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Andrew Forrest has been involved with the Western Force from the get go and was a key sponsor of the Force Foundation after the EARU removed the funding for 2-3 years. Forrest didn't get involved as he like the WF Board and RugbyWA actually believed that the Alliance Agreement was the way...

I get the feeling that things may change after Monday. 13 November....... The Senate Committee is due to issue their report in the afternoon.

He was already getting paid what he was worth at the Western Force - so it was already "happening here". Australia losing it's current 1st choice hooker is a blight on the EARU's decision to axe the Force.

@ Michael Unless you're part of the dysfunctional Rugby Australia (formerly ARU) my reference to EARU - Eastern Australia Rugby Union is no slight on you at all. Clearly by its actions in axing the Western Force the ARU has little interest in developing the game of Rugby Union in Western...

For completeness, it's worth also adding David Vaux's second short submission: 20 October 2017 The Chairman Community Affairs References Committee Senator Rachel Siewert Via email : community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au Dear Senator, Senate Community Affairs References Committee Third Public Hearing...

The submission by John Edwards is just as telling about how the Western Force were shafted by the EARU. The East Coast sycophantic sports media's attitude is one of "move on rugby fans - there's nothing to see here!". From: John Edwards Sent: Thursday, 19 October 2017 11:35 AM To: Community...

And the difference is that Clive never had any $$s of his own......

Forrest/Minderoo received a dividend from FMG last year of about $400 Million.

Andrew Forrest has always talked about $100M - $150M to get the competition up and going and has stated that he expects it to be self-funding within 3 years. Clearly it will not be just Mindaroo's $$s getting this going as he is getting strong indications of support from around the region.

A good opinion piece on TWF today from the head of RugbyWA: "Me thinks a bunch of candidates vying for Pulver's spot may be wondering if he's going to leave them with a massive problem. Considering their due diligence and risk analysis over the past 4 years has been nothing short of...

What the IPRC announcement from Japan actually said: https://www.rugbywa.asn.au/news/indo-pacific-rugby-championship-making-significant-progress-with-rugby-australia-and-world-rugby/

Clearly many people are missing the points presented by the IPRC to date. Andrew Forrest's motivation for moving on with the IPRC was the axing of the Western Force by the EARU. His desire is to re-establish and maintain a professional rugby team in Perth to ensure a Perth-based pathway for the...

Indo Pacific Rugby Championship – Tokyo Meeting 5 November, 2017 in News, Featured, IPRC, #IPRC by Khuram Haroon Representatives from the following World Rugby Full Member unions travelled at the invitation of IPRC to hear the ideas being put forward for the Region to be able to host this high...

So the IPRC was hoping for feedback from the EARU by Thursday. I understand that none was forthcoming. Sad to have an EARU Board that is so quick to make the WRONG decisions and so slow to make the RIGHT ones. Four Aussie franchises haven't got the room for Australia's best hooker - what a...

So the IPRC was hoping for feedback from the EARU by Thursday. I understand that none was forthcoming. Sad to have an EARU Board that is so quick to make the WRONG decisions and so slow to make the RIGHT ones. Four Aussie franchises haven't got the room for Australia's best hooker - what a...

Fantastic to see such good alignment between the VRU and the EARU - Oops apologies - Vic RUgby and RUgby AU. So moving forward is all about the $$s and the high performance aspects of RUgby. Melbourne Rebels - the wooden spooners of Super Rugby in 2017. Melbourne Rising the wooden spooners of...

More of a general comment Cyclo as you've always been supportive and prepared to watch as it unfolds. Too many others are in the "we'll all be rooned" camp and still doubting Forrest's motives.

Talking to Matt Hodgson, the players who have expressed an interest - and there's lots of them - are way above NRC level and not 'low level' players at all. This competition is for National teams from lowly ranked countries who will benefit from having International marque players working with...

In 2017 none of the Australian franchises were preparing our players for Test level. They all finished in the bottom half of the ladder. The Brumbies only made the finals because of the structure. Our test team used to do well prior to the switch to professionalism and had no competition rather...

Forrest answered that question for you today. In the initial setup there will be only ONE Australian team - the Western Force.