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wish i could be at the spirit game, hope the spirit take out the comp again. not bad for the 4 years NRC has existed, appeared in the first GF won the 3rd, not bad for a supposed non-rugby state
As bad as the whole debacle has been, Dave is doing the best from him and his group of players and coaches. Interesting that it is only until 2019 and I expect any other player and coach contracts will be similar to allow for the new 2020 arrangement, whatever that may be. To help fill some of your glasses, how would it be for the Rebels under Dave with a predominantly Force squad to win the 2019 title and then leave them all hanging and come back home....there has to be a positive out of all this negative. If there are enough Force players I may have to amend the InnFORCEers Law Book and make a game or two tour worthy, if Melbourne is good for one thing, it's good for a pub crawl
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My thoughts on Dave's move to the Rebels are as follows; I have not been able to chat with him - But respecting his modus operandi over the past 2 years I am absolutely sure he's made this decision for the players and coaches. He would not have been able to take his crew and players with him to Munster so a move there would be very much on selfish grounds and I am sure may have been good for him to get out of Australia. I reckon he's taken the Rebels gig so that he can maintain his commitment to the boys he has led over the past 2 years. Bear in mind it's for 2 years so he will be ready to come home when we rise from the ashes.
Minderoo are talking with the ARU and we are not involved in these discussions. Our focus is on RugbyWA. working through the logistics of winding up Own The Force, Growing the Future Force, bedding down the new Community Competition for next year, supporting the Perth Spirit, working on the Senate Enquiry and sorting the bits of legal stuff still outstanding.
Our intention is to let Minderoo work out the IPRC issues without any of us from the board being involved as we would aggravate the ARU.
We hope all of the investors in Own The Force will re-invest via the Lavan and Future Force vehicles outlined in the letter. We also need to see which sponsors remain and effectively see how much we have in the kitty. If we have as much as we hope to generate, we want to grow the future force program by placing the guys into our Community Club Competition, from there we can develop them for next year's Perth Spirit and IPRC. We want out Community Club Comp to be even better than Shute Shield, grow the talent and even send WA Gold State sides on tours to Asia.
So, there is a bit of waiting as things become clearer but we are planning.
Oh how easily you are swayed
The long sobs of autumn's violins wound my heart with a monotonous languor
I could go for a pub crawl to Melly....wearing my 2006 Force jumper of course maybe the Sunwolves or Crusaders??
The long sobs of autumn's violins wound my heart with a monotonous languor
Fuck 'em all!
Scorched earth as far as this 'supporter' is concerned.
I'll never follow the Rebels or support Super Rugby or the ARU.
If Blood had gone anywhere else other than an Aus team I would have happily followed.
Not now
Not this
Fuck 'em!
This is obviously a sh1t situation but lets look at it from a different perspective and "best case" scenario from here:
1. Approx 20 Western Force squad members don't get contracts so decide to stay here and play club rugby in WA. This will massively improve the standard of premier grade and will also get a lot more supporters to the game. There will be more money to pay these players as Hansie alluded to.
2. Wessells and all of our players will come back to play IPRC for us once super rugby has finished.
3. We will still have Perth Spirit to play in the NRC for the next level down.
4. Perth Gold tours as Hansie mentioned.
Also Ben McCalman seems to be the forgotten man of Australian Rugby. It is all about Coleman and DHP. McCalman is still a quality player and has some good years left, with the lack of good #8's in Australia I would have thought the Reds or Tahs would have been knocking his door down.