How Twiggy will run his rebel rugby comp

[Tonkar]

This is False advertising.. Listing something that will never happen.. The new websirte was created after the cull so why are they using it on the page.. That's listing something that has been culled.. I should put it up on the rebels Fan page .. and say all coaches and players are returning to the West ... Would that stir the pot

[Bakkies]

Do that and on the next Rebels article on the ARU's site the trolls will come out to play

[AndyS]

Maybe suggest the reason no-one is talking about the Senate inquiry is because it has bitten deep, forced a commercial-in-confidence revisit on the decision...

[JSJ]

I suspect the ARU will have made their decision today, but won't be able to release it to the media (or Minderoo) because it is commercially confidential in nature.

ARU must have approved of IPRC. Surely too much political damage to ARU in Australia and overseas if they block it without serious good reasons. It is just a matter of them picking the dates they would prefer. One set of dates conflicts with Super and the other with NRC.
My personal preferred dates for IPRC would be March to July in our our traditional rugby season, with NRC (sponsored by Twiggy) to follow as usual. Not sure how that suits the various Asian countries weather and monsoon etc.

[Bakkies]

Japan is in Monsoon season now that's why players struggled to make the Barbarians match.

[BLR]

Outside the box thinking, during monsoon season just base them down here. Do what the Kiwi's did with the Ruski's in 2011 and designate them a home town and put street signs etc. in the home language.

Example, there are bulk Malaysians in Victoria Park, Boom, new home base for a portion of the season.

[JSJ]

Japan is in Monsoon season now that's why players struggled to make the Barbarians match.

So the World Cup is 20/9/2019 to 2/11/2019. Not sure Japan is real monsoon territor?. According to google July is the rainy month in Japan.

However Kong Kong says:
Late February to the end of March, Hong Kong starts becoming warmer and humidity begins to rise as the rainy season draws near. Generally speaking, this is a good time to visit as the temperatures are usually cool, not cold and the chances for rain remain low. April to June are the wettest and most humid months.

So July to Oct would suit them better. Assume similar for Singapore, KL etc

[Bakkies]

They have had typhoons there recently.

[Leo86]

I am will be first in line and does that mean all the Coaches and players will be back and business as usual next yr .. This is on the RUGBY AUSTRALIA web site All created after the western force were Culled .. or has this been going on for a lot longer than we all think

Im in... and ill happily pay more than the $140 rebs are chargin. As WA has paid since inception. Funny whats the better business case, a crowd paid for or a crowd that pays

[Bakkies]

Leo exactly Own the Force was all about taking the Force back to its roots. A team paid for by its members. Pretty important with the reduction on season numbers due to the move to a smaller capacity stadium.

[beige]

Outside the box thinking, during monsoon season just base them down here. Do what the Kiwi's did with the Ruski's in 2011 and designate them a home town and put street signs etc. in the home language.

Example, there are bulk Malaysians in Victoria Park, Boom, new home base for a portion of the season.

Remember the reaction when someone suggested the Rebels play some home game in Perth? Or the Sunwolves games in Singapore for that matter. The IPRC is largely trying to create or at least tap into new audiences and having them base themselves away from home won't do that.

So the World Cup is 20/9/2019 to 2/11/2019. Not sure Japan is real monsoon territor?. According to google July is the rainy month in Japan.

However Kong Kong says:
Late February to the end of March, Hong Kong starts becoming warmer and humidity begins to rise as the rainy season draws near. Generally speaking, this is a good time to visit as the temperatures are usually cool, not cold and the chances for rain remain low. April to June are the wettest and most humid months.

So July to Oct would suit them better. Assume similar for Singapore, KL etc

April works fine for the Hong Kong Sevens.

I put my hand up that I prefer the March-June window – like I said I want the Force to feature active Wallabies and, assuming we can attract the players, that’s really the only way.

Maybe they can put in 20 minute drink breaks if the weather is an issue.

[GIGS20]

Remember the reaction when someone suggested the Rebels play some home game in Perth? Or the Sunwolves games in Singapore for that matter. The IPRC is largely trying to create or at least tap into new audiences and having them base themselves away from home won't do that.

New Zealand build a covered stadium when the weather in Dunedin wasn't optimal (and that weather wasn't out of the "normal" range for Rugby.

If the crowds are sufficient, an air-conditioned indoor stadium would solve any scheduling problem.

[Alison]

The stadium in Singapore is air-conditioned and it’s an open air stadium. It’s fantastic.

[shasta]

The stadium in Singapore is air-conditioned and it’s an open air stadium. It’s fantastic.

Just had a look at that. I'm in for the first tour. $1.3 billion and they built a 36 hectare sports complex with air con stadium, retractable roof, Olympic sized aquatic centre, multi purpose arena and water sports facility.

Perth: $1.5 billion for an oversized craypot with a bridge to nowhere.

[yungfen]

Shasta, I would be surprised that the labour utilised to build the Singapore stadium would have been local... cheap labour from surrounding countries most likely and materials produced nearby as well making it much cheaper to construct.