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Smash the Pulverarchy.

On this, Lou was actually correct. The MRS was announced as part of the 2004 bid for Super 14, before either of the A-League clubs existed. After Victory sold out Olympic Park regularly in the first year of the A-League, they decided to continue with the plan despite the loss.

It does make it interesting - if only to suggest that, if there's board buy-in, Imperium is not just Andrew Cox. There are people on that board who I know would never sell.

Really?

I can assure you I'm treating this with the seriousness it deserves. Melbourne or Perth is going to have the floor ripped out from under them and if it's Melbourne, it'll be the third time this has happened. This is personal for me. As someone from a state who will never find themselves in...

Yep. The administration of rugby in Australia is beyond repair, and I'd consider it an honour if Melbourne helped bring it down so it could start again. Just because this shambles doesn't affect you now, doesn't mean it won't later.

Here's something if you mix up the letters in AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY BRUMBIES it says REBELS ARIA CAN UPTILT TRAUMA STORY with only like two letters left over.

Aww cmon Tim, now Slim's gonna register it.

I mean, two years of plan A not working and seemingly having no other possible options would drive a man to drink.

did anyone hear that melbourne brumbies has been trademarked

John Eren, though I did laugh. A lot. And @tex, whatever happens, excellent areas.

Yeah, it's strange. I admire the Rock's intentions, good Melbourne boy that he is, but it seems more a reaction to the vacuum of information than anything concrete.

I know right? No, it appears to be an unsolicited offer. The ARU would have sign-off on any change of ownership, I believe - I assume the plan would be to get Cox to hold off selling to the ARU and then sell when the dust settles. In any case, it's more than a little bizarre.

Incorrect. It is, at least, equally as silly :P

You know where Perth is relative to Melbourne right LEAST WORST IDEAS (ranked) 1. Merger 1.1 Rebels + Brumbies 1.2 Rebels + Waratahs 1.3 Rebels + Reds 2. All the nonsense happening now

In fairness to Slim, the game was likely rooted in politics and narrow mindedness well before he was born.

Don't get me wrong, I believe it's a bad idea. It is, however, by every discernable metric, the least worst idea. All these teams are dying in 2020 anyway so why not go out with a bang.

The original post referred to Rebels supporters so yes, that's exactly what I was doing.

I think most of us know this is the least worst option, a Rebels/Brumbies merger based out of Melbourne (due to Imperium's contracts). Unfortunately due to the ARU's bungling, it now can't happen. They've pumped up the Brumbies too much to ensure any backtracking would be met with even more...

I love rugby but I won't support a code that doesn't support me or my community, let alone treat it with the reckless abandon and disgraceful incompetence that the ARU has. This decision burns bridges and it's about time everyone comes to terms with that.