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The Shute Shield as we know and love it will not be with us this year, along with many other things we enjoy. Rats…
The heading for Terry’s posting suggested to me a solution to the woes of club rugby in the Greater West. Not so, it’s about venues or stadia, where tens of thousands can witness a game of rugby.
The word “experience” is mentioned a few times, a game-day experience. Does this require gormless doof-doof music being forced into our heads by massive megawatt speakers stacked edge to edge right around the ground, interspersed with barely intelligible emotives from a reject pub dj begging us to show some passion?
Nah, sorry, I’m passionate about rugby, massively passionate, but that over- theatrical stuff doesn’t do it for me; it’s one of the reasons I rarely attend the high-end games now. Another was when a few of us were split from our group and I had to endure a flock of half-cut corporates making up the numbers with their company’s free ticket allocation talking non-stop about everything except rugby. They only stopped when the dj interrupted them.
Shute Shield will be my source of rugby enjoyment, and as for the Greater West getting behind rugby, Eastwood’s move to the Hills area will be a quiet achievement for rugby in NSW and should reinvigorate the game in one of the fastest growing regions of the country.
Can Parramatta persistence pay off for rugby in the west?
Good work Jaeger, excellent idea to include ACT Rugby who run the southern regional NSW comp. The Brumbies involvement means that players regularly visit country clubs for training sessions and that not only promotes the Brumbies brand but gives clubs valuable external ideas.
Are other clubs too busy, maybe some players don’t like traveling or maybe they are just too precious, but players who have been promoted to glory through the club system could get into this idea and repay the game.
The Western Force brought in the community connection from day 1 with players aligned with suburban clubs. The Pindan Cup is the WA Rugby Premier Grade competition by the way and it comprises 14 clubs.
I’m not sure if Twiggy Forrest should be hit on every time funds are needed for a rugby game, but WA Rugby should be included in competitions such as Jaeger’s concept to ensure sustained growth of the game in the west.
Administration could be an issue, does anyone believe current keepers of the game are competent enough to look ahead and get behind innovative ideas?
Are there more rugby philanthropists out there – maybe they prefer anonymity – but now’s the time to show your love of the game and players and supporters around the country will love and thank you in return. We need you now.
Give Super Club Rugby a crack?
Enthusiasm playing for your country is a big call when around half the Wallaby squad weren’t born in Australia.
The ongoing recruitment of anyone who’s pulled on the boots for any Pacific Island game doesn’t work for supporters and although the words of our national anthem are probably on their kit locker, lip syncing out on the paddock before kick-off gives it away.
There’s no connection with players who don’t seem to be at club games or get involved with the rugby community, the grassroots community that is, not the corporates who fill up most of the seating at Super Rugby or Test games.
The game is on a downward spiral in this country and the controlling body has lost control.
The same lack of enthusiasm on the paddock is reflected in the interest and support shown by crowd attendance, press coverage other than issued media reports, and television viewing numbers.
We’ve all lost interest.
Cheika’s enthusiasm not washing over Wallabies
Bobby, there are FREE! buses from everywhere going to and from Bruce (or GIO if you like) for all rep rugby games, and you can even drive, if you must.
Many pubs, clubs and bars also put on charter buses for Brumbies games, and for any other games there are regular buses from Civic which stop at CIT Bruce, a 750m metre walk to the game. Now, no excuses!
This is a great atmosphere-inducing stadium too, but a long way? If you’re from Yass or Goulburn, maybe.
Can Parramatta persistence pay off for rugby in the west?