Dr Brett Robinson Wants To CHANGE World Rugby! Here's how... |

Alex, Hask, and Tins are joined by Dr. Brett Robinson, former Australian Wallaby and front-runner to be the next Chair of World Rugby. With his sons as the motivators for his unexpected appearance on GBR, Brett reveals his path to candidacy, what sparked his decision to lead, and why he believes his experience in both business and player safety makes him the right man to lead World Rugby. The GBR team brings the heat on modernising the game.
But to begin, we are honoured to unveil the new British & Irish Lions shirt for their tour of Australia in 2025.
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00:02:00 - New Lions Jersey Drop
00:06:43 - Hask & Tins: England’s Loss to NZ
00:13:48 - Farewell, Marler!
00:16:42 - Meet the Man: Brett Robinson Enters the Scene
00:18:56 - CV Goals: Brett’s Impressive Journey
00:22:09 - Redefining Leadership in Rugby
00:29:35 - Health Risks in Rugby
00:39:00 - Money Matters: Rugby’s Financial Landscape
00:41:55 - Big Bucks from the Middle East
00:46:00 - Inside the Game: How Voting Really Works
00:48:00 - New Frontiers: Emerging Nations in Rugby
00:50:00 - The American Dream: US World Cup?
00:52:35 - Defending 7s: Why It’s Here to Stay
00:55:30 - Attracting the Next Generation
00:59:53 - The Women’s World Cup
01:01:19 - Australia’s Big Year
01:07:30 - Final Thoughts: Brett’s Closing Words

[@GoodBadRugby]

Who should Andy Farrell pick as his Assistant Coaches. Write your dream combos below: Attack, Defence, Set-piece, etc...

[@GoodBadRugby]

Attack: Jon Le May Defence: Tins Team Manager: Hask Kit Man: Payno

[@paulwoodman7749]

Attack: ROG, Defence: Shaun Edwards, Forwards: Graham Rowntree, Backs: Mike Catt

[@stuartwhatling2636]

Attack: Mike Catt Defence: Felix Jones Scrum: Graham Rowntree Lineout: Paul O'Connell

[@johnfletcher9907]

Your mum Your mum Your mum You’re welcome

[@whakatane6298]

Defence-Jamie Joseph Attack- Steve Hansen Set Piece- Wayne Smith

[@maori_brotha]

As a Kiwi, Ive always loved this show and its English take on the game we love. Brett seems like a very smart business guy who loves his rugby and has some big $$$ issues to handle. Hask and Tins raise good points about how to market the game, yet Brett is right. We have to look after players safety (an idea: brutal on the field, cuddly with Mum, and we've got Drs too!) Good work!

[@royboybliss]

Incapacitated with a broken leg, just rattled through the GBR Unleashed book. Excellent. Very thought provoking towards the end about the future of World Rugby. An easy read with laugh out loud moments.

[@dougv426]

Thoroughly enjoyed the conversation; it's a shame there wasn't an opportunity for all the candidates to talk on GBR (or another platform); it's the first time I've heard a discussion involving the potential leaders of the sport we love

[@dominicbritt]

Bring back Jonah Lomu Rugby... with a graphics refresh... job done.

[@Anxiety101Awareness]

I think a major part of growing the game especially for a younger audience is the Gaming Console side of things there is currently a rugby union game coming soon “RUGBY 25” which if this was advertised during International breaks on tv adverts and podcasts more will buy or play it and do what FIFA has been doing for younger football audiences by showing off the game in other ways

[@dietermeyer3531]

Unfortunately it's still in development, and I wouldn't recommend anyone right now to play it. They have been making positive progress, but still far away from 80% finished

[@GoodBadRugby]

Something we have talked about on the pod for a while!

[@taniac1860]

I’m sorry, but WTF? As a parent from NZ, I can tell you now, the last thing we would introduce our kids to is a VIRTUAL game. Good grief, no wonder you can’t evolve the sport!!! Im sorry but I just find this insulting to every parent that has done the hard yards of running around etc. Video games are for them to kick back and relax, not to encourage couch potatoes to imagine a more physical life.

