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Rugby WA doesn't seem to promote rugby very well. They need some new blood not biased by pre conceived ideas that there are no supporters outside of Perth metro.
The Dockers for f--- sake have bus loads of supporters transported to games from regional areas. Pick up and drop off.
There is no promotion of Force games in local media. When they held the odd blue moon rugby day with a few 3rd string Force players, nobody knew about it until a week later when there was a photos in the local free paper.
Rugby WA are like politicians with their miopic view of expenditure. Sometimes you have to spend money on the future and you may not get the return on investment for a decade or more.
The key to promoting the game is TV. I grew up on the east coast and every weekend there was rugby league on TV and not a lot of other sport in those days. I played rugby league as a wee nipper because of the hype and pedastal promotion of the players and the sport........I converted from the dark side as a teenager.
Rugby WA needs to promote the game on WIN. Free to air television. It is broadcast to all regional areas of WA. Have a rugby show. Spread the gospel. Promote the game. Hype the players. Nobody watches it in regional WA because they've never heard of it, don't understand it and don't know the players or the amazing skills that it requires.
Blokes like body contact sports. fact. AFL doesn't deliver. It's a market easy to break into. They need people with bigger visions and more intelligent fiscal spending. The money they piss away on various unproductive avenues could be spent more wisely.
Having dealt with the organisation and been subjected to its poor customer service and ineptitudes it is hardly surprising that rugby in Western Australian regional areas hasn't progressed.
The media is the tool of orators, governments, tyrants, successful businesses. Control the media, control the people. TEEEEE VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE for the benefits of the intellectually challenged at Rugby WA.
Promote the game via the media you dunderheads and watch the numbers/teams/quality explode.
Develop the game in WA or die as a concept. Work it out and work it out fast