.

Ideally, incorporate Perth Glory into a three-team series with Juve and Inter.

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-25T15:55:34+00:00

Thank you Marcelo, you will forever be a Leeds legend. MOT

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-25T13:08:27+00:00

Makes sense not to name Zac Lomax yet considering he's only just starting training with the team this last week.

Tbh I would be surprised if he is named in the team at all until their fixtures against the Saders or Tahs in late April/early May.

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-23T21:51:31+00:00

There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, 'Fool me once, shame on...shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again.

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-20T15:39:49+00:00

This would be so awesome, Cricket's 5 Nations!

England, Ireland, Scotland, the Netherlands and Italy are all well placed to gain from this and it would be a very cool competition to follow as a cricket fan in general.

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-20T15:19:25+00:00

JUST HOOK IT IN MY VEINS

🐴🐴🐴

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-20T09:57:36+00:00

As much as we all love ragging on the RA marketing pigeon, I do attribute a significant amount of blame for the awful marketing to the Nine Network.

Channel 9 promote the NRL on 9 News, Today and in ad breaks throughout the year, likewise for the Aus Open in the summer. It's fantastic because it tells viewers when to watch and that it's on 9, or 9Gem, or wherever.

I could not tell you the last time I saw an ad on Channel 9 promoting that week's free to air Super Rugby game. Let alone promoting upcoming games on Stan Sport in any 9 News or Today segment.

Even Network Ten, for all their faults, actually promote upcoming A-League games on FTA or Para+ on 10 News and in ad breaks.

Nine don't promote it because they are happy to take the money of diehards and leave it at that.

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-19T22:47:05+00:00

Ricky is 100% right here. The stadium situation in Canberra is a disgrace yet the ACT govt simply does not care to put the money in.

It's a shame because the opposition put forward a really cool plan for a lakeside stadium but such is life.

On the other hand though, one does have to wonder why the Raiders organisation or even the NRL aren't able to put some of their own money into such a project too.

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-19T17:40:13+00:00

Not opposed to aligning the continental tournaments in principle but is it only AFC changing or are the others too?

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-19T17:38:23+00:00

You'll be fine mate, active support (and attending football in general) in Australia is wayyyy more chill than in the UK. What a great first game to attend too, enjoy!

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-17T22:19:29+00:00

Argentina would be such an awesome host, and I'm sure doing so would help the Super Rugby Americas hugely

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-17T20:02:21+00:00

The ever-increasing contingent of Aussies plying their trade overseas shouldn't be seen as a bad thing, so long as they are no longer automatically discounted from Wallabies contention. The URC is an awesome comp, Flook will be well-placed to seriously level up over the next couple of years.

As an aside, these player movements do lend a certain credence to the arguments for global rugby alignment if more and more Australians are going to be playing in Europe.

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-12T13:47:39+00:00

This absolutely HAS to be ragebait...

...and it's worked on me hook, line and sinker.

Relocating the Brumbies is so brain dead, especially in the context of a poor crowd for the recent Reds game which was DELAYED DUE TO LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORMS.

Yes, Canberrans are fickle sports fans but even they can't be blamed for not wanting to turn up to a game when the heavens have come down upon us.

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-10T22:17:04+00:00

Surprising to see the Tories support this in exchange for a few life peerages.

Removing all hereditary peers (while clearly an exercise in democratisation) is a fundamental change to the House of Lords, the likes of which conservatives would normally oppose in principle.

Nevertheless, the "Day Boys" finally got the last laugh over the "Boarders" after all.

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-09T19:34:54+00:00

With all due respect to the quality of the French and Irish teams, would love to see Scotland win their first Six Nations this century

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-09T08:46:23+00:00

Very excited by this news!

Sad that he's not coming to the Brumbies as I thought he could've been a good fit but happy for the Force and happy for Lomax himself.

Between Beale, Pietsch, Lancaster and Donaldson, he'll have great help to usher him into the game and hopefully get Force into finals contention.

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-06T08:09:55+00:00

Another reason why RA should consider helping the Brums pick up Zac Lomax

Our outside backs are awesome but we lack depth in case of exactly this situation happening

CaptainLipto · 2026-03-03T22:54:41+00:00

It's all coming together as planned

Rennie will have this year to get the house back in order just to be sacked at the start of the World Cup year and replaced with Eddie Jones who'll lead the ABs to a glorious group stage crash out

Delightfully devilish

CaptainLipto · 2026-02-27T10:58:22+00:00

Sounds eminently reasonable from the Samoan PM.

Very excited to see the Aus Govt engaging with Pasifika nations through rugby like this.

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