Yes, keeping Dave Wessels would be a damn good start and further stick it right up the ERU clubs that will want him (aka all of them)
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No Salary Cap!
If the money's there to fund the players then Super Rugby will die.
man, this is tough. I have patchy internet, and have resorted to sitting in a kiakia looking over the ocean to get decent internet.
but I am gutted and really want to watch those conferences. I'm feeling pretty bleak at the moment.
I wonder if waru or the clubs will move to the new structure, or will it be only professional?
Almost 3 hours later and no response from the excrement that is the ARU. Hiding behind lawyers and the courts, treating the players and fans with contempt. We know they are incapable of leadership, of engaging with the people and are an enemy of transparency and truth. To take so long to release their inevitability bullshit response is pathetic. Liars and shysters, i hope you all rot in hell.
Pressure the ARU through any means possible to relinquish the Western Force IP for them not to would be petty at this stage. And I know that petty doesn't even begin to quantify their previous behaviour. I look forward to supporting the new competition.
Getting the IP back should not be an issue. $800 000 is pocket money for Twiggy.
We need to take this to the high court, the ARU can't be allowed to get away with what they have done. We need to keep the pressure up on State and Federal pollies to get a inquiry going!
Wallabies wearing blue armbands on Saturday night?
Very well said Steve. It is now clear we were hoodwinked by people with an agenda to get rid of the Force at all costs.
They pretended to be our friend; gained our trust by telling us the lie that we were the first cab off the rank for this new 'centralisation' policy that they would be rolling out to all 5 of the franchises; threw us off the scent by giving us access to their "high performance unit" and by sending Billy Meakes our way for a couple of years; all the while plotting our demise and colluding with the VRU and Cox to ensure our fate was well and truly sealed.
Hansie and John - you and your fellow RugbyWA board members are gentlemen of honour who took the ARU at their word, thinking that they too were gentlemen of honour. That those men from the east have since turned out to be lying, cheating, deceitful men of no honour whatsoever is on THEM not you.
Like others on here, I would like to thank you both for everything you have done and are continuing to do for rugby in WA. You have worked tirelessly for us all and we will always be eternally grateful to you for that.
Long live rugby in WA!!
Got to disagree on the $800k kalahard....$1 is the going rate for super franchises. However they have "discontinued" the Western Force, so it should now be free
I don't think RugbyWA took them at their word, I believe they were mighty upset and suspicious at the ARU rewording (now pertinent) parts of the Alliance Agreement, but couldn't do nowt. The actual rewording... difference between RugbyWA original and ARU ammended...would give great insight into just how disingenuous the ARU were.
Billy came from Gloucestershire, not a young bloke from the HPU
I reckon Hodgo is the shoe in for the head of the players association for the new comp. RUPA are a deadset waste of space. Fuck the lot of them.
This will be known in years to come as the greatest mistake the ARU ever made. It may even lead to their demise. Rugby has needed a face lift for a long time and now Western Australia is going to lead that way. The strength of the Force is not just limited to the depth of Andrew forrest pockets. It is supported by the most passionate supporter base in Australian rugby (all supported by stats), the time zone held in Western Australia and grass roots approach in the west to developing the game. I don't doubt that with many proud Force players staying in the west there will be some who must move on to care for their families. The biggest oversight of the ARU is that for every player lost there is a player waiting to step up in WA. Ask yourself how many of the 2016 playing list of the Force were know to the east coast 2014? That depth runs deep and the quality continues to grow. Today is not a day to mourn the loss of the Force. It is a day to celebrate the strength of WA rugby moving forward. If you are someone who wishes to mourn, mourn the loss of the ARU. There is only one loser in this decision and it is not WA. For 140 days I have worn a frown of frustration and anger, today I wear a smile of excitement. I havn't played rugby in years but cant wait for next season so I can sign up in WA.
High court and senate inquiry for sure, but I'm not sure, given Twiggy's announcement that I want to share the tomb with the other deluded participants of Super Rugby. Win the license back and then sell it to them for an exorbitant amount so they can have their three team comp.
Use the funds to retain the best coach in the land and as many of the best players who can hold out until the end of the process.
Fill the remainder of the organisation with the castoffs from the other teams when they suddenly realise that they don't have room for them.
The Tahs and the Reds will continue to suck balls, it's plain that they have every player they want, the issue isn't player depth it's shithouse attitude.
as twiggy and hodgo said the must important job is to keep our identity should be a good night sat. wearing my blue again and looking forward to a new dawn:force: