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ARU funding consideration should be given to the clubs who actually help produce the juniors that go onto State, Aussie and super rugby contracts. The Force are not the be all and end all - how's the team travelling after 10 years? A bit of funding to clubs with strong junior pathways and Colts teams would go a long way to building better players. This funding going to local clubs could help build better facilities, equipment, coaching standards for all junior players. Not everyone develops at the same rate. Force will only chew them up and spit them out - they have proven they are unable to spot talent by the young players that have gone East. Clubs who have proven success like Wests (3 Aussie U20s reps in last 2 years, 2 local Force players), Soaks, Nedlands & Cott (all local Force players) will have a better success rate than a Force academy more concerned about S&C charts and monitoring stats which are useless ... but keep people in job