Not sure that would work. If the state government told them to tell it walking, it would only highlight the extent to which RA had shit in the nest. Alienating a state government would only reflect on RA shonkiness, not on WA rugby at all.
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Not sure that would work. If the state government told them to tell it walking, it would only highlight the extent to which RA had shit in the nest. Alienating a state government would only reflect on RA shonkiness, not on WA rugby at all.
[QUOTE=The InnFORCEr;450712]Nick Taylor**|**The West Australian
Thursday, 1 February 2018 5:00AM
IPRC is still involved in discussions with RA. The national body is standing firm over its Wallabies eligibility policy that means only players in Super Rugby sides or overseas-based Wallabies with a minimum of 60 Tests appearances can be selected for Australia.
If that is correct and the RA's official stance, then we might as well send Ms Castle home tomorrow and refuse to meet her. It is mind boggling that they can chuck WA out of Super rugby is such a corrupt fashion and then refuse to select players from WA for the Wallabies.
Alison, Hansie, Hodgo, John Edwards and others, please ask her to confirm or deny it. I hope Linda, Mark McGowan and other politicians ask the same question
Bingo JSJ that is probably a stubborn de Clyne and Pulver stance.
Tell the knobs to piss off. Don't see sandgropers actually going to the sevens anyway
What would happen if a Western Australian-based player, perhaps assisted with WA-sourced funding, decided to take Rugby Australia to court over this discriminatory selection policy curtailing his potential career earnings?
I dunno if this action could be viable for potential overseas-based Australians playing in a future IPRC but, for a player based in Australia and registered under the RA umbrella of administration, it might.
As far as I was aware, the selection policy in the past did not specify "Super Rugby", only that a player had to be registered and playing in Australia. In other words, he could be selected from NRC, Shute or whatever local comp (even if in most cases it was not likely).
Has the wording of the selection policy changed or is it being wrongly reported?