Just a follow on from my previous threads.

Raelene Castle has posted a massive loss in 2019 mainly due to the huge payout and legal costs to dump Folau. That she also cocked up the broadcast rights has left RA in a parlous position to face 2020.

She has been forced to take a huge pay cut, but many think she should be sacked.

"Rugby Australia has announced a preliminary $9.4 million loss for 2019.

The struggling code on Monday confirmed its legal settlement with Israel Folau was one of the main reasons the governing body suffered a financial black eye last year, putting the game in a fragile position heading into the uncertainty of 2020."

Similarly JCU was whacked with a $1.2m payout to Peter Ridd and is up for $100 000s of legal costs.

It would appear that virtue signalling isn't so cheap.

Dear Shadow Minister,

Ah this is where you have been hiding. Wondering if you are one of the 'disengage with China' crowd given you so fulsomely applauded the shutting down of our car industry thereby dramatically increasing our reliance on Chinese manufacturing.

As to Rugby Australia they are in the same kind of strife as all the other codes many of whom are still being paid most of their wage even though there is no revenue coming in. Folau would have been a highly paid dead weight on the books right now if he hadn't gone.

It is worth remembering before the virus hit Rugby Australia did sign a multimillion dollar deal securing continuing sponsorship from Qantas, the very company which had threatened to walk.

Well, that's good; serve RA right after what they did to Folau. Why on earth an Australia rugby organisation wanted to employ a NZ female in the first place is beyond reasoning.

This suggests that Raelene Castle got bullied by a whiny homosexual named Alan Joyce, and that she was inept at her job.

no tears from me. To think rugby use to be an inclusive game until the bigots were put in charge.

Good.

Dan