Senate hearing - Wednesday

[FingerTips]

A conspiracy theory which may have been hatched in a bar in Coogee.

1. The heartland unions (NSWRU and QRU) have welcomed the demise of professional rugby in WA. They never wanted it in the first place.
2. The heartland unions do not like the present ARU.
3. The heartland unions do not want professional rugby to re-emerge in WA at any time in the future (say for at least 20 years).
4. If a revamped professional rugby competition after 2020 adds new teams to the four existing Australian SR teams, then the heartland unions and the ARU will ensure that the new teams are based in places like North Queensland, Western Sydney and Country NSW.
5. To pander to the heartland unions, the present ARU will put in measures to block any attempts to reintroduce professional rugby to WA in the short-term.
6. Shutting down serious club rugby in WA is one way to diminish the game of Rugby Union in WA, and that can be aided by putting down the provincial union.
7. If the present ARU is capable of killing off one of its member unions in this way, then there may be nothing to stop it killing off any of the other state unions. Therefore the present ARU will have to go, once the dust has settled.
8. The heartland unions have ready-made scapegoats in the unlikely event that they want to rebuild bridges with what may be left of the WA Rugby Community and with the Government of WA.
9. Draw your own conclusions on what this might mean in the long term for the Melbourne based SR team.

All of the above is gossip, rumour, supposition and hear-say.

[sittingbison]

...All of the above is gossip, rumour, supposition and hear-say....

I call BS

[forced logic]

What was just said on 6PR? I switched it on and they were talking about the test match squad for the Gabba and Adelaide.

Not a lot really. Just that Rugby Australia is a disgrace (which is old news now), that WA junior rugby won't be effected and hopefully they will come out of voluntary administration by early next year. They opened the lines and no one really called in. I think most rugby fans in WA cant be bothered to waste their breath on RA anymore and you cant blame them. We have positive things on the horizon that deserve our attention. As far as rugby being played on a weekend as long as there is a ball and 30 blokes (or sheilas) rugby will continue in Perth. No amount of east coast jealousy will kill that. The day we stop caring for their approval will be the day we overtake them on every front.

[mothy]

Bakkies Oliver Peterson is going to put something up at 4 his programmer has asked me to comment as a fan and he has asked me to contact other supporters of rugby to call in and fire up the program. It is important we keep the topic going for most of the afternoon at the very least. We need this coverage and we aren’t getting it for other types of media to any extent.

[Bakkies]

Mothy I just saw your post in the Public Bar about this. It is excellent that they are engaging with their listeners. The thing about opening lines it is very hard to get through to a radio station.

[Bakkies]

I just went on the 6PR website and they have got Gareth Parker's segment about the RA on a podcast.

[mothy]

To be honest I am not over the topic as I just heard about it, but was surprised with the phone call.

[Bakkies]

There's an interview with the Sports Minister 'ARU are eating its young'

[Perth Girl]

Not surprised.

TWAS has come up with this deluded gem on a Roar article about the RWC vote

http://www.theroar.com.au/2017/11/16...omment-6025575

'The federal government won’t care what past admins may have done with past profits.

If they see an economic and reputation benefit for Australia, they will consider funding.

If they don’t, they won’t consider funding.

They aren’t going to just hold petty grudges like you. They’ll make a decision on what suits the Aus government and people, regardless of Rugby Australia.

Given our already committed stadia expansion and likely position in 2027 it’s a possibility, as it will bring huge economic benefit and won’t require much stadia outlay as we will have upgraded ANZ, Alliance and Parramatta, as well as Suncorp, New Perth Stadium, MCG & AAMI Park in Melbourne, potential upgrades done in Canberra and Adelaide Oval plus Gold Coast.'

That can go with Missing Link's comment on GAGR that the reason why the Force were cut was because of the time games were played here didn't suit the rest of the world. I think Moz had a go to put him right!

[Perth Girl]

Bakkies Oliver Peterson is going to put something up at 4 his programmer has asked me to comment as a fan and he has asked me to contact other supporters of rugby to call in and fire up the program. It is important we keep the topic going for most of the afternoon at the very least. We need this coverage and we aren’t getting it for other types of media to any extent.

What radio station is this on?

[Bakkies]

What radio station is this on?

6PR.

I just replied to ML's chain of comments that the Force times offer a 12pm kick off in the UK that leads in to the afternoon's games from SA and Europe. Also mentioned that the Europeans kicked in more bob this time

[mothy]

882on the am dial also can listen online

[SPaRTAN]

882on the am dial also can listen online

Go Oliver Peterson! What a champion that guy is for following this story when we thought no one but Nick Taylor cared.

Was that you Mothy i just listened to?

[mothy]

😶yes mate - not sure how I have come across!

[SNOB]

He read out my few cents worth.