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Andrew Condon

@_condo

Managing Director @thegembagroup Helping to shape a better future for the sport & entertainment industry

Sydney Katılım Nisan 2009
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Andrew Condon
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The biggest barrier to junior participation is adults.
Craig Norenbergs@CraigNorenbergs

My son is refereeing local Auckland rugby, because he loves the game. The newbies wear a jersey that says "FIRST YEAR REFEREE". Last week he looked after an under 15s outer suburban high school game. Abused by ADULT coaches, including one who crossed the sideline (illegal) and walked over to the kicking tee to abuse him. It was all he thought about all week. Do they want kids to referee? And what example is being set to the players here? Grow up people.

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Tucks arm and makes head on head contact. If you are adamant about player welfare then that has to be a send off. #origin
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It’s my favourite time of year: sporting CEO speculation season. It might be better if people actually did some research.
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Vince Rugari
Vince Rugari@VinceRugari·
Would not be shocked if this decision gets overturned. Reaction has been far beyond my expectation. Like wow
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@RobertSmithIX agree, there a some aspects in the article that warrant further discussion. But the risk of iterating on a sub‑optimal product is that you end up optimising constraints, not solving the real problem. You can polish the edges, but the core flaws remain locked in.
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Every Super Rugby reform debate jumps to teams, formats and rules. Shouldn’t the first questions be: What role is this competition meant to play, and what do fans actually want from provincial domestic rugby and a trans-Tasman franchise rugby ? Purpose first. Structure second.
Christy Doran@ChristypDoran

10 teams, open borders: the Super Rugby overhaul officials want as Moana on life support * Stan have proposed a conference model, clubs want different draw. Plus, Charlie Cale’s injury update; Tom Wright is back. 👉🏼theaustralian.com.au/sport/rugby-un…

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Rugby League is undoubtedly in very good health. But this might be more to do with the fact that NZ was never going to be able sustain 6 SR teams, and Auckland a region of 1.8 people could not accommodate two teams, not to mention the Chiefs are aligned to Counties Manukau
Neil Morrow@mrneilmorrow

Death of Moana Pasifika can be dismissed as a failed commercial venture. But behind it, is the steady growth of NRL in New Zealand, and a decline in interest in Union. RU is far from dying in NZ. It's too important culturally. But League has a unique chance to become NZ's sport.

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There a some aspects that certainly warrant further discussion. But the risk of iterating on a sub‑optimal product is that you end up optimising constraints, not solving the real problem. You can polish the edges, but the core flaws remain locked in.
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@VinceRugari The biggest driver of ratings is the teams involved, with match quality (closeness and drama) a strong second. Yes, timeslot matters, but I suspect mainly at the margin once the event is already locked into a culturally “protected” slot.
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@BMcSport The rule doesn’t have to apply to every line marking. there are plenty of examples in rugby where location on field determines a specific rule and where line marking means different things.
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Brett McKay
Brett McKay@BMcSport·
@_condo But again, you couldn't have simultaneous grounding on the touchline in the field of play being out, and simultaneous ground in-goal being a try. The same point stands..
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Brett McKay
Brett McKay@BMcSport·
@_condo If you do that in-goal, it has to be everywhere else, too, Andrew. We can't have a situation where touching the line is out for 100m in the field of play, but then it's in for the in-goal..
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With the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games to be held from 23 July to 8 August 2032, followed by the Paralympics, the bigger question is will the AFL and AFL play during this window or are they intending to suspend their competitions by way of a mid season break?
Owen Leonard@owenleonard_

AFL CEO Andrew Dillon has confirmed the league will push to have Aussie rules included at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics: “Our sport is a sport that should be on that stage. We’ll work closely with the Olympic committee on what form that takes” @9NewsMelb @FootyonNine

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