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If this has come from the board and/or the exec, all stakeholders need to pull the rug out and kick them to the kerb.
The Rebels owner has WELCOMED the idea yet the deaf dumb and blind dinos at ARU head quarters still not willing to consider the best option?
Backs my earlier point - the only reason the ARU "can" drop a side is because the broadcast will keep paying the same fees for 4 teams as it does for 5 on the provision the team that goes is the Force.
They are managing the game not for the good of rugby but the best outcome for someone else.
Sack them all.
ARU spokesman rejects Brumbies-Rebels Super Rugby merger
by WARREN BARNSLEY, AAP
AUSTRALIAN Rugby Union is holding firm on safeguarding the Brumbies amid calls to merge the club with Melbourne Rebels as part of a Super Rugby downsizing.
Rebels boss Andrew Cox has welcomed discussion of the idea, raised by former Wallabies coach John Connolly who has backed the vulnerable Western Force to remain in the competition.
But an ARU spokesman said there had been no change in its position that the Brumbies were excluded from discussions around axing an Australian team.
An ARU spokesman has rejected the idea of a merger between the Brumbies and Rebels.
Both the Rebels and Force have insisted the ARU has no legal right to remove them following governing body SANZAAR’s decision to reduce Super Rugby by three teams, including two from South Africa.
Connolly, who also coached the Queensland Reds during a successful period in the 1990s, told News Corp Australia the ACT-based Brumbies were fortunate to survive the axe.
His merger proposal would see the “Melbourne Brumbies” split their home games between the locations, while the Force’s ability to produce homegrown talent entitled them a place in the competition.
Cox told News Corp no discussions with the Brumbies had taken place regarding a merger.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/ar...1268918a7d5698