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Sydney Morning Herald

Super Rugby success in five easy steps
Sydney Morning Herald
ARU boss John O'Neill. Photo: Getty Images Get more members. Get less non-members. Be like Collingwood but without the universal contempt. Get more fans but have less forums. If for some reason you feel obliged to hold fan forums, don't spend all night ...
Queensland Reds looking to poach members from south of the TweedThe Daily Telegraph

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Australian Barbarians go back to the Grassroots
Mudgeee Guardian
Now in its third year, the Mudgee Grassroots Rugby Festival has quickly become one of the must see rugby events. It has generated a huge following with the players, the officials and the Australian Rugby Union (ARU). "The ARU have been very helpful for ...

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Mining magnate Kevin Maloney to sponsor Waratahs
The Australian
It is not an overstatement to say that without Maloney's support, the Reds would probably not have won the Super Rugby title last year. The ARU is strongly encouraging Australia's four other Super Rugby teams _ the Brumbies, Western Force, ...

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Sydney Morning Herald

Queensland Reds looking to poach members from south of the Tweed
The Daily Telegraph
Super fans: Reds' star Quade Cooper celebrates Queensland's first Super Rugby title with the fans at Suncorp Stadium. Source: Getty Images QUEENSLAND Reds have forecast they will soon have a mammoth 35000 members for this Super Rugby season - and ...
Mining magnate Kevin Maloney to sponsor WaratahsThe Australian

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Stuff.co.nz

Jobs on the line as Wallabies rugby dissected
Stuff.co.nz
ARU chief executive John O'Neill was presented with the report on the weekend, with one of the categories revolving around how to improve the structure of the Wallabies coaching panel. It also delves into where New Zealand Rugby is performing better ...
Veteran Sharpe ready to bow outFox Sports

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Sydney Morning Herald

O'Neill takes aim at Super clubs
Fox Sports
O'Neill wants all Aussie Super Rugby franchises to replicate the Reds' crowds from 2011. Source: News Limited ARU boss John O'Neill has warned the nation's five Super Rugby franchises to lift their game in attracting spectators.
Super Rugby success in five easy stepsSydney Morning Herald

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Sydney Morning Herald

Follow the Reds' example, says ARU chief John O'Neill
The Australian
ARU chief executive John O'Neill has urged the four other Australian Super Rugby franchises to try to emulate the success of the Queensland Reds and help improve the financial health of the game. Over the past two years the Reds came from provincial ...
John O'Neill wants Super Rugby franchises to lift their game and attract more fansHerald Sun
O'Neill takes aim at Super clubsFox Sports
Wallabies await ARU's staff reportSydney Morning Herald
Ballarat Courier
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Safe for now: Wallaby coach Robbie Deans. Source: Getty Images
Herald Sun
Much criticism has centred on the ARU's decision to re-sign Deans before the tournament. Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. Recommended Coverage We need bums on seats: O'Neill ARU boss John O'Neill has warned the nation's five Super Rugby ...

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Sydney Morning Herald

John O'Neill wants Super Rugby franchises to lift their game and attract more fans
Herald Sun
ARU boss John O'Neill has warned the nation's five Super Rugby franchises to lift their game in attracting spectators. With the new season set for kick-off in three weeks, the ARU is petrified of a repeat of last year when, aside from the title-winning ...
Follow the Reds' example, says ARU chief John O'NeillThe Australian
Wallabies await ARU's staff reportSydney Morning Herald
ARU announces new national registration dayYahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)
Ballarat Courier -Fox Sports
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Sydney Morning Herald

Reds revival has shown the way forward, says O'Neill
Sydney Morning Herald
Photo: Getty Images JOHN O'NEILL, the Australian Rugby Union chief, has called on the four other Australian Super provinces to follow the example of the Queensland Reds and dramatically boost crowds to improve the code's precarious financial state.

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Veteran Sharpe ready to bow out
Fox Sports
Vickerman is almost in the same vintage as Sharpe but was ranked ahead of him at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand last year after returning from Cambridge University. The ARU went to great lengths to ensure Vickerman continued his career until the ...

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Stern test for Brumby's sternum
The Canberra Times
The ARU pays for each Australian franchise to have five EPS players on its roster and they can be used when there are injuries to the top 30. Coleman made his Super Rugby debut last season as an inside centre. But White believed the Queanbeyan junior ...

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The Roar

How the Australian Sevens side can live up to its 'Aussie Thunder' nickname
The Roar
This re-branding represents a smart marketing move by the ARU. They now have another national rugby brand to develop into the iconic status of the Wallaby brand. The team selected for the Wellington tournament was young, with an average age of 20 ...

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Veteran Nathan Sharpe ready to bow out
The Australian
Timani was a revelation for the Waratahs last year and his return to Sydney from a stint in Japan is a sign that the ARU wants to continue to develop him for Test rugby. Sharpe is well liked and highly respected. But Deans is not a sentimentalist and ...

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Sydney Morning Herald

Brumbies edgy about Coleman's injury
Sydney Morning Herald
The ARU pays for each Australian team to have five extended squad players on their rosters and they can be used when there are injuries to the top 30. Coleman made his Super Rugby debut last season at inside-centre but White believed the Queanbeyan ...

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'Wallabies must win Bledisloe': O'Neill
Fox Sports
ARU chief executive John O'Neill says it's time to win the Bledisloe Cup back off the All Blacks. Source: Photosport / AAP ARU chief executive John O'Neill has declared that winning back the Bledisloe Cup is a "must do" for the Wallabies this year.
John O'Neill's fifteen years of blood, sweat and fearsThe Australian

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John O'Neill's fifteen years of blood, sweat and fears
The Australian
The Weekend Australian invited O'Neill to reflect on the past, present and future of his tenure at the helm of Australian rugby. Seated at the end of a long table in an ARU meeting room in St Leonards on Sydney's north shore, O'Neill, 60, ...
'Wallabies must win Bledisloe': O'NeillFox Sports

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Bledisloe Cup a must-do priority
The Australian
ARU chief executive John O'Neill has declared that winning the Bledisloe Cup series against the All Blacks is a "must do" for the Wallabies this year. After the Wallabies secured the Tri-Nations trophy last year for the first time since 2001, ...

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McKenzie's concerns over Academy reward
The Daily Telegraph
Changes to the way Australian rugby's "generation next" is groomed this year has seen the individual academies of each province folded into one big academy under the ARU's guidance. Where in the past NSW or Queensland academy players trained with their ...

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The Roar

2012 preview: Super Rugby, average rugby, and all in between
The Roar
That's right – Argentina is joining us for the Rugby Championship, or Championship Rugby or Championship of Rugby Championships. Whatever redundant name it has it's going to be very interesting. Heck, look at the ARU website, they don't even know where ...

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