Western Force v RA Chariman's XV - Round 6 2018

[chibi]

Only one I remember going on was Matthew Peterson (Sideshow Bob). Parra, NQ and Wakefield.

Yeah, I wanted the Force to poach that guy, you know, just because he was homegrown.

Its starting to look like time is running out for this charade in Victoria. More a matter of when than if.

I dunno, I'm still waiting on the Storm's time to run out.

[andrewg]

Disappointing to hear that Rugby Australia had booked the lads home on a Jetstar flight late last night (Sunday).
(I'm sure that there was probably a cheaper flight with China Southern via Guangzhou - but maybe it was already full?)

Unfortunately, the flight was cancelled so they only returned today (Monday) - after losing most of the day.

So much for recovery and preparation for an important game against the Fiji Drua for what was always going to be tough with only a 6-day turnaround. Pleased to hear that there were no serious injuries.

Thanks RA! Appreciate you giving our guys this experience to help them get ready for WSR nest year.

Focus lads..........no times for distractions this week.

PS. I do like the title of this thread.

[maelkann]

Eh. How late is late? Avalon and Jetstar are the closest airport.

[travelling_gerry]

I believe they were booked on Jetstar ex Tullamarine.

[Perth Girl]

Why wouldn't he just back it up with some facts of his own? It seems pretty obvious that 150-200 people, who "probably" got in for free is not going cover ground hire costs.

He didn't go to the game so he's got no facts!

[travelling_gerry]

But ended up flying on

[chibi]

Why wouldn't he just back it up with some facts of his own? It seems pretty obvious that 150-200 people, who "probably" got in for free is not going cover ground hire costs.

He didn't go to the game so he's got no facts!

Feels over facts!

It's the "in thing" these days for the narrative-pusher

[SPaRTAN]

I questioned the rental costs on Green and Gold Monday News. Missing Link threw the toys out of the cot accusing me of spreading propaganda.

Mate, I have your back

There was 147 people in attendance as only 1 stand was open. I just did a head count. Literally!



Heres proof of the empty stands..





Note: the dots arent accurate placed on each person they just make it easier to count

[JSJ]

Disappointing to hear that Rugby Australia had booked the lads home on a Jetstar flight late last night (Sunday).
(I'm sure that there was probably a cheaper flight with China Southern via Guangzhou - but maybe it was already full?)

Unfortunately, the flight was cancelled so they only returned today (Monday) - after losing most of the day.

So much for recovery and preparation for an important game against the Fiji Drua for what was always going to be tough with only a 6-day turnaround. Pleased to hear that there were no serious injuries.

Thanks RA! Appreciate you giving our guys this experience to help them get ready for WSR nest year.

Focus lads..........no times for distractions this week.

PS. I do like the title of this thread.

The weather forecast for Sat could favour Force with their strong pack in scrums, lineouts and rolling mauls. Rain and wind will not help Fiji in their throwing the ball around style.

SummaryMin 12Max 20Showers. Possible storm.Possible rainfall: 8 to 15 mmChance of any rain: 95%
Perth area
Cloudy. Very high (95%) chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning.

[blueandblack]

Mate, I have your back

There was 147 people in attendance as only 1 stand was open. I just did a head count. Literally!
...

Was that 147 including the players and officials?

[SPaRTAN]

Was that 147 including the players and officials?

Yes, they are the two clusters of dots you can see in that crowd..

[wallabydarnd]

The weather forecast for Sat could favour Force with their strong pack in scrums, lineouts and rolling mauls. Rain and wind will not help Fiji in their throwing the ball around style.

SummaryMin 12Max 20Showers. Possible storm.Possible rainfall: 8 to 15 mmChance of any rain: 95%
Perth area
Cloudy. Very high (95%) chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning.

Well if the weather is like that we may only get 147 !!!

[SPaRTAN]

Well if the weather is like that we may only get 147 !!!

Even in snow/ hail and a potential Tsunami warning you could throw a zero on the end of that figure (1470) and the sea of blue would still top it.

And watch out the Geelong stadium with a 34,000 seat capacity with the astonishing 147 people in attendance it equated to being at 0.43% capacity.

[lou]

moving the Melbourne games around to Vic country sounds good in theory, but when you only get 200 people, it does not make sense. Move it around Melbourne to the suburban rugby clubs maybe. Of the 197 (200-3) Melbourne supporters, you would imagine they were mostly family and friends of the players who drove down to Geelong.

Absolutely. They used to play at AAMI - but that costs a lot, also at club grounds, Harlequin was good - but they are resurfacing and even at Frankston in a combined 7s day. But now, all three home games on the road. No, I didn't go. Can't be arsed driving to Geelong and certainly not going to B'rat.

[chibi]

There's plenty of old NSL grounds in Melbourne they could use. It's a strange one.