Originally Posted by
Hansie
Good to see some positive sentiments Westie.
We should have a pretty good idea of teams and clubs mid next week. Champ clubs; Southern Lions, ARKS, Mandurah and Rocky are very keen to field 3 teams. We have explained about the long season and attrition rate and we will need to try and put in some yards to help them out. I think Curtin and Perth Irish will field 2 teams, but I agree with you - the one team clubs may or may not fill the 3rd team gap with Curtin and Perth Irish - so in 2018 a realistic chance of 2 or 3 byes which we will need to try and fill in advance. If we get pretty accurate numbers as early as possible, we can chat with other clubs and stakeholders and fill the byes.
We have had so many unaffiliated fans keen to help, I really believe we can raise the enjoyment level for players to stick with their teams.
One area which would be good to exploit is get as many anecdotes, photos and stories into Social Media and there are a few folk keen to help in that area for each club.