Another thing Willy said was that only WA was complaning about the Force being cut which is not true at all
Another thing Willy said was that only WA was complaning about the Force being cut which is not true at all
I would object, they are our bunnies
Excuse me? He is surprised that ACT, NSW, QLD and VIC are not complaining because they have kept their SR teams and can go to SR matches in 2018?
Next he'll be claiming what a wonderful thing it is that the ARU has done for the Western Force and the WA rugby community, by letting us take one for the team so that the other four states continue to have SR teams to support.
http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2017/09...senate-inquiry
Pulver faces Senate inquiry
by Sam Phillips
ARU CEO Bill Pulver has faced a two pronged attack in the opening two hours of the WA Senate inquiry into the axing of the Western Force.
WA Senator Linda Reynolds was leading the line of questioning, which focused on the impact cutting the Force would have in providing financial aid to grassroots rugby, as well as the terms of the deal which was struck between the ARU and the Melbourne Rebels.
The final hour of Wednesday's debate focused on the latter, with Pulver refusing to budge on confidential agreements with several parties when Senator Reynolds tried to pry details of the reasoning behind waiving $13 million in loans provided to the Melbourne based franchise.
Those loans were waived when Andrew Cox's Imperium Sports Management purchased the Rebels in June 2015.
Pulver responded to queries about transparency regarding the financial relationship with the Victorian Government by pointing out every contract the ARU had signed with the Western Australian Government was stamped "confidential".
2 pronged attack? What did they think was going to happen?
http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2017/09...senate-inquiry
Sinderberry, Howarth question culling process in Senate
by Sam Phillips
RugbyWA chairman Tony Howarth and former Rugby WA CEO Mark Sinderberry have questioned the legitimacy of the ARU's process in culling the force.
Speaking at a WA Senate inquiry, Howarth and Sindeberry were questioned by Senator Linda Reynolds, shortly after ARU CEO Bill Pulver had faced questioning.
The majority of the discussion focused on the confidentiality of the alliance agreement between RugbyWA and the ARU.
Pulver had refused to discuss the matter, citing commercial confidence, but Sinderberry, who finished up at the Force last week, raised the point which was revealed a fortnight ago - that VRU president Tim North was handed a copy of the agreement while discussions were being held to buy back the Rebels from Imperium Sports Group.
"Tim North said to me that there were three people in the room - the most senior person was Bill Pulver, the in house counsel, and the other person was Rob Clarke, the COO," Sinderberry said.
"The first two have denied, absolutely, giving him the document.
"The Rebels were told that they weren't at all at risk."