Western Force chief to meet with ARU about Giteau affair

[TOCC]

NSW perhaps up late in the season but not early. Sydney public only like a winner...a fickle crowd..

they were up 25%, i suggest you check your facts before posting comments like the one before

[Tazzmania]

Lets focus back on the topic.

It is an important step that the Force heirachy appear to be taking, it is important from all aspects, management, coaching, spectators fellow players that we start to get clarity on what is happening not only with Gits but the players that have come to the Force with the main intention of playing with him.

Gut feel is that he will not walk away from us at such a late stage and he will be here next year, after that i suspect that we will lose him, so it is imperative that we get clarity on core players like Mitchell and JOC.

Lets all hold hold thumbs that talks go well.

[travelling_gerry]

Odd time for PerthNow to post this article... 8:30 pm on a Saturday night, 2 hours before the first Northern Hemisphere Wallabies test match. The Sunday papers will be all over it. Perhaps Giteau plans to say something to the media after the match.

Everyones favourite Chief Rugby Journalist at SMH Greg Growden will be climbing through hotel windows in Padova to get an exclusive interview with Giteau...bless him...

Dont read too much into that. The Sunday Times always posts their articles as the 1st Edition is released. Unlike the ES newpapers where they dont post on their website until after 10pm WST .

[Burgs]

"...the `Giteau Affair'..."

FFS, next it will 'Giteaugate'...

No brainer it's best he stays at this stage, more important he declares his hand ASAP re 2010.
As great a player as he is, the Force would be a better team with a standard functional Flyhalf that doesn't have the expectations of the State on his shoulders to save the day.
I am no particular Daruda fan, though I respect him as a servicable option (and let's not forget an inaugural player) however, a Daruda (or JO'c) with the knowledge of a full season to own would be a better option than a one man trick-show backline.

[slomo]

THAT WOULD BE THE BEST DAY IN MY LIFE!!!

dont get too excited.....slomos sources say......"it wont happen."


as i previously broke the bismarck du plessis non singing......

[Thequeerone]

So what does Gits want that we can't give him Slomo ?

[oxleymoron]

So what does Gits want that we can't give him Slomo ?

His Mum's homemade lasagne and the hot air that swirls around Canberra for most of the year

[slomo]

So what does Gits want that we can't give him Slomo ?

a easy way out of his current contract...........

[TOCC]

So what does Gits want that we can't give him Slomo ?

$400k sponsorship that he moved to perth for in the first place

[robyn <3]

His Mum's homemade lasagne

I can make lasagna. Well. Kindof...

But I'll make Gits lasagna every single Sunday if he promises to stay. How about it Gits? Extra cheese-y? Even Saturdays if you sign with the force for the rest of your career? I'm a pro with that crazy pasta stuff

hehe

[Burgs]

Dunno about Gits Robyn, but that sounds kinda tempting from here

[mudskipper]

mmmmmmmm..... lasagna, thats a good offer Robyn

[lara93]

no one can resist

[Jehna]

I highly doubt that Gits will leave before the end of next season but he definitely won't stay beyond that. It seems obvious that he always contemplated that his stint in Perth would be for three years only when he signed a contract that gave him an out clause after 3 years. Sure, he was open to staying longer but through a combination of factors I'd say he is ready to go back - his gf wants to move back after a sh*t experience with the Fever, his best mate no longer plays for the Force, he has lost a fair amount of money in 3rd party sponsorship thanks to the collapse of Firepower, the Force frankly aren't performing to the level they should be, and some of his closest mates at the Force are only contracted until 2009 anyway (and regardless of your confidence in Drew, Robyn, he has made no mention whatsoever of his plans post 09). I'm not saying that any of these factors were crucial in and of its own, but the combination of them make the West slightly less appealing. Plus his family are east. He is a hot commodity in Australian rugby now and he will get the best offer any club can offer....so i'd say his interests are outside the game itself.

[mudskipper]

Jehna if Giteau was staying to see out his contract 2009. Why did the Force executive travel across country the to hold a meet face-to-face meeting with the ARU and James Erskine on a Sunday?

Wants the urgency? And will we find out this week before the match at Twickenham? We all know how much John O’Neil likes beating the English; will he push for a quick settlement between the parties?

Gits during the Padova test match looked elsewhere…