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cant argue with moses on that one, until the Force have real WA players in there S14 side they are just going to be relying on the other states to develop there talent for them.
John Welborn, Kieran Longbottom, Justin Turner & Dane HP not real enough for you?
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P.S. Quick squiz of the team sheet says Qld have no reason to be more outraged than anyone else these days...it'll take time, but it'll even out, we'll have home-growns, imports, players who moved in the hope of being picked up, a-la Chucky.
TOCC-can you define what a S14 player is, if they're not someone whos played S14- 3 of those named there have.
If we had decades worth of history like Queensland and NSW then we probably wouldn't need to recruit from the East.
WA has talent but due to there not being a level of rugby higher than the local club competitions (in the past), WA players didn't have something further to aim for and left WA. Eastern States clubs got all our local talent before the Force, purely because we didnt have any further they could go in the state. If we had a program around for them, I'm sure they would have stayed. Prime example; John Welbourn who left, reached Super-14 level and came back when we had somewhere for him to play at the same level.
With the inception of the Force more of the WA boys will get a run and a chance to represent their state. At the moment we only have 2 WA boys in the squad (Dane Haylett-Petty and Kieran Longbottom) but if you look at the acadmy and all the WA boys in there, we have a future and its bright.
they're only 18! give them a break.
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DO the Brumbies cop as much flak for their players not all coming from Canberra?
I'm not a big believer in the idea that all the players in a super14 team must come from that particular state, I prefer to think that if WA can develop an equal proportion of players to the other states that go on to super14 level regardless of the team they represent then the Force will have been an outstanding success.
Don't forget Brett Sheehan
They get around it with dodgy border claims over the southern third of NSW.Originally Posted by Cowboy