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It is not a state secret that the ARU/RA is taking any and every opportunity to denigrate World Series Rugby, the [new] Western Force and the WA Rugby Community.
This is consistent with their policy regarding rugby union in WA, namely that it should go away and quietly die in some dark corner west of longitude 141E.
Therefore, it is no surprise that the salaried media folk of the ARU/RA, who among other things produce the rugby.com.au site, put the boot into WA rugby at every opportunity. To do otherwise would risk their bonuses and their continuing employment by the ARU/RA.
Similarly, the sporting journalists in Fairfax and News will toe the ARU/RA line, so that they can be kept in the ARU/RA information loop, get their complimentary tickets to the hospitality suites at Wallabies tests and establish their credentials in case there is a future opening as a salaried media employee of the ARU/RA.
Our response is simple. Just as there is no value to be had in reading the postings of the many trolls on The Roar and GAGR, there is no value to be gained in reading newspaper articles written by the ARU/RA sycophants of the Sydney and Melbourne press.