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Rumour has it that Rugby WA has been scheming away in the back rooms for a few months now and has devised a cunning plan to appease the District clubs as they are sick of hearing them bleating on about player pathways. Apparently a series of meetings have been called with local club officials to test the waters.
Will Rugby WA hit the usual wall of opposition and yield?
Will a compromise be struck?
Will they impose a new structure irrespective of the clubs opposition? or
Will they roll out the new structure out by stealth?
My suggested structure:
Premier Grade (8 teams)
Souths - Premier Grade team representing Rocky and Mandurah catchments)
Palmyra - Covering Inner south catchment. Rename team?
Easts - Premier Grade team representing Perth's eastern suburbs (inc Kala and Baysie catchments).
Norths - Premier Grade team representing Wanneroo and Joondalup catchments).
Wests - Merger of Cott and Soaks.
Uni - stay as is - most cities have a Uni team.
Nedlands - (inner city team as most cities have one). Could change name to "Perth".
New team / name - the result of Wests moving to the City of Stirling and large catchment area.
Seems to be logical with the population trends in Perth. The existing district clubs could play in a second tier competition (as opposed to 3rd / 4th tier now) and feed the 8 Premier Clubs.
This also addresses the geographical coverage issues so all bases are covered and not totally exposed to the ravages of League.
May be a bit radical for some to swallow.