Originally Posted by
Moz
G&GR have picked up the leaked email story - its in Tuesdays News.
"Everyone had suspicions that the ARU were a club of bungling boys who may or may not have made a decision and possibly drawn out that decision in the most depressing and distressing way, but now we have proof that they are actually a club of bungling boys who made a decision that was drawn out in the most depressing and distressing way.
News has emerged that the ARU was emailin’ the Rebels about doing something or other TWO MONTHS before announcing the decision to axe the Force. If you cast your minds back, the ARU said the 48-72 hour thing, then didn’t say anything 3 days later, and then gave the impression that it was anyone other than the Force who they were gonna cut.
“A confidential email from chief executive Bill Pulver shows he was discussing the deal to transfer the Rebels licence from businessman Andrew Cox to the Victorian Rugby Union in June this year,” writes the West Australian, a Western Australian newspaper from Western Australia."
Story then continues on...
"But ah! The catch here is that Pulver has previously said he ain’t heard of no email, telling the Senate inquiry that the Force and Rebels were “live right until the final decision.”
Meanwhile, Cameron Clyne also told the inquiry that, “I have said there was a very real option that both teams were being considered right through until August.”