For Australian Rugby to survive, our governing body and professional competition must split

By Sam Ryan The best quote I’ve heard of late comes from investment guru Warren Buffet.  He said “only when the tide goes out, do you discover who’s been swimming naked” and tragically it seems as though this is about to become a reality.  Businesses and organisations in practically every industry around the world are likely to find themselves on sand soon, with their hands covering their private parts.  And sports - pretty much all of them - will be some of the hardest hit.  The safest bet to make right now is that in the years to come, very few organisations will look or operate in the same way that they did prior to the COVID-19 crisis and when it comes to Australian rugby, that might just be a good thing.  Our friends at the NRL and AFL are relatively new to all of this.  Their games have never been perfect and their players off field behaviour is a great example of that.  But neither codes have ever seriously had to consider a future where t
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