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Been slow with news lately. Here is something from the SMH.
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Time running out to see if Twiggy Forrest can ruck and roll
Kylar Loussikian
By Kylar Loussikian
11 October 2018 — 12:01am.
Support for the new team has not been forthcoming.CREDIT:JOHN SHAKESPEARE
Is a month-long detente between billionaire rugby union fan Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest and Raelene Castle’s Rugby Australia, the code’s governing body, unravelling already?
The expansion of Forrest’s World Series competition planned for next year is due to be ticked off by the World Rugby Executive Committee next month.
It’s expected the game will expand to eight teams competing for a $1 million prize after a series of exhibition matches this year with Forrest’s beloved Perth-based Western Force.
The plan has always been to start with a team in Sydney’s west and several big-money types are waiting in the wings for sign-off from Rugby Australia and NSW Rugby.
Despite backing next year’s expansion, support for the new team has (still) not been forthcoming.
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With kick-off scheduled for late February, time is running out to make arrangements.
And that’s exactly what Rugby Australia is concerned about.
Andrew Forrest is hoping to start a team in Sydney's west when the World Series Rugby competition launches next year.
Andrew Forrest is hoping to start a team in Sydney's west when the World Series Rugby competition launches next year.CREDIT:RICHARD WAINWRIGHT
Maybe Forrest’s tussle with fellow mining magnate Gina Rinehart over Atlas Iron, only resolved this week, has taken the eye of the ball.
But short quick work, the World Series could be without a presence where the AFL already has the wildly popular Tony Shepherd-led Giants and where the NRL is more than well represented.