[@anthonyriseley]

@@taniac1860 Settle down. Also as a parent from NZ. The kids can play it in between real games. It's great for them to understand the rules and strategy of the game. Its just a simulation and no different to how pilots use simulators to brush up their skills.

[@dougsaunders8109]

This is a great listen, does rugby 🏉 need a straight talking Aussie? From this interview I am saying yes.

[@jep1912]

The state of Hask. A more vain man I've rarely seen.

[@garywagner2466]

Rugby needs a strong foundation in the clubs with youth programs. That’s where you create and nurture the stars of the future, their supporters, and enthusiastic spectators. It can’t always be about the professionals at the top of the pyramid. World Rugby has forgotten that. The kids who get involved, become passionate rugby enthusiasts, and carry that passion for life are the backbone of the international game. Players, coaches, officials and administrators have to have that passion. Without it, you just have people going through the motions. There are already far too many of them.

[@icefarrow7959]

World Rugby has almost zero to do with that. That's dealt with by the individual unions.

[@CalvinLacockUK]

And I see no investment in youth/mini rugby in England here. Clubs going bust all round us

[@taniac1860]

@@CalvinLacockUKso, isn’t that an English problem? Junior rugby is alive and well in NZ.

[@CalvinLacockUK]

Indeed. My u11 played a school last week, they didn’t have enough boys to play because 10 moms (and dads) decided to take their boys out of contact rugby due to the ‘dangers’. Those boys are now playing netball. Some of the girls couldn’t get into the netball team and is now playing rugby 😮😮 I think the other problem is the schools that do play rugby is mostly private schools and I do worry about the fact that we’re all about encouragement. Don’t get me wrong we need to encourage but we also need to lay down expectations. My u13 son’s school team were losing 8-1 at half time, no one interested in tackling. The coaches 1/2 time talk?? “Well done lads, keep it up” It’s a massive thing in the UK - we never needed motivation to play rugby hard (but fair) be it the A, B,C etc teams. It was expected and you had your head in the game. I just don’t see any ‘anger’ or ‘intent’ in a lot of what the minis/youths do in rugby here.

[@CalvinLacockUK]

And indeed it is an English problem .. but .. the tone for England rugby is set by BB etc at World Rugby. It’s a collision sport.. we (they) are all ashamed of it.

[@dominicbritt]

New Zealand also made substitutions so it’s a little rich to suggest Marcus Smith going off changed the game… George Ford looked pretty under control when he came on… New Zealand made a tactical change that took control of the game for the last 15 minutes.

[@maffrose]

If Fod didnt have to catch the ball above his head from his halfback then he wouldve hit the droppie--

[@mrkiwi8250]

​@maffrose if Ratima hadn't passed the ball to Smith, he would have gone through the gap and it would have been 4 tries to zip.

[@waynepirihi9769]

@@mrkiwi8250if Patrick polutu had caught Sitiiti’s pass 5 zip

[@noname-qb7ir]

He got ran over, missed a pen and drop goal in 6 minutes. Smith should have stayed on.

[@davidmaclennan5925]

As a Saffa, I genuinely appreciate your honesty and attitude towards Joe’s opinions. Every single person needs to be heard, whether we agree or not? It’s just time that we call a spade a spade if that’s what you think without having the thought police critiquing every single word.

[@davidmaclennan5925]

And the biggest factor to be considered is that there are so many different cultures involved in this beautiful game! Legacies, heroes, folk tales… there’s so much more than just some data that’s easily skewed.

[@W3SV]

Salary Caps !!!! This is crazy talk .. the only way to keep future player interest in Union is to figure out how to pay them more. you need to make more money. making more money doesnt mean playing more games / tournaments. its about driving a more sustainable business and adopting business models that are not still stuck in the 80s.

[@ryansnyman1984]

Great show guys. Greetings from South Africa.

