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This one from Fox Sports yesterday https://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/s...60142216789563 They're saying that the stumbling block will be a broadcast deal. I wonder if they've bothered to sound out whether the Western Force are even interested in leaving GRR in the lurch?
I return to my statement of a couple of days ago, Yeah the Force should play them, use it as a feeder comp for the real team playing GRR.
Why not treat the Super Rugby Force in the same way every other Australian team does?.....and call them the Perth Spirit!
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I dont think these guys understand the concept of not leaving somebody in the lurch.
They averted their eyes and blocked their ears, when the Force got axed.
They did the same with the Sunwolves.
Now they are talking about doing it to 4 South African and 1 Argy team.
Then they think the Force will come running gratefully back to them in 2021 and leave the other 5 GRR teams in the lurch.
I dont believe Twiggy and the Sea of Blue will support that.
I don't think there is any reason the Force couldn't play both, and the relative standard would be irrelevant. Could even be quite interesting, in that it might give a lot of scope for squad management. But they would want to ensure it provided zero entry for RA into control of GRR, or that they might find themselves in any sort of repeat of the past.
Because done intelligently, how long before the ES teams started complaining about the unfair advantage and demanding a piece...?
I would think that won't occur as long as the Force are easily beaten in whatever Super Rugby becomes and they don't have problems contracting Force players to the other teams.
Both of which outcomes will be easily managed, The Super Rugby Force should be the feeder team, consisting of development players, castoffs from the other Super Rugby sides who show potential and club players on trial. By it's very nature that will be an unsettled team with some flashes of brilliance, but tough to argue that they will be at the pointy end of the ladder if handled that way.
By virtue of that, the players in the junior Force will be in lower demand that the contracted players in the big show, and therefore less likely to be wanted by the silvertails. If they are approached, they should be advised to screw as much money out of them as humanly possible before that avenue shuts down for good.
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That is fine if the money and standard in GRR were better than SR, but that is unrealistic anytime soon. Treating SR as a seconds would be fine if they are still competitive and win more than at least a few of the other teams, otherwise it will be a short-lived involvement. The Force would only ever be there under sufferance, so if they aren't going to actually try they are better sitting out.
Better option would be to use GRR to have a fully professional NRC team full of genuinely WA players, and a real SR team so they don't get poached away, and a long term plan to raise the quality of GRR so that the roles reverse.
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But I'll go out on a limb and make a prediction; the price of being involved in some future SR will be that GRR has to come under RA control...
Last edited by AndyS; 25-05-20 at 15:30.
well, considering Hodgo has only been recruiting the last 3 years I would say yes. It is new.
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Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
Yep.
I was. That's why the
But still you Are a a Rugby supporter in the ES and you did agree with Rugby Reg - sort of. So I couldn't pass up the banter opportunity. I thought you'd see it.
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