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I'm sure that Andrew Forrest won't mind if people from the East Coats "have doubts" because this new competition isn't for them. As he has already said - if the Western Force hadn't been axed he wouldn't be progressing the IPRC. The competition is to maintain a professional Rugby Union team in...

My tip is to go ahead in the same time slot as Super Rugby. The IRB have been moving towards a International Test Rugby window July- November. And trying to keep this window free of domestic competitions. Well done Andrew Forrest - gaining momentum and looks like the IRB is right behind you. Not...

Ruck Involvements by the ABs. Cane: 32 Total - 21 Attack/11 Defence - 81 mins (27 Tackles/4 Missed) Whitelock: 25T - 23A/2D - 81 mins (15 Tackles/1 Missed) S. Barrett: 21T - 16A/5D - 61 mins Read: 21T - 10A/11D - 81 mins (11 tackles/3 Missed) Squire: 17T - 15A/2D - 75 mins (15 Tackles/2 Missed)...

Great to see a win over the ABs with a solid 81 minute effort. Was good to see Barnes calling at least SOME of the ABs illegal activities around Rucks. How good to see the Off Sides getting called occasionally. A small reality check is looking at the number of 1st selection ABs missing from the...

Ruck Involvements by the Wallabies Hooper: 34 Total - 28 Attack/6 Defence - 81 mins (6 Tackles/0 Missed) McMahon: 34T - 28A/6D - 81 mins (11 Tackles/2 Missed) Coleman: 32T - 28A/4D - 81 mins (6 Tackles/0 Missed) Dempsey: 23T - 21A/2D - 73 mins TPN: 20T - 19A/1D - 61 mins Sio: 20T - 17A/3D - 65...

The one-sided commentary on FoxSports is tiresome to the extreme. Staniforth with his elbows on the ground while he “steals” the ball becomes a comment of: “Staniforth must have JUST been not supporting his weight”.

I don't understand the Rod Kafer appointment as the man in charge of the elite coach development program. This just seems to be just another job for the boys within the ARU without looking for the best person for the job. Kafer has never successfully coached at the elite level and was moved on...

For those who may be interested in Ruck Involvements against the Pumas: Hooper – 81 mins - 31 Total (24 Attack/7 Defence) Sio – 81 mins - 30T (29A/1D) Dempsey – 81 mins - 25T (22A/3D) Coleman – 81 mins - 23T (23A/0D) Rodda – 54 mins – 22T (21A/1D) McMahon – 65 mins – 21T (20A/1D) TPN – 65 mins...

Talk is that the Reds won't release Quade to play for the BaaBaas.

G'day Sully Forum broken at the moment so can't post the normal ruck stats. Ruck Involvements were down due to the strategies in place. We had only 40% Possession & Territory and stood off 63% of D Rucks. Aussie Rucks as follows: McMahon - 19 Total (14 Attack/5 Defence) (81 mins); Hooper -...

The same thing is happening at The Roar. Both sites appear to be showing their true colours. Always supporting the EARU party line.

Welcome to Western Force World from 2017. Reds at Home in Round 2 and then the next home game was the Kings in Round 7 followed by a Bye in Round 8. And people wonder why the WF struggled to hold crowd numbers. However, I think it was still better than 2016 when the WF, over the season start had...

A very encouraging article by Wayne Smith from last Friday's Australian. It covers the bigger RUPA perspective and provides some background to Twiggy's motivation.

Unfortunately Holloway didn't play. Spirit's run-on team had 9 players who hadn't played Super Rugby prior to 2017 + 1 Pindan Premier Grade player (Clay Uyen). The bench had 7 Pindan Premier Grade players. Clay Uyen clearly outpointed Wallaby Naiyaravoro - despite Taqele's 40kg weight advantage...

Exactly what will happen and it may pave the future direction beyond 2020. Perth just wants to keep a professional team so that there is a genuine and real chance of keeping developing players in Perth. Few rugby supporters in the West (including Twiggy) want to see our top team at NRC...

You get the feeling BLR that even after 12 years the East Coast doesn't realize that from Perth it's still 4 hrs to Melb or Sydney, 5 hrs to Brisbane or Canberra, 6-8 hrs to Auckland, 9 hrs to Wellington or Christchurch, 10 hrs to Dunedin, 11 hrs to Johannesburg. It's only 5.5 hrs to Singapore...

This is so far off the mark that you can "bet London to a brick" that it's nothing like what Twiggy has planned. The NRC is the ARU's baby. The ARU has to put some effort into it to make it work.

I suggest you look up the meaning of the word "philanthropist". This is the bloke who recently personally donated $400 Million to a wide range of charities. The ARU has made much of this but the CEO/CFO visited Perth on 10 April with the advice that axing the Force was a done deal. So much for...

If there hadn't been a test in Perth I doubt if there would have been much dialogue. Remember Clyne forced Forrest to fly to Adelaide for their last meeting and then rejected his $50 million offered (for whatever reasons). It seems that Forrest is moving on with the idea gaining momentum with...

I understand that there is little likelihood of the Indo-Pacific comp being an NRC hybrid as this doesn't enable Perth to maintain a professional rugby team. This is Forrest's main goal. Expect more announcements from Forrest this week re a 6 Team International competition with Perth-based...