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He’s also 4 years older than TT
'He'd been flogged to death': Rebels GM's scathing Tupou claim as Wallaby battles to reignite his fire
Nor a Western Australian who grew up as a “Mexican”.
Passionate, visceral, irrational tribalism is vital for any competition to succeed. Is a lack of it damaging Super Rugby?
Phil Kearns was a good Hooker……………….
'Our talent is spread too thin': Ex-Wallabies captain urges Rugby Australia to cut Super teams
Capitulate is the right word.
Disappointing effort.
2 very poor games from Spinks and Stewart.
'We needed that': Gordon, Kellaway star in Rebels' epic comeback win as Force capitulate
Tattarang could no doubt afford the names that you mentioned.
I assume that you know that they are prepared to move to Perth.
Tattarang have taken al alternate route of growing the franchise by developing a coaching panel and support team, developing a player group (with some experienced player input) and working with RugbyWA to rebuild the game in WA after the impact of the axing of the Western Force and defunding Rugby in WA by RAu. RAu’s contribution to WA is now about the same as it is for Sth Australia.
Clearly Tattarang has longer-term goals
'He screwed our state': The act that still angers Twiggy Forrest and why he's not ready to jump back in
For those interested the Hansard transcripts and the Final Report (dated Nov 2017) of the Senate Inquiry re The Future of Rugby Union in Australia can be accessed via this link: http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au
'He screwed our state': The act that still angers Twiggy Forrest and why he's not ready to jump back in
TWAS – I’m interested in your evidence that the $5 Million per year from grassroots rugby was through the ARF as that was not part of any evidence to the Senate Inquiry or in any of the press coverage.
I understood that it was $$s to the ARU to spend on grassroots which would underpin and replace the pittance that the ARU was providing to the grass roots.
That meant that the ARU didn’t have to allocate any other finds.
There was also the coverage of the $20M SANZAAR payment and that the ARU would no longer be liable for the economic performance of the Western Force.
Smart business by Forrest as any doubts about the ARU’s inability to manage finances have been well proven since.
Happy to be proven wrong re the ARF with some real information rather than impression/opinion.
'He screwed our state': The act that still angers Twiggy Forrest and why he's not ready to jump back in
Bit hard to make a profit after a single round at the start of the onset of Covid.
'He screwed our state': The act that still angers Twiggy Forrest and why he's not ready to jump back in
My comment IS taken from the transcript of the Senate Inquiry.
'He screwed our state': The act that still angers Twiggy Forrest and why he's not ready to jump back in
Typical East Coast narrow-minded view.
GRR was aimed at growing Rugby Union in the Indo-Pacific region.
2019 was the initial competition with growth planned in subsequent years.
Japan declined to be involved initially as they did not want to detract from the pending RWC in Japan.
The Western Force had developed a team to be competitive in GRR – with no desire to be the stand-out team as it would have killed the competition.
That’s why the team had to be boosted once there was a return to SR.
The game in Singapore was being supported by the Sth African links with the Valke.
The Fiji and Samoa teams were the precursors to the Drua and Manoa Pacifica.
'He screwed our state': The act that still angers Twiggy Forrest and why he's not ready to jump back in
I didn’t realise that you were at the meeting TWAS. John Welborn was and this is directly from Hansard covering the Senate Inquiry. John Welborn was under oath: “Those terms were that the Western Force would receive equal funding from the ARU, along with the four other Australian rugby sides, and that Andrew Forrest and Minderoo would underwrite the Western Force for the remaining three years of the existing broadcasting contract and for a further five years beyond that in terms of the extension option within that broadcasting deal and would confirm that the Western Force and Rugby WA would be in a no-loss position. Further, Andrew Forrest and Minderoo would provide funding for grassroots rugby to the tune of $6 million a year for the similar term of eight years, for a total of $48 million. There was also a discussion of compensation for SANZAAR for an additional one-off cost of the expansion, effectively, of the competition from 15 to 16 teams to incorporate the retention of the Western Force—so there was no view that they were going to change the decision in relation to retention of any of the other sides—and that was an additional component of $20 million. And if one to four above were accepted, the ARU board would all resign, to be replaced by a new board along with a new CEO.” That makes the total about $70 Million.
'He screwed our state': The act that still angers Twiggy Forrest and why he's not ready to jump back in
World game with a boring variation?
No thanks.
Let’s just rebuild the World game in OZ from the top down and the bottom up.
10 reasons league and union should merge to become One Rugby - and give AFL nightmares
That’s what makes the current Stan offering so appealing.
Not tied to any viewing time – numerous replay options and good historical content.
Streaming has to be the way to go.
Poaching NZ coaches won't solve the Wallabies' woes - the real solution is a lot less sexy
Discerning adults don’t watch FTA.
Poaching NZ coaches won't solve the Wallabies' woes - the real solution is a lot less sexy
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The Wrap: Code Orange as looming Rebels decision places rugby pathways at risk
No intention of watching what became a slow-moving train wreck.
'Stands out like dog's balls', 'set up for failure': Wretched Eddie-Slips moment that explains World Cup disaster
‘Don’t need to prove anything to anyone’ – delusional.
Hopefully the change will be good for him.
'Don't need to prove anything to anyone': Wallabies bruiser opens up on French move - and why he's found peace in role
Absolutely – hasn’t been forgotten by rugby fans – particularly those in the West.
Has been extremely well-managed through an extensive rehab programme that will hopefully see him stay on the park.
The forgotten young gun who wants to change the Western Force forever - and can
The Force is under Tattarang – the Forrest personal and philanthropic organisation.
Pressure Points: Cron has his work cut out to make the west a Force in Super Rugby
Make that Simon Thomas – Head of Athletic Performance – rather than Simon Williams.
He’s been joined by Logan Surridge from the Crusaders program.
Pressure Points: Cron has his work cut out to make the west a Force in Super Rugby
There was a total of 7 of 44 players who stuck with the WF after the Aug 2017 axing.
(Tessman, Stander, Prior, Grant, Brache, Louwrens and Scoble)
Only 5 of the team that won the NRC in 2016.
The 2017 squad included 20% (8) home-grown talent + 16 other players who earned their 1st SR cap with the WF.
Pressure Points: Cron has his work cut out to make the west a Force in Super Rugby
Your personal, subjective assessment ignores the reality of the impact of Wallaby top ups on SR squads and the ability to attract players.
When the WF defeated the Tahs (40:15) in the last game of SR in 2017, the Tahs were a test-player stacked team with a total player remuneration of >$2.5M above the $4.5M salary cap.
Check out the initial RWC2023 squad: 8 Tahs; 7 Rebs; 7 Reds; 6 Brums; 1 WF + 3 OS.
That’s a better reflection of how uneven the rosters actually are.
Pressure Points: Cron has his work cut out to make the west a Force in Super Rugby
The reality is that entire Islander families (some with 3 players in club rugby) moved East (most to Brisbane) due to the loss of the pathway to SR/Wallabies through the WF.
Some of these were lost to League in the East (rather than in Perth).
Any rebuild of Perth Club rugby was dashed with the border closures through C-19.
Pressure Points: Cron has his work cut out to make the west a Force in Super Rugby
Patience is a virtue.
“Build it and they will come”.
It only took St Kilda 95 years to win its 1st Premiership.
Pressure Points: Cron has his work cut out to make the west a Force in Super Rugby
The Force is running short of starters.
There will still be plenty of time for the development players to get time off the bench.
Beale's back! Wallabies star joins Western Force after injury opens the door for veteran's return