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No need to kick the ball away,
Taqele is fat and slow, step him on the outside and rely on the fact that the Tahs will be slow to react.
Send 2 down his wing, draw and pass, he probably won't even make contact with either, which will set up a 2 on one with Izzy. If you do it when Hooper is out seagulling on the opposite wing, it will be good for at least 30m.
Let the Tahs be the team that kick possession away this week!
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How did Captains Run go yesterday? Team looking good? Thought Gus might've been in this week? And is Richie injured? Team list looks bloody good tho! Play like last week they've got it nailed.
No Benny Mac either Val :-(
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I just put some pics in the 'gallery' here: http://twf.com.au/vbpicgallery.php?do=view&g=343
All with the iPhone unfortunately as my camera decided today it was not going to work...!
Generally speaking you aren’t learning much if your lips are moving!!!
Just heard by Fox Nick McCardle that Cox Handing the licence back to the rugby union to be taken over by consortium?
Is this like a case of pass the hot potato?
What does that mean for us?
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doesn't sound like good news Alison, the VicRU will fight harder to keep the Rebels, despite financial risk.
Big question is whether ARU approval is required?
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Well Nick did say the ARU are still to sign off on it, but it doesn't change our own legal rights. To me it just means the Rebs license is loose. So are the licenses just for getting bandied around now? And is Vic RU happy to foot the bills instead of Cox?
If this is the case and the Rebels need another bail out on top the handout, they should then be required to hand over the licence to the ARU in return.......leaving OTF three months to make up any shortfall the Force has this year?
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Nick Taylor's slant on the above....sounds more like Cox wants to walk away and the VRU are scrambling to save the licence.
VRU looks to syndicate to save Melbourne Rebels
The Victorian Rugby Union is in talks with a wealthy syndicate as they battle to save the Melbourne Rebels from the ARU axe next season.
The VRU wants the syndicate, understood to include foundation shareholders, to buy the Super Rugby licence from Rebels owner Andrew Cox and hand them control of the loss making club.
The ARU is trying to cut either the Rebels or Western Force from the competition.
The move comes amid reports that Cox is in negotiations with the ARU and the Victorian Government about relinquishing his hold on the struggling club.
However, it is understood the Victorian government will not assist financially and a planned rugby centre of excellence is now unlikely to go ahead.
Cox, who bought the Rebels licence for $1, previously offered to sell it back to the ARU for $4.75 million. He then said he would not sell the club just to see it closed and warned he would start legal action against the governing body.
The ARU, that has to sign-off on any sale or transfer of the licence, was given notice for mediation by the Rebels last month but the meeting was cancelled. An ARU spokesman said informal discussions would continue.
Victoria’s Sports Minister John Eren said: “The Victorian Government will continue working with the ARU and the VRU to ensure the Rebels are here to stay.”
The VRU did not return calls.
The Force are confident they have a watertight alliance agreement with the ARU as they head into arbitration in two weeks.
They claim the ARU have obligations under the agreement signed last May by the club and the governing body that commits both parties through the current broadcast deal that ends in 2020.
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David