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Emotionally drained, head is spinning...what a morning.
I was inside a room filled with Champion human beings. The media were fantastic, respectful, polite and kept their distance. Very few dry eyes, the staff and team rock solid in Blue, us guys just marvelling at Hodgo, Blood and the team and realising that we were inside a microcosm of the fans, players and community, supporting the Force across Perth and WA.
18 months ago we asked our parent body if they could help us, just like they had helped others in our super rugby family. We believed we were dealing with honest, committed rugby stalwarts in a position of power. I could not count the number of time we thanked them for their generosity and promised we would do whatever it took to repay them as quickly as we could.
And then disbelief, in April we asked ourselves, "is this the same mob who 12 months ago promised us longevity and publicly stated we were here for the long term?" We then thought " look, lets start the legal process to bring them to the table so we can talk and iron this issue out" Well, the rest is history we got well and truly stitched up.
Well Mr. Cameron Clyne - I can honestly say inside 3 years you and your current operational model is dead. We shall take rugby into a competition structure where we transparently, collaboratively and honestly will work with rugby stalwarts who still believe in the pillars of our code. You may continue your nefarious dealings with your mates and laugh and joke about how you did us over, enjoy that time, because it will be very short lived.