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Who do you think you are kidding Mr Clyne, if you think we cant do sums. Given that Clyne had indicated that the rot set in almost as soon as the ARU had awarded the 5th Super. Rugby licence, I took a detailed look at the ARUs published financial reports for each year from 2. The first thing that struck me was that, more often than not, the ARUs expenditure had exceeded its revenue. Even in 2. 01. 0 when we still only had 4 Super. Within hours of the SANZAAR announcement that SuperRugby would have one less Australian team from 2018, the Chairman of the ARU Cameron Clyne fronted the media. He. Hooray I have time to craft for fun Last week my sweet nephew turned 2 years old. Really there couldnt be a cuter, sweeter boy. He has everyone in the entire. The goal of this file folder game is simply exposure to the ABCs. Using velcro, the coconuts can be affixed to the coconut tree. They can be pulled on and off and. Tabtight professional, free when you need it, VPN service. Sweet Alison Game Download' title='Sweet Alison Game Download' />Rugby franchises, its net surplus for the year was only a smidge over 1million. In each of the next 5 years, the ARU only managed to post a net surplus once. That was in 2. 01. British and Irish Lions tour delivered a net surplus of 1. In the other years, the ARU posted net deficits ranging from 6. Things did improve in 2. TV broadcast deal, which put 6. ARUs bank account and allowed the ARU to post a net surplus of 3. The second thing that struck me was that not one of the financial reports appears to even hint at the doomsday scenario that was, apparently, bearing down on the ARU. In fact, if you were to read the 2. Clyne lamented the burden of 5 Super. Rugby teams, you could be forgiven for thinking that everything in the Super. Rugby garden was rosy For example, in the Review of operations section of the Directors Report it says. Super Rugby, Community Rugby and other in the development of the game. Say what Greater investment in Super. Rugby Yes On the same day that Clyne told us the ARU had been spending unsustainable sums of money on Super. Rugby for years, they launch an Annual Report that happily talks about investing more in Super Rugby Anyway, the figures Ive set out below tell the rest of the story as I have gleaned it from the ARUs financial reports. I still havent worked out where that 2. I do now have a good idea where a big chunk of it went. And so will you if you read on to the endSuper Rugby heading down the drain Super Rugby Grants in the period 2. The obvious place to start when looking at how much the ARU has spent propping up Super. Rugby is the grants. A franchise by franchise comparison for each year is impossible because the financial statements only apportion those payments from 2. Consequently, the table below shows only the gross figure in years 2. NOTESIn 2. 01. 6, the Rebels received an additional 2,6. ARU. This was described as special funding as part of the external sale agreement of the Rebels in 2. It brought the Rebels total grants figure for 2. In August 2. 01. 6, the Force sold its Super. Rugby licence and intellectual property to the ARU for 3,7. The ARUs accounts treated those proceeds as grant funding, bringing the Forces total figure for 2. But it wasnt until I came across the loans figures in the ARUs reports that the true magnitude of its Super. Rugby largesse became apparent. D Ludo Game For Pc Version 5.0. The only organisations that did not receive ARU loans during the period 2. Waratahs and the Force. For the Brumbies its less clear although the ARU extended loans of around 0. ACT Rugby Union, its not clear whether that was for the Brumbies. Although most of the loan was repaid, a small amount 2. ARU in 2. 01. 5. The Queensland Rugby Union was extended a 3million interest bearing loan facility by the ARU in 2. Again its not clear whether this was specifically for the Reds. The loan was fully repaid by the end of 2. Which brings us to the Melbourne Rebels. Before the Rebels had even kicked a ball, the ARU agreed to extend them a ten year, interest bearing loan of 2. The facility was available for draw down at 1. In 2. 01. 3, the ARU extended a new loan facility to the Rebels of 3million for the next 1. In 2. 01. 4, the ARU extended another new loan facility to the Rebels of up to 2. As at 3. 1 December 2. ARU financial statements showed some 8. Rebels. Melbourne causing some headaches. In 2. 01. 5, the ARU extended yet another loan facility to the Rebels for use in 2. This time the amount was 4,2. But it isnt until we get to mid 2. On 1 July 2. 01. 5, a new private investor took ownership of the  Rebels. Note 2. 3ii to the ARUs accounts for 2. The ARUs control over Melbourne Rebels Rugby Union Ltd MRRUwas relinquished on 3. June 2. 01. 5 pursuant to a sale and purchase agreement. No consideration was paid to the ARU as part of this agreement. As part of the sale and purchase agreement, the ARU forgave its loans to the MRRU as set out in Note 1. The loans set out in Note 1. ARUs 2. 01. 4 accounts, PLUS the 4,2. Rebels had received in 2. So, when the Rebels went back into private ownership on 1 July 2. ARU kissed goodbye to 1. Not only that, it threw in another 2. That meant that even without the cost to the ARU of having to run the Rebels for the two years they were between owners, the ARU has so far shelled out 1. Undead Slayer Cheats. Super. Rugby licence. When you add in the budgeted expenditure for the 5th licence as well, its not hard to see why the ARU has posted more deficits than surpluses since 2. Clyne laments. Hopefully someone who is going to the EGM on 2. June is reading this and will ask some very pointed questions of Clyne and Pulver on behalf of every rugby fan in Australia. Aspen Plus V11 1 here. Chapter Thirteen The Sweet Hereafter. 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