[@nicholasfallowfield4379]

In relation to Dr Brett I think people need to understand the difference between minimising risks and maximising safety. Minimising risks is taking the collisions out of rugby - only allow tackles around the waist, no more pushing in the scrums for example, whereas maximising safety is keeping all the elements that we love about rugby but just make that as safe as possible with improved medical monitoring and support e.g. fancy mouthguard, return to play protocols etc. A difficult balance to find.

[@richardyoung4405]

It is difficult to find the balance but I would like to understand how the fighting sports deal with this. At least in our game the objective is not to incapacitate your opponent where as in fighting sports the objective is literally to smash the opponent into la la land

[@nicholasfallowfield4379]

@ agreed. And both my sons gave up rugby at about 16 years old due to injuries. One with repeated concussion and the other broke his collar bone twice in the same year. The amateur and professional game is very different.

[@TheMintedAero1993]

​@@richardyoung4405 In the fighting sports they compete once every 3 months. & They have no head shot training sessions or spar with headgear and gloves. In rugby you play every week

[@Zentrum234]

Rugby is losing ground to American Football on its own home turf. The NFL is playing games in Europe and as I have experienced first hand (I teach in Germany), invests a lot of money in order to bring the sport to school children. They sponsor school flag football programs in order to get children hooked on football at an early age. If I compare that to most Rugby clubs in my area, they seldom have touch rugby teams which makes it harder to get children involved early. Also, this means that from a certain age, players just drop out of the sport because they do not want to tackle/be tackled anymore. In the end, players get into Rugby comparatively late at 10-12 and often drop out again after having graduated from high school, resulting in rugby not really having any footprint in the German sports landscape. I used to study in Coventry and went to Wasps home games and I loved it. However, there are things holding professional rugby back, I think. Firstly, the rules of Rugby Union are very extensive and rather complicated. However, the bigger problem is something else and that is, for lack of a better word, ‘name recognition‘. Currently, the NFL is so succesful and popular in Europe and a big reason why is that teams play in big stadiums and, more importantly, big cities. Would Europeans be as interested in the NFL if games were played between Lansing and Lubbock, Albany and Spokane or Alexandria and Akron, rather than between Detroit and Dallas, New York and Seattle or Washington and Cleveland? What I mean is that rugby would thrive more if it had a franchise system with teams playing in bigger cities. For some reason, Bristol vs. Manchester sounds better and ‘more attractive‘, at least to me, than Bath vs. Sale. Lastly, I think rugby would benefit from both codes reuniting and forming a hybrid form of both codes. No matter what people say, in the end it is the same sport and public interest is not big enough to have two forms of what is, at least historically, the same sport. Having watched this video, I am convinced this will not happen. However, I am afraid this will only make it easier for American football to pass rugby by in terms of active participation making it the most popular endzone sport in Europe. I hope I am wrong but I think the future of rugby looks much bleaker than these gentlemen let on in this video.

[@TxuriUrdin-64100]

Very interesting. Thanks a lot for the interview. Hope you'll do the same with Abdelatif Benazzi. I must say I quite dislike this vision of growing growing growing the game not matter how, especially when it's about the growing those who are already rich. But seems to be the trend today. The entrance of CVC in URC, PremierShip and 6Ns is a disaster for that imo. Anyway, thanks a lot. Love your show.

[@davidhigham2953]

What a fantastic episode. I could listen to the Dr for hours!!!! 🤞🤞🤞 He gets the nod!!!

[@thegreenguy7268]

Wonder if the S Hemisphere teams could make up a Lions concept team...mate.. they'd be unstoppable

[@davidmaclennan5925]

Mark my words, but when everything goes “Tits up” The Aussie culture is to shift the blame on to someone else. People do not take responsibility for anything here…

[@petelosuaniu]

The problem with world rugby is the village mentality in various regions. Especially in the 6 Nations countries where their first answer to any change is “no we don’t need change”. Now half of them are facing massive financial problems. Only France is thriving.

