QLD Premier Rugby 2026

PhilClinton

PhilClinton

Mark Ella (57)
Has anyone on here from Wests actually got any idea about what is going on?

I've heard rumours about sponsors pulling their funding and Elwee being paranoid about people coming after him but none of that from any source I'd call 'involved' with Wests.

I do know one of the sponsors quite well, but he is just a local business and has said he has no issues with the club, gets good exposure but specifically doesn't really care about the rugby behind the scenes.
 
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CoachN

Peter Burge (5)
PhilClinton said:
Has anyone on here from Wests actually got any idea about what is going on?

I've heard rumours about sponsors pulling their funding and Elwee being paranoid about people coming after him but none of that from any source I'd call 'involved' with Wests.

I do know one of the sponsors quite well, but he is just a local business and has said he has no issues with the club, gets good exposure but specifically doesn't really care about the rugby behind the scenes.
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I spoke to one of the sponsors on Friday at the cricket. He has pulled his sponsorship next year and so have a few of his mates after the way Phil was treated. Seems like it is a sore point regarding how that all went down. He said it had become quite political around the club with people on "Elwee's side" or not, so he wanted out said he probably won't even go down to home games next year or until it all settles down.
 
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Punter Pete

Stan Wickham (3)
PhilClinton said:
Has anyone on here from Wests actually got any idea about what is going on?

I've heard rumours about sponsors pulling their funding and Elwee being paranoid about people coming after him but none of that from any source I'd call 'involved' with Wests.

I do know one of the sponsors quite well, but he is just a local business and has said he has no issues with the club, gets good exposure but specifically doesn't really care about the rugby behind the scenes.
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Punter Pete

Stan Wickham (3)
Just a group of uniformed members spreading rumours rather than facts. Nothing to see here wests is back on track, sponsorship as healthy as ever and new committee voted in last night with a big showing from current players who seemed to be more engaged with what’s going on. One in particular even getting voted onto the new committee backed by the players. There is a new rugby strategy which seems to have the buy in of the playing group with a commitment to high performance but a good balance for development pathways and recreational options. They have 90-100 odd players currently participating in a whole club preseason block which has got lots of positive comments across the club, young, old, males and females. I think it’s been a case of he said she said round the traps but I suspect now the AGM is out of the way it is business as usual at sylvan Rd. Albeit a few disgruntled old dogs still ruffling away in the background. I think there is more concern at souths with a number of souths grades players popping up at sylvan Rd for that preseason block.
 
Oracle83

Oracle83

Trevor Allan (34)
Punter Pete said:
Just a group of uniformed members spreading rumours rather than facts. Nothing to see here wests is back on track, sponsorship as healthy as ever and new committee voted in last night with a big showing from current players who seemed to be more engaged with what’s going on. One in particular even getting voted onto the new committee backed by the players. There is a new rugby strategy which seems to have the buy in of the playing group with a commitment to high performance but a good balance for development pathways and recreational options. They have 90-100 odd players currently participating in a whole club preseason block which has got lots of positive comments across the club, young, old, males and females. I think it’s been a case of he said she said round the traps but I suspect now the AGM is out of the way it is business as usual at sylvan Rd. Albeit a few disgruntled old dogs still ruffling away in the background. I think there is more concern at souths with a number of souths grades players popping up at sylvan Rd for that preseason block.
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Nah, wouldn’t happen on the GnG rugby forum.
 
Bulldog

Bulldog

Colin Windon (37)
Sorry but unfortunately I think Wests might fall back into the pack next year because I would be very surprised if the rugby side of things holds together whilst the front office has had much turmoil.
Stick to your roots in times of need because I can bet your bottom dollar that the so called experts running the club at present won’t be in and around the club in 10 years time.
Self interest has a habit of pushing a club backwards rather than forwards.
 
Bulldog

Bulldog

Colin Windon (37)
George Pippos, Paul Mooney and Stan Pilecki would not be thrilled with the club is going through.
I understand that Roger Gould and Scott Harrison did not hold back at the AGM.
Both great Bulldogs that know a thing or two about good corporate governance.
 
Bulldog

Bulldog

Colin Windon (37)
You don’t dispose of the foundations of the club (I.e. Mooney, Harrison) and replace them with flaky fly by nighters who will disassociate from the club once their true colours are exposed and they themselves are moved on. A club’s history is its DNA - what makes it great - sure it changes subtly through different eras but at its core it stays true to its DNA.
If you can’t see that Wests has issues at present then you clearly must not have a very high level of expectation of your club’s board.
Winning isn’t everything, you don’t always win a premiership and what sustains you when you don’t is the culture of the club, and I believe that the treatment of these stalwart names will have more downside than upside.
 
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Punter Pete

Stan Wickham (3)
Bulldog said:
You don’t dispose of the foundations of the club (I.e. Mooney, Harrison) and replace them with flaky fly by nighters who will disassociate from the club once their true colours are exposed and they themselves are moved on. A club’s history is its DNA - what makes it great - sure it changes subtly through different eras but at its core it stays true to its DNA.
If you can’t see that Wests has issues at present then you clearly must not have a very high level of expectation of your club’s board.
Winning isn’t everything, you don’t always win a premiership and what sustains you when you don’t is the culture of the club, and I believe that the treatment of these stalwart names will have more downside than upside.
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What’s happened to Scott Harrison, he is still involved next year so your experts must have been giving you wrong information. He just won’t be there 3 days per week coz the travel from Boonah for each session got too much. He is still very much involved with 1st grade. For sure there is issues at board level which I believe will be resolved now a new committee is in place but nothing wrong with the rugby program and all other aspects of the club are improving as shown in the financials. What is this disastrous situation that you are referring too. I agree the Phil situation was not handled correctly and the entire process was a nightmare . He is a well respected member of the club and he and his family will always be well respected at the club. However you cannot hang your hat on one specific incident with a staff member and say because of that the club is in shambles. There were a lot of other people that contributed to the success of the rugby program this year and it’s quite insulting to those to insinuate the club’s success was all done to one.
 
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