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Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
They would surely have to spill the beans to SANZAAR, but that doesn't mean any of us will hear about it.
I think they'll be doing everything they can to avoid mentioning the fact that they've done nothing in response to one team launching legal action and the other team threatening the same thing.
I also think they'll tell SANZAAR that the Force is the team they want to cut, despite all evidence pointing to the fact that their power to actually do the deed is at best limited and expensive and at worst impossible. SANZAAR will probably accept that the ARU have everything under control, because it's an equal partnership and none of the other partners give a stuff who goes, or how much it costs the knobs at the ARU.
C'mon the
What they are likely to come away from Tokyo with is a deadline from Sanzar...
Melbourne Rebels centre Tom English says the Australian Rugby Union needs to make a call on the future of his Super Rugby side.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2...er-future-call
Frustrated Melbourne Rebels back Tom English says it's time for the Australian Rugby Union to "rip the band aid off" and make a decision on the future of his Super Rugby club.
The Rebels and the Western Force have been in limbo for almost a month following the ARU's announcement that one of the clubs would be cut from the 2018 competition.
Both sides have declared the national body has no legal right to remove the teams and have threatened legal action.
Competition organiser SANZAAR has an executive meeting on May 10 however there are no signs a decision on the axed team will be made by then.
Ahead of their Saturday afternoon clash with the Lions at AAMI Park, English said the Rebels had been assured of their future by owner Andrew Cox but he wanted the ARU to make a call one way or the other.
"Your job as a professional player first and foremost is to focus on the game but that's not to say that it doesn't play on your mind," English said.
"The ARU needs to come out and make a decision because they're playing with people's lives so rip the band aid off because indecision is just going to lead to more players leaving to play overseas."
English, who is signed to Melbourne until the end of 2018, said he believed more Rebels players were looking at overseas clubs so they had a "back-up plan."
Rebels' general manager of football operations Baden Stephenson said while it was unsettling for off-contract players they were trying to keep it business as usual at the club, despite a signing freeze from the ARU.
"We're still trying to lock guys in for 2018 and beyond," Stephenson said.
"I've got a couple who have agreed to terms both internal and external who have signed contracts and we're waiting for the ARU to co-sign them when they lift the moratorium."
Stephenson predicted that even when the decision was made it wouldn't be the end of it.
"I'd be surprised if and when a decision is made that the next step isn't some sort of legal issue and the same things are being said in South Africa as well," he said.
I don't think it's that cut and dry. If the ARU gets caught in a legal battle in which they can't drop a team, then SA surely wouldn't still drop 2 to where there is a 16 team comp.
Everyone says SA dominates SANZAAR, but why would they agree to dropping 2? It is a very interesting organisation that I don't understand the leadership or strategy (or lack there of) at all.
Hard to see how SANZAR can even be unaware of what's been going on with the ARU. They're bound to be up to date through everything in the press and social media. ARU are going to have to fess up to a fair few shenanigans with a "Please explain" at that meeting -oh to be a fly on the wall!
Maybe that's why Pulver's not been seen in public since the press conference.... recovering from his spinal implant in time for the SANZAAR meeting
Great game, Fucken battled right through to the 80!
The Force need to 'sign' a player who will warrant an ARU top up! A public announcement of a player of such stature who wants to sign with the Force will be of major PR significance! Who might be on the list?
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
Abc radio R N sports Warwick hadfield this morning reporting rumours last few days of brumbies rebels mergertalks