[@elizabethleiper2664]

Really interesting content

[@andrewturner5449]

In his country the NRL,does quite well and is still expanding there laugue and is good fun.Food for thought.

[@tyronematthews7480]

Sorry, World Rugby itself says that Rugby is 'Rugby is A Game of Invasion by Evasion" - Yes we have a bunch of collisions, but......

[@EasyWakeUpChannel]

Rugby is not a safe game. There will always be collisions and rough stuff, thats why we play. The solution lies within coaching structures and player conditioning. There is also far too much rugga being played...so if you want to improve player safety, rather apply the less is more principle. Currently its a war zone with the amount of injuries we see week in week out, its out of control.

[@mawgs3706]

6 - 2 split, swapping kickers out in last 20. Game plan sound familiar? Eng played well but still needs to find their own identity.

[@georgeevans-jones4365]

Can you please put timestamps in the videos so we can skip the sponsor sections? :)

[@mrdrevilporkchop666]

they want you to watch the sponser sections 🤦‍♂

[@georgeevans-jones4365]

@@mrdrevilporkchop666 Yep... I... I obviously know that. it was a tongue in cheek comment👍

[@mrdrevilporkchop666]

@@georgeevans-jones4365 you know that plainly typing a question doesn't get that across right?

[@georgeevans-jones4365]

@@mrdrevilporkchop666 Don't worry about it mate, it wasn't addressed to you so you don't need to understand it. But I'll make sure I put stage directions in place next time just for those who struggle.

[@jimcorlett]

I think the jersey is sacrosanct shouldn’t have the sponsor emblazoned across the chest bad enough having Canterbury sign on the chest imo

[@johanstruwig3815]

I agree with you, but money talks. Rugby administrators need the money to put back into rugby to maintain the status quo and also to grow the game, etc. I am afraid the day of sacrosanct rugby jerseys are long gone.

[@mattscott1249]

Mouth guard data is good but halve the players.dont wear them

[@rubzzz0415]

Growing the game on repeat and yet you lucky to have a tier 1 team play in the Pacific in 10 - 15 years🤦🏾‍♂️🤣 keep going

[@54afleetstreet21]

World Rugby is 4/10 considering the quality of the base product and I only have 6/10 confidence with Dr Robinson. Hope I'm wrong and wish him the best of luck.

[@tyronematthews7480]

We are missing a trick with no actual official 7s Pathway in UK!!

[@pietervandyk4417]

Chasing the Sun changed the game in Rugby films.

[@johanstruwig3815]

I am not sure what you mean by saying Chasing the Sun "changed the game in rugby films". Please explain...

[@jimosborn3411]

Game needs to be promoted better and the RFU are responsible for the biggest downturn in the sport's history in the professional era. You know something is wrong when Darts has more of a fanbase and audience than Rugby.

[@hamishfleetwood4386]

Why not reduce subs Have 8 available but you can only do 5 subs. This will increase the attrition of the game, open it up and make the management think in real time about who comes on the field. Also this will reduce the gladiator collision and make people fitter for 80 minutes and think more on their feet

[@therealmrfishpaste]

You're operating under several false assumptions... 1. The two Springbok forwards who routinely play the full 80mins are Eben Etzebeth and Pieter-Steph Du Toit...so having to play a full 80mins doesn't lead to smaller players with smaller collisions. 2. The Springboks now, with bomb squad and all, play a far more expansive game than they did in 2007, when they played 10-man rugby under Jake White and hardly used their bench at all.

[@hamishfleetwood4386]

Not really mate. I understand your point. But today we don’t see players off their feet at 80 minutes because of the attrition of the game now. You go back to 96 when the ABs v South Africa in those epic test matches. Most of those players were exhausted after 80 and the games were epic to watch. High scoring and epic to watch

[@thingme9941]

Wow! So there are lots of test tickets available for the British Lions tour next year around the $479 or $649 a ticket. Wow! Rugby Australia, the great egalitarian game that's played not only in the Cosmopolitarian Technical Colleges of Sydney and Brisbane but in the far reaches of the Fraser Coast, Queenzland and Taroona in Tasmania is obviously desperate to sell unsold tickets, eight months before the actual tour? On behalf of MP Pauline Hanson "Please Explain?"

