They might be relatively quiet once Alison's article about how much has been spent on the Rebels comes to light...
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They might be relatively quiet once Alison's article about how much has been spent on the Rebels comes to light...
If anyone wants to wind up the rebel supporters on GAGR you can always add a few names to the list from the prem grade (currently not in the state so no idea who and what is going on) below and ask for a state of origin game. Be interesting to see how many recognised players they could actually put up.
Western Australian current state of origin
1. Cruze Ah-Nau
2. Anaru Rangi
3. Kieran Longbottom
4. Jake Ball
5. Blankety Blank
6. Ross Haylett-Petty
7. Kane Koteka
8. Richard Hardwick
9. Ryan Louwrens
10. Luke Burton
11. Chance Penny
12. Kyle Godwin
13. Curtis Rona
14. James Verity-Am
15. Dane Haylett-Petty
16. Harry Scoble
17. Alec Hepburn
18. Oliver Hoskins
19. Blankety Blank
20. Blankety Blank
21. Brad Lacey
22. Michael Ruru
23. Nick Joost
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I think we should get Hodge, Timani, Naivalu and McMahon if McCalman is off for longer - from the Rebels. This injury filled season has proven the importance of having a numerous team.
Here goes (with this team we proceed to next year's playoffs):
1. Faulkner
2. TPN
3. Ainsley/ Daly
4. Timani
5. Coleman
6. Ross HP/ Cottrell
7. Hardwick
8. McCalman (or McMahon is the dog is still injured)
9. Lawrens
10. Lance
11. Naivalu
12. Hodge
13. Rona
14. Peni
15. Dane HP
16. Daly/ Ainsley
17. Cottrell/ Ross HP
18. Cowan
19. Philip
20. Ruru
21. Newsome
22. Tessman
23. Meaks
I've drawn a blank also
Serge Blanco
But what a rugby heritage, so many players I a WA state of origin team. It makes you wonder why more of them weren't selected for the wallabies. I though blankety was streets ahead of say Simmons or Skelton. And blankety was one of the best I've ever seen. Sure blankety was overshadowed by his brothers, but a great player nonetheless.
Agreed.
This has only ever been about the ARU's P&L projections spread-sheet.
(Excel doesn't have a data type called emotion.)
Me too.
Right now, we are being given almost nothing on to which we can hang our hopes.
Because there is so little information (or encouragement) coming out in support of the Western Force, we are left to read and ponder on the "heap of froth and bubble [emanating] from various journos earning a quid".
Meanwhile, memories of things like Super Saturday 20 May 2017, where we sat in block E227 at nib soaked to the skin and shivering with cold, while watching the Force go down at home to Otago 55 to 6, will be hard to erase by the time Force membership renewal comes around again.
BTW, good one Scotland - well deserved.
It never feels as bad when the Wallabies go down to one of the Celtic teams.
That would make sense if they were cutting the Rebels, not only have they been a black hole since day one, they have an owner who are going to sue the ARU for damages no matter what happens. Cut em loose, take the lawsuit that would happen either way and be rid of a team that never looked like it would ever succeed.
Alternatively they let the Rebels stumble on, get a bit of money from the suit, then sue again when 2020 rolls around as they gave Cox a 20 year deal. Either way if they don't get rid of them now Cox will have multiple bites of the cherry because the ARU are morons.
Two options here as well, one is to keep fighting and pushing to get the result we want.
The other is to just give up and be miserable and watch the Force fold, this is what the ARU want and have been expecting from us since April but the fact we didn't do that is the reason why we have survived this long.
I mean, have you thought perhaps the lack coming out of RugbyWA is because they can't say anything until arbitration? I don't know the details but I suspect this would be the case, either put in place by the arbitration process or the RugbyWA lawyers. Making assumptions based on nothing doesn't help.