Western Force player allocations
Mate I haven't seen them. I've heard they've been down once. Our player allocation is Ward, DeBartolo, MacKay and Shepherd. Mackay is out for the season and Ben Ward has transferred himself to University. We haven't been offered replacements for either of them. DeBartolo and Shepherd are busy with the Force and we are unlikely to see them for quite a while, if at all.
When the two players pulled out from Kalamunda, it seems they transferred wherever they wanted instead of being offered to a club like ours which has no Force players available.
With all the Force players living close to Perry Lakes, it's understandable that they would want to play locally to where they live but I can see this growing into a big problem for Perth-Bayswater, Kalamunda, Palmyra, Rockingham and Wanneroo. Given what's already happened, Force players are going to think they can go and play wherever they want and this will result in the the teams that are already traditionally the strongest in the comp getting all the Force players - look at Nedlands' early success as an indication of the gulf that can potentially open up between teams here. I really think RugbyWA needs to reconsider how they are allocating these players.