[@JohnM-yl7ly]

They released another batch and will do another later if people hand back. Typical release strategy.

[@Salanoa26]

Open the eligibility rule like league. Like we had in 1991.

[@geotruthnz7013]

Each pro comp needs to run independently of World Rugby & learn to run proper pro sport. They should all be allowed to tinker with rules that suit the peoples interests in that country without hinderance from World Rugby. Each country has to commit to international windows where tests are played under agreed international laws and top tier pro Rugby cannot be allowed to happen at the same time. Rugby Union has great playing numbers they just don't know how to run pro comps for entertainment that generate money other than the World Cup which is great. The club comps need to learn the entertainment game fast or the game will die at a pro entertainment level & we will all be left sadly watching the NRL every week.

[@fleshen]

Your idea isn't a bad one it has some good points, whatever happens though we won't be watching NRL up North!

[@johanstruwig3815]

The game may die in Oz, but elsewhere in the world rugby will continue as usual, including in New Zealand. Professional rugby competitions are not there for entertainment. If you want entertainment go to the circus or the local quiz club. I assume that your comment "they just don't know how to run pro comps for entertainment that generate money..." refers to rugby in New Zealand only? The professional competitions in Europe as well as in South Africa are exceptionally entertaining and draw good crowds.

[@geotruthnz7013]

@@johanstruwig3815 Only in France brother, every other competition is struggling financially compared to other pro sports & since the URC is new it's hard to see what will happen there. Aussies just understand this better and are leading the way in this but other countries will eventually follow. Look at the Rugby Union crowds in most venues, they are mostly over 40 years of age as the game is often to boring for young people who don't care about it & I love the game but denying these issues will be our downfall.

[@vasti018]

If this Dr comes in - our sport is dead. He should start a touch rugby - 1000's rules - at least 10 cards per game - safety, safety, safety SAFETY SAFETY version. Mark my words - "they" have infiltrated rugby to kill it!

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

Completely agree 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@thomasking-i4j]

Yep. He seems like a tool too, i cant lie.

[@fleshen]

IO0%, this man has sat on RA's board and helped to end rugby union in Australia why would he do better in charge of WR

[@neilhymers6727]

Under no circumstances should an Aussie be running WR. They’ve F’d up the game in their own back yard & Robinson was knee deep in that. The Aussies want to dumb the game down to NRL levels & Robinson is the leader of the band.

[@ivannieuwoudt4699]

How are mouth guards a relevant discussion point.. seems some priority needs placed elsewhere

[@GM-ow2cx]

Tindall at 11:26 "they've dodged a bullet there" No Mike, I think rather England "blew their load" too ecstatic!

[@andrewturner5449]

Trying to fix the wrong end of the game,sort the prem league and lower league first.Franchise the league,copanies own teams not one or two people.Dual code players are the future.

[@johanstruwig3815]

huh?

[@thephantomstranger4073]

The best thing for Rugby is for either Benazzi or Rinaldo to win. No Anglphonic guy should win

[@petrusvanderMerwe-o9k]

brett look like a good candidate

[@NicoDuplessis-cn1tv]

So if I’m understanding this oke correctly? Your country needs a very strong sevens men and women’s team otherwise you are stuffed?

[@jep1912]

Oh, and if you want your sport to collapse into oblivion, take a Bogan's advice.

[@kiwidamoplays]

Love to see a collar on a rugger shirt, but not that one, shame

[@johnnievanderwalt6910]

Rugby is not meant to be safe!!

[@MauroPerez-o4p]

Explain. WTF do you even mean mate? :D

[@johnnievanderwalt6910]

@ WTF needs explaining boet? Rugby is a contact sport and like boxing you can get hurt but you wouldnt call boxing safe would you? If you try and make rugby “safe” you will loose the glory of what makes it great. If you want safe go play soccer.

