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Do others think that the sponsor payment issue so hotly reported by The Herald and fervently copied on by Rugby Heaven is ludicrous. As far as I can see the issue is based around protocol rather than dodgy dealings, and dodgy dealings is very much the way it is implied. In addition, the "latest issue" being abused by our media friends is Firepower sponsoring Russian Rugby players and coaches to join the WA academy. This is not new news and again the implied dodgy dealings and association with The Force is at the forefront of this front page report.
It appears we have a publisher with a greievance who is willing to destroy The Force's credibility, and potentially the ARU's plan to build up Australian rugby, in its attempt to justify its war on Firepower.
All I know is that firstly this vendetta is not going to help our recruitment policy, secondly damages our credibility with the WA government impacting on our bid to get a stadium and, alst but not least, has a direct and damaging effect on future sponsorship deals.
Whatever agenda is being followed here needs to be sorted out and the only people that can do that is the ARU. I hope our new man in the seat quickly responds to this issue and sorts it out as the curent ARU management are once again making a mess of things for Australian Rugby.
Extremely Unhappy