Super rugby draw 2018

[The Man]

The draw...so the ARU thunk!


http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2017/09...ugby-draw-drop

[terrycobner]

Tokyo is in australia. Perth is not. Apparently

[jargan83]

Singapore must be in Australia as well.

[Macattack]

What a very disappointing read, still mad as hell 😡

[SNOB]

Won't b watching any!

[travelling_gerry]

How amateurish is this from Fox

[FingerTips]

How amateurish is this from Fox

Something from Orwell (1984) and the Stalin era, when non-persons were removed by cutting them out or air-brushing them out of photos.

I guess the Western Force and the Sea of Blue are non-persons now.

[Jules]

I can't even look at it! God this sucks. I hope memberships are down across the board and that all the teams suck. 😢

[GIGS20]

I can't even look at it! God this sucks. I hope memberships are down across the board and that all the teams suck. 😢

That's a big tick on the second point. They could win every game and they'd still suck

[FingerTips]

I can't even look at it! God this sucks. I hope memberships are down across the board and that all the teams suck. ��

It's the complete cutting off of top tier competitive rugby in WA that gets me, without any obvious attempts to find a less drastic solution - the only acknowledgement from the ARU about what they have done has been Clyne's statement:

“We accept that there will be anger and resentment over this decision and we sympathise with those fans. We sincerely hope that they are not lost to the game forever.”

Clyne and his ARU flunkies know that this is a terminal act - the "nuclear option" as Wayne Smith of The Australian called it.

There is (was) a lot of value in the Sea of Blue - what the accountants call "goodwill". But the ARU has trashed that value, and it's going to be a long time before anything like that value can be recreated in WA. If the Western Reds are an example of what lies ahead, then we will not see high tier rugby union in WA for another 20+ years, such has been the damage inflicted on the game in WA.

I suppose there's an outside chance that we may see something from Twiggyball, but I'm not confident enough to bet a good single malt on it.

[Alison]

Could not agree with you more FingerTips

[MI5_Dog]

I don't think it's possible for me to care less about super rugby or the wallabies.

[Jules]

It's the complete cutting off of top tier competitive rugby in WA that gets me, without any obvious attempts to find a less drastic solution - the only acknowledgement from the ARU about what they have done has been Clyne's statement:

Clyne and his ARU flunkies know that this is a terminal act - the "nuclear option" as Wayne Smith of The Australian called it.

There is (was) a lot of value in the Sea of Blue - what the accountants call "goodwill". But the ARU has trashed that value, and it's going to be a long time before anything like that value can be recreated in WA. If the Western Reds are an example of what lies ahead, then we will not see high tier rugby union in WA for another 20+ years, such has been the damage inflicted on the game in WA.

I suppose there's an outside chance that we may see something from Twiggyball, but I'm not confident enough to bet a good single malt on it.

I saw an interview on Fox with Twiggy didn't sound like anything really happening unless that was an old interview

[vulcan]

didn:t take them long after culling us to come up with the 2018 timeline seems they knew in advance we were for the chop

[sittingbison]

Who the fuck are those wankers in clown costumes? Is one Hooper? What a joke.

Couldn't give a toss...nor the boys in canary yellow