[@MauroPerez-o4p]

@@johnnievanderwalt6910 I see your point but you cannot compare combat sports and Rugby (in the way you mean it). The whole purpose of combat sports is to hurt people. You purposely look to KO, choke or massively hurt somebody in order to win. In Rugby, those things are a byproduct of the physicality of the sport. Would you like somebody to neck roll you in such a way that would can no longer walk again? Would you like to be hit mid-air, land on your neck and be on a wheelchair your entire life? Probably no. Therefore, you can bring those situations to the minimum and make it "as safe as possible" which is not the same as "making it safe". Injury and contact will always be there. People do not go to watch rugby due to its violence. Read some of the public data on what rugby fans really like and you will be surprised.

[@davidmaclennan5925]

Why an Aussie doctor who nobody has ever heard of, being king of rugby? I didn’t vote for him?

[@davidmaclennan5925]

I would rather have Brian Cohen of Nazareth, at his mother would keep him in line?

[@Niko7739]

well Dr WHO is a female now?

[@fleshen]

​@@Niko7739Hmm I think you need to watch a recent episode 😃

[@EasyWakeUpChannel]

One last word from me, then I'm done. You won't ever globalise rugby, ever. Is NFL or NBA globalised? Not really. Rugby is an alpha-male sport, and thus the appeal of the game is limited to certain personality types. This contrasts with football, the global game...due to its refined physicality, its way more accessible to a wider range of people. Rugby is for the precious few who understand what happens at the base of a ruck for instance...you'll never be able to explain it to some landscaper in California, for instance. Let's keep the game sacred.

[@BalrajTakhar-u7u]

Utter nonsense. If managed properly the sport will be globalized. But the older unions want to retain their pre-eminence at the expense of the up & coming teams many which would have greater resources in the long run. Union is thriving in South America & western Europe. I mean the 6N still won't let Georgia in even though Georgia u20s are already better than Scotland & Wales.

[@ryanroo6]

Stop complaining boys about the state of the game. If you see a problem, fix it. Don’t throw stone from the cheap seats. So easy to do and make it someone else’s problem.

[@domhnalljoyce7089]

Why given the sad state of the ARFU should we hand over the running of world rugby? 20 minute red card is going to get passed because NZ want it and promises to back this guy as long as Aus backs 20min red card law. Nobody else thinks that is a good idea. Speaks about safety but going to pass 20min card

[@JohnM-yl7ly]

It is much better - 20 minutes, not back on the field and a suspension is plenty to drive behaviour (if it does at all) - plus you can still get sent off for extreme foul play. The mistakes that get a red card now can ruin the game and I don't want to pay good money to watch 14 on 15.

[@Kiárán92]

The jersey is rotten looking. The last ones is miles better. If it was brighter shade of red then maybe.

[@EasyWakeUpChannel]

Rugby is not a product. Please leave the game to the players, coaches and fans. Officials, refs and corporates need to take a huge step back. Money, bureaucracy and bad losers have no place between four white lines. Australia, and a few others need to pull up their socks and start fixing their game, and their players. Stop focusing on rugby politics please.

[@BrianVirtue-x4h]

Wray and Myorkis will be having a few sleepless nights now. Congrats Pres Trump and keep up the truth Dominic

[@dietermeyer3531]

This guy has only the interest of the SANZAAR and 6 Nations teams in mind, and does not really have a plan for growing the sport in emerging Tier 2 nations that want break into the market

[@BalrajTakhar-u7u]

I highly doubt. I think he'll be as useless as Beaumont.

[@thomasking-i4j]

This guy seems like a massive 🔔🔚 hope he doesn't get the job.

[@peterwomersley]

i think the grandpa collar is naf !

[@Badlighter]

Oh for the days of collars on rugby jerseys. Anyone remember smokin’ Joe Stanley with his collars up, years before King Eric Cantona?

