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Good for him, hope he’s not the last.

Love to everybody who made it to the game, to Bells or who went on this journey no matter how long or little. Go Rebels.

I suppose, but there are extra layers here - you can pay Folau to go away but if I'm one of the other four teams, and I see a precedent that the Rebels claim that they were shortchanged is anything other than nonsense, first thing I'm doing is putting my hand out for my share. RA would surely...

I don't think they'll pull out of bidding because of the Rebels, but it's definitely provided them a convenient excuse to do something they may have already been considering given the state government's current debt issues. The biggest risk to RA/WR (World Rugby) is the lack of competitive bidding for key...

That's awesome, god the wins meant a lot then (and now)

The Rebels will have featured over 200 players by the time the curtains fall - I have an affinity for all of those players regardless of where they've gone since or where they'll play going forward. In a few weeks none will be Rebels players, and there will be no Rebels players to replace them...

Nobody.

The news has seemed inevitable all season yet still hit me like a tonne of bricks. Thoughts are with all the staff, players, alumni and fans who have seen all of their efforts come to this.

2011 but the first version was in the ARC in 2007. Yes I was - I grew up with the game and was a fan of the Brumbies as a kid, but the Rebels are my team and my main connection to the game since I stopped playing. That won’t be replaced by RA just throwing us a national team game every year.

I think your second point answers your first point. AFL doesn’t throw money at GWS and GC in the hope that they’d work - they’ve invested in those areas because they know if they do, it will work. It’s no coincidence that the team pulling the biggest crowds at AAMI at the moment is the Melbourne...

If he was then I apologise to you for my reaction Sully. My point is the same though - a lot of people in this thread are hurting, and equally the idea that we’re blaming the wrong person or group is really neither here nor there.

And just like that, I’m reminded why I left. If you’ve got a bunch of people processing the likely loss of a team that they love and that many have actively and directly worked in support of over many years, maybe let them instead of calling them stupid?

Amazing though it may seem, I can be two things.

I wish I could say the same but I doubt it. I have a ticket to the Lions game next year but that'd probably be it. Definitely don't see myself spending massive amounts of money on World Cup tickets. In the early days I, like many others, gave heaps to try and make this work, but as time's gone...

I would first need to believe that Rugby Australia were capable of thinking of such a plan, let alone wanting that, let alone executing it. I suspect the answer is still no, I wouldn't jump straight back in. The history of professional rugby in Melbourne suggests that there is not a real desire...

Been a while since I graced this forum - so long evidently that trying to reset my password for my prior account doesn't work. I suspect that tonight will be our last ever home game so I just wanted to send my thanks to all of my fellow travellers down this road for the last 14 years. We've been...