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So, have I got this right ....
If we are good Dawn French and Rats Arse just might let us bid for a spot in their comp, along with anyone else who wants to play. They then enter all the details of every bid into a great big spreadsheet which will spit out the winner in a reasonable time frame, say 48-72 hours.
Sounds fine to me, let's do it!
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Although I called her Dawn French from the first time I saw her I believe that someone else beat me to print by several,weeks so I can't claim credit. The same is true, I think, of 'Nessa' (Ruth Jones from Gavin and Stacey).
Slightly nicer names than her predecessor copped 😀
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Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
For the Heartland Unions, the "future of rugby in Australia" is the future of rugby in NSW and QLD.
For NSW, it is all about establishing the primacy of the Shute Shield competition and preserving the exclusive dominance of the Heartland Unions.
The Heartland Unions don't give a stuff about anyone south of the Murray River and west of longitude 129 E.
Having got rid of professional rugby union in WA, they are not going to let it back into WA without one heck of a fight.