[@BalrajTakhar-u7u]

World Rugby needs to be made a democratic organization firstly. How is it that South America & Europe the two fastest growing regions for union won't get a seat on the Executive Committee because they supported Benazzi ? Why is it many Tier 2's don't even get a say in the direction the sport is going. It's still an old boys club. Don't expect much change from Robinson another dinosaur like Beaumont.

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

SA here. Rugby is a game of speed, power and violence. Australians are obsessed with rugby league and woke…this man is going to dilute and ruin rugby. World Rugby runs a big risk of losing traditional rugby countries because they want to grow the game in Panama It’s almost impossible to tackle a player running in a crouched position. People are being carded for doing really great tackles

[@B-tr9kz]

Rugby League is awesome. Its okay to like both.

[@johanstruwig3815]

@@B-tr9kzso-called "rugby" leaugue" has got nothing to with rugby; it is a totally different game. Perhaps "rugby" leaugue should be called 5CBK; 5 crash balls and a kick; and surprisingly, the pattern repeats itself; another 5 crash balls and a kick; and again; and again. So called rugby league is for players who are too dumb to play rugby.

[@pleasurering1]

Watch a state of origin match mate!…..makes rugby look like “lawn bowls”!

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

@@pleasurering1 glad to hear that we get zero rugby league here in SA.

[@DaveyKos]

Why are there 3 kiwis on the shirt

[@lovemysport7902]

It's actually 3 C's being the logo for the company 'Canterbury Clothing Company' which was originally a NZ company. It was purchased by JD Sports UK but now owned by the UK Pentland Group.

[@jimcorlett]

@@lovemysport7902and ever since then the quality imo has gone down and sizing aswell

[@hamishfleetwood4386]

Still shows three kiwis haha

[@Lf2968]

Crikey Dr Brett, you didn’t know your audience. Trying to explain the change in the tackle height… yeah we /they were all over it last year and how sh*t it was. Ffs

[@jimcorlett]

Big thanks for not mentioning Scotland really appreciated NOT!🤬

[@thingme9941]

There are more registered soccer players in NZ than rugby union players. And looking at the entry of an Auckland team into the trans-Tasman soccer competition, most of the spectators at Mt Smart Stadium looked like white middle-class former politically neutral right wing Christian heterosexual rugby union followers.

[@whakatane6298]

Now that the northern hemisphere teams are good, let's have a southern hemisphere type lions team your England or France or whatever ,and also a northern hemisphere team vs southern hemisphere team match every two years, and also the winner of super rugby plays the winners of your comp winners. As an Allblacks fan I love when we play England not because I hate the team it's coz I hate those cocky media people(some), but that's what gets me emotionally invested in the game. Ireland are the same I can't stand their (we the best) attitude so again that makes me emotionally invested. It's getting the fans emotionally invested by creating a dislike for the other team because winning against them is so sweeeeeeeeet

[@BalrajTakhar-u7u]

What does that do for growing the sport exactly ? Tier 2's need to be brought up to speed as soon as possible & part of that is exposing them to T1s on a more regular basis. Union is run by an Anglophone cabal that in some cases wants a return to the 1900s.

[@David-h1f4r]

Sho iths shad not sad , shun know not sun or son 🤔soonshered by $ky . Pathetic and embarrassing 📢

[@davidmaclennan5925]

Why an Aussie doctor who nobody has ever heard of, being king of rugby? I didn’t vote for him?

[@vasti018]

That position should go to some famous old rugby player - not a safety minded soft head!! they are ruining our beloved sport!

[@andrewlepetit4390]

@@vasti018 He played rugby for Australia prior to professionalism hence him being a doctor too. Had to have an alternative career. Good you know your sport! 🤔

[@vasti018]

@@andrewlepetit4390 So let him play dr dr. We need a career rugby guy that depends on the sport growing - as it has been and made it a beloved sport amongst men - to run it. These softy heads are ruining our game already. Just read and listen to the current supporters - we are losing them in droves.