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So VRU are 'scrambling', won't pay out any financial support, which is what the Rebels feed off/are surviving on, and why is the 'wealthy syndicate' only coming out now? Why would any sane businessman buy this kind of investment? Honestly, I'm amazed that at least Sinders and the Rugby WA actually got out and thought through a financial plan, the fans/community have been fighting since day 1, yet the Rebels have stood back on their heels & just cruised along (whinging) and made no truly proactive action but sat back waiting for the knight in shiny armour to come to the rescue. I did feel some compassion for them as no team should get cut, but for Christs sake wouldn't you make a bit more of an effort?! When the going gets tough........ you have Hodgo!!
And could Stirzacker at least look a little bit upset at losing again?! Instead of .... aw, yeah it's happened a bit this season. (Seriously.....?)
yes it does look like a desperate scramble by the VicRU
However the issue of ARU approval is significant - would seem like absolute madness for them to approve it................. but, hey it is the ARU, so they probably will. If they do it becomes even more obvious that it is the Force they want to remove. Bloody lunacy.
Wests Scarborough 1st Grade juggernaut has played finals rugby each and every year since its inception and continues this remarkable feat yet again this season and unbelievably it's still rolling on and as an added little circle jerk for the masses Wests actually hold the record for the current longest unbroken finals record.
The question that becomes really important for me now relates to the criteria the ARU will use to make its decision. Every man and his dog supporting the Rebels has been relying on being privately owned. If that protection is now gone the ARU will come under more scrutiny to be transparent. I don't believe they will; they can't if they want to vote to support a club with lower attendances, poorer financials and less juniors than the team they want to axe. Interesting times ahead.
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
I think he is already mentally checked out. The is something culturally wrong with the Rebels, I mean, they are 6 years in an I think their only foundation player is Laurie Weeks I think?
We have Hodgo & Pek yet have been going 5 years longer.
Rebels truely are a Melbourne team, they talk the talk but when push comes to shove there is very little substance there.
Matt Hodgson paying $23 for first try scorer and $5 to score a try at any stage during the 80 minutes.
If this is the last game, I worked out how many kilometres I have traveled to watch the force play over the past 12 years. It's a small number of 213,000kms.
It has gone some way towards lifetime qantas club membership and liver damage.
That doesn't include the 4,400km round trip to be at NIB tonight.
hey does any one know if there's another curtain raiser this week?
I can't see one mentioned on https://www.westernforce.com.au/...
cheers auss...
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Where are you selling the stickers? Can't find you
I'm sure people have asked this already, but does anyone know of a website where I can stream the match today.
I'm stuck in a lovely, quaint English village who's inhabitants don't seem to have heard of cable tv......