Travel Demands

[GAFFA]

So its been a quite day at work today and I’m still a bit dirty with the whole Pocock thing so I thought I would have a look at one of his main reasons about leaving that being the travel demands, and the damage he may have done by using that as an excuse, which might deter other players from coming to Perth.

Everyone knows that Perth is a long way from everything and that our players travel a lot and according to Pocock it was taking a major toll on him and his body so much so he had to leave to be in a town closer to the other teams. But do our players really travel more than others.

I looked back at the Force’s 2012 Super Season and used a site that calculated the distance between airports and the average flight time. I did this for both the Force and the Brumbies as David has chosen them as he believes his flight time will be cut down.

Yes in deed the Force travels more then the Brumbies but not as much as some might think.

A few things first the total travel distance and time don’t include mid week return flights as I was not able to work out if the teams returned home eg. In round 4 the Force traveled to Sydney to play the Tahs and then in round 5 we player the Rebels in Melbourne. As there was no way to find out if they first returned to Perth and then left again to Melbourne I assumed they went from Sydney to Melbourne and spent the week there. I did the same for Brumbies matches also.

It also doesn’t include any added travel time for wallaby commitments as this doesn’t count for all players. But it would add a bit more travel for a player like Pocock.

So accounting for the Above the Force in the super rugby 2012 season traveled:
Total Distance traveled 45,460.6KM
Total time in the air 45.9 Hours.

Compare this with the Brumbies 2012 season
Total Distance traveled 39,751.30KM
Total time in the air 43.2 Hours

The Brumbies numbers were also help for the fact that they didn’t have to travel during their South African trip as first they played the Bulls then the Lions which are 50KM down the road.

So that’s a difference of 5709.3 KM and 2.7 hours in the air.

Nothing in the grand scheme of things so for the average super rugby player travel shouldn't be an issue when thinking of playing for the Force.

[The InnFORCEr]

Nothing in the grand scheme of things so for the average super rugby player travel should be an issue when thinking of playing for the Force.

Shouldn't???


Nice work

[Happy]

pfffth .. i did 35k km's to watch games, drank a hellova lot more than bambam did and I'm still with the force!!

[wqerti]

It appears not too be much difference in the paper, but in reality, you have to arrive few days before the game, and also checking-in time, or even transit time. So I think once you incoperate those info, it would be considerable difference.

[GAFFA]

Shouldn't???


Nice work

Shit My bad Fixed!

[GAFFA]

It appears not too be much difference in the paper, but in reality, you have to arrive few days before the game, and also checking-in time, or even transit time. So I think once you incoperate those info, it would be considerable difference.

yes but this would be the same for all teams not just the Force.

[sittingbison]

I live in Nth Freo and work n Morley, I spend 90 mins per day sitting in the car travelling for my work. Thats 7.5hrs per week. So for the S15 season of 16 weeks (8 weeks on the road) travelling time is:

8x7.5=60 hours

But unlike professional rugby players poor little lambs my season is 46 weeks (every one on the road) travelling time is:
46x7.5=345 hours

Hope you enjoy next winter in Canberra Dave.

[normie]

Do the BRUMBIES fly or take a bus when going to Sydney? All short plane rides when plying in Melbourne, Brisbane or Sydney.

[Alison]

Great analysis Gaffa! When you really look at it, 'too much travel' does sound a bit lame when the 'trade' you've chosen and the country in which you've chosen to ply it are 'rugby union' and 'Australia'.

[WFDom]

I've gof no fuc*in sympathy for him.

I spent over 3 weeks in the air every year for the last decade & have to break my 3 & 5 year olds heart's every time I go for weeks on end.

& I still fork my hard earned (way less than Mr Pococks) for a membership evary year & am lucky if I get 3 home games a year! Moaning about 5 hours on a plane..... poof!

All my problems I know. And, I have to go again tonight, so I'm all out of tissues David!

[GAFFA]

Do the BRUMBIES fly or take a bus when going to Sydney? All short plane rides when plying in Melbourne, Brisbane or Sydney.

I’m not quite sure I worked that one out as if they flew there which was a 1 hour round trip but if they did indeed drive it then becomes a 6 hour return.

[Alison]

I've gof no fuc*in sympathy for him.

I spent over 3 weeks in the air every year for the last decade & have to break my 3 & 5 year olds heart's every time I go for weeks on end.

& I still fork my hard earned (way less than Mr Pococks) for a membership evary year & am lucky if I get 3 home games a year! Moaning about 5 hours on a plane..... poof!

All my problems I know. And, I have to go again tonight, so I'm all out of tissues David!

Yep! Words that come to mind are "toughen up princess"!

[Happy]

not sure we need to call him a f**ken poof but i do agree it would have been best to leave that part out of his reasoning speech

[jargan83]

I’m not quite sure I worked that one out as if they flew there which was a 1 hour round trip but if they did indeed drive it then becomes a 6 hour return.

Road trips are awesome

[sloppy]

maybe he just wanted to go to a more professional outfit one with a plan