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This was my idea, I still maintain it was the greatest. If any notable Austrian drink manufacturers want to invest in a team, let me know.

Very concerning. Anyone who thinks that SARU will take care of another dormant franchise like they did the Kings is kidding themselves. They may just persist until a team like the Lions dies.

A bit more info is on the front page http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/breaking-kings-reign-lions-eastern-cape-joins-super-rugby/

Breaking news from a SARU General Council meeting: The Southern Kings have been admitted to Super Rugby for 2013, with the Lions relegated for one year. A promotion/relegation system will then be enforced after the 2013 season. Bizarre? Yes. Unnecessary? Also, yes. The easiest way for SARU to...

The senior A team remained the Axemen, but a lot of the junior teams took the Rebels moniker, I believe. If you check out photos of the Melbourne bid launch at a still-being-built AAMI Park, you'll see John Brumby with a few kids from the (colts I think) state team. Their jersey had the old...

Around 9000, I think. Goal will be to break 10k. Another factor in the name would be that it is the norm, at least in Victoria, for teams to be named for the city/suburb rather than the state. This tradition stems largely from VFL/AFL, but is now present in almost every other professional...

Part of it is carrying over the brand from the ARC, which had been used by the VRU since that competition's closure as a moniker for a lot of state teams. The way I see it, it's the same reason why the Western Force are not the Western Australian Force. It simply doesn't sound as good...

Doesn't sound as nice.

Everything is shit but Guinness. Argument settled. Let's talk Rebels. Predictions for 2013?

Turf Bar still the place to go. Guinness on tap and a shrine to Gareth Delve in the works.

It's pretty much a corporate box event/dinner for each game. They've been sold out for two years.

It's pure maths, man. We had ~10k members in 2012. If each member buys 5 memberships, then that's ~50k members. ...DO IT FOR THE CLUB! :D That said, I did buy four (but only one ticketed).

Memberships out now. Buy four or five. MEMBERSHIP 2011 PRICE 2012 PRICE CHANGE Weary $1920 $1920 None Platinum $530 $476 -$54 Gold $395 $371 -$24 Silver $295 $280 -$15 Blue/Army $180...

It's not that bad.

Not the whole set-up, just the board.

Well there you go, post recanted.

Are they all through the WA Academy(ies) though, or just like Lloyd for the Rebels?

Well if we look at league, it's taken 15 years for the Storm to sign one Victorian. With both the Rebels and Force being able to lean on existing competitions, it should be shorter, but there's still the point of building the leagues up to an acceptable standard, and filtering a style of play...

Interesting post by the Force. If they were being so deliberate and considered, then news of Cheika's and Foley's rejection should not have leaked. Simple. The Western Force are in trouble, and in truth, if David Pocock leaving is the catalyst for wide-ranging change within RugbyWA and EWF...

http://www.westernforce.com.au/NewsEvents/NewsArticles/tabid/905/ArticleID/7260/Default.aspx