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The 'tahs made the mistake a few teams make with the Lions - "we can go toe to toe with these jokers". The Lions gave up the chance for an early three point settler for a lineout, and this should have given the 'tahs food for thought. Filled with their own high expectations the 'tahs went punch for punch, and ran out of gas just after halftime. Looking forward to Lions Force, and decisions Wessels makes.
.....and you are an insider where exactly?
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
Are you related to sevenmile?
All im saying is that the Force deserve to be spared from any cull that might be coming and this weekend has proven that.
I'm also saying that if the Force leave, then fewer WA juniors will aspire to/be able to play rugby at a higher level than club rugby. This will cause more WA rugby junirs to decide to take contracts in the NRL and stay there.
if Community rugby in the state is as bad as it looks based upon the comments of the "people in the know" on this site, and if community rugby is as supportive of the professional tier of the game as it appears in this forum, then I don't think the success or failure of the force will matter jack shit to the community arm of the game.
I, however, think that most of the crap that flows around here is probably pointless trolling, misguided club loyalties and miscellaneous bullshit, because any organisation that is as inept, inbred, inequitable and inefficient as the one i hear about on these pages is not worth saving. Perhaps the Force SHOULD be the only rugby organisation in the state?
But, of course, I hyperbolize. I try my best to stay out of community rugby's way on here now. I'd appreciate if you'd return the favour.
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I think the reason for that may the placement of the TV cameras.
Most stadia are aligned roughly north-south and the TV cameras are usually in the western stand, to reduce the likelihood of solar glare for afternoon/early evening games. This means that if there is a 'main' stand, it is usually to the west side. The stands at Allianz look similar, but actually aren't (the main entrance is behind the west stand, which also houses the changing rooms, etc), and the west stand at GIO (Canberra) is definitely larger than the east stand. Both stadia have more people seated in the west side, either because of better facilities in the 'main' stand, or simply to also avoid the sun. So for both these stadia the TV cameras look over the pitch onto a more empty stand than the one they are filming from.
Suncorp and AAMI Park have stands on either side of the field that are almost identical, and do seem to have more even placement of crowds; possibly the stadia rooves are protecting the spectators, and possibly the facilities are spread evenly.
From a quick look at the Super Rugby stadia from Google Earth, most stadia fall into either symmetrical stadia or with a main west stand.
At Nib, the TV cameras are in the crappy old west stand, whilst the majority of the spectators sit in the new, large, east stand (and get the sun in their eyes for the first ~30 minutes of the Reds game!) So TV cameras for our games look onto a large, stand with plenty of people in it. If they replaced the west stand with a carbon-copy of the east stand (but with changing rooms, TV cameras, better facilities, etc) I think a lot of people would re-locate there and our east stand would also look sparse.
Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon
Thanks for the invite gigsey
I have stayed off your turf but feel you have invited me into the post and by the way thanks for your PM it moved me to tears
I can see both sides of your argument or should I say opinions I don't see anything negative from insider but based on the nrl experience in the nineties rugby should look learn and listen, a vibrant and robust comp before they arrived destroyed by the arrival of western reds what a pathway that turned out to be and do we see a vibrant league comp now not as it used to be but some may argue
Since the arrival of the force what has been happening to community rugby and as the nrl decided the game doesn't fit into an afl town and they are still reluctant to give a lisence to WA even though the proper gander machine rolls on
The force must do more than win week in week out to remain the stands need to be full 20,000 plus each home game win or loose as it is money that will keep them here it is a business and targets must be met
Do the sun wolves belong no way but with the World Cup and the money that will be put into them they will play on so unless the ARU gets rid of the NSW insetuish board rugby in the west is running out of time enjoy a more competitive team and get more people to the park otherwise you will be part of history
Now back to my community rugby threads and leave you good force people in peace
Off to the corfield tav for a beer and jerkie and to play my favourite song James Taylor just call out my name whenever your down and I'll be there gigsey and don't PM me any more it's a little creepy
Message received the first time 7M I'm sorry my PM has toyed on your mind so badly.
I didn't mean to hurt you, but sometimes these things happen hey!
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You shouldn't push history around to suit your argument sevenmile. While you are right about the robust WA Rugby League comp through the 80's and early 90's, you are off the mark blaming the arrival of the Reds for it's not so successful years since. The Reds were a victim of the Super League war and that was more due to the over eager people who put the bid together. They exaggerated the junior development regime, did not have as much finance behind them as they said and in a desperate bid to get the nod, even agreed to pay the travel expenses of their opposition. They were virtually trading insolvent from the get-go. Still the franchise was not wound up due to it's performance but transferred to Melbourne as a reward to John Ribot for pulling the whole thing off. In fact during their short life the improvement in WA teenage team performance was remarkable.
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David