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Yep. But I think it is going to happen anyway in 2020, so let's get it over with now and start to move on.

Bloody hell. Almost 2 months away? If they do it in a week, then maybe they can work out what they are going to do before the end of the season.

Actually, I am quite interested and can't be bothered looking at who has played for the Force over time.

What's the Force one then?

Yep. New plan. Stuff putting 2 South African teams into the Pro 12 the obvious solution is to merge Super Rugby and Pro12. We can have seven conferences - South Africa, Mainland Europe (add a couple of Georgian teams, a Romanian team and another Italian team), a Scottish / Irish conference...

Hehehehe ... quote from the article “He’s a clever scrum-half, with an excellent kicking game and he will push our other half-backs for a starting berth.” I for one will not miss his "excellent" box kicks.

Ah true. I did think of him but I preferred Higgers for No 8 and then completely forgot about him :oops:. To be fair, Ospreys seemed to forget that they signed him. Probably push Higgers to 6, Jones to 5 and Neville to the bench. The forward bench is a little weak to be honest...

Ah, only player of the year for Leicester. Sigh. At least we gave him 2 starts in his 2 years. And Jason Woodward now with England in their training camp. For a team of only 7 years, we would have a bloody good Alumni team 1. Alo-Emile 2. Ged Robinson 3. Nic Henderson 4.Hugh Pyle 5...

Always massively over hyped. Never really delivered at SuperRugby level. Thought Hegarty was very poorly treated. Played pretty well for the Rebels in 2014 as a 22 year old and then dumped. Definitely prefer him to our current options at 10.

I don't care who we get as long as our line out isn't shit. New strategy. Give the ball to Hodge. Kick it deep into their half. Compete on the line out with a decent set of locks. Repeat. Just a pity we might loose Zebra as that would be 2 decent kickers.

100% agree Daz. The ARU are trying to do half way between the two models which is clearly not working to either develop Wallabies or win Super Rugby games. If we are going to do the latter, then they seriously need to address the salary cap/top up issue. If the former, then we can save a lot of...

A serious question for Bill. The ARU plans to cut either the Force or the Rebels. How is the ARU intending to continue to develop rugby in the region that loses a team?

Just teasing you a bit but I am Glad to hear it. I would have as well as i want 5 teams but if we do end up with 4 teams, I don't want to help out the Western Force over the Rebels (sorry)

It is kinda funny. In 2014, the second highest placed SA team was 9th and in 2015, the second highest placed SA team was 8th. Based on that improvement, they were moved to 6 teams ... Meanwhile, the Waratahs and Brumbies both qualified in both years for the semi finals.

Victorian and WA Rugby Fans - Please let us keep a team. We know the team doesn't do well and we don't have any star players but we will go anyway/contribute to the team ownership/buy lots of food at TGIFs. NSW Rugby Fans - Our team sucks. We only get 50% of the total top ups for the country...

I am fully in favor of some kind of club winners cup or something like that but I can't see how clubs (as they currently stand) could be the highest level of domestic rugby in Australia. If we take Qld, NSW, WA and Vic in total, there are 40 clubs which is way too many to spread our talent across.

I don't understand how it can work in arbitration. The ARU want to cut the Force (probably) and RugbyWA don't want the Force to be cut. I can't think of anything that the ARU can provide RugbyWA that would make up for the Force being cut (maybe a massive increase in the number/quality of...

Maybe Geoff Parling? Coming to an unnamed Super Rugby team next year

Come on Stu, you aren't looking at it from his perspective. He doesn't realise that anyone in WA or Victoria care about rugby. It makes much more sense if you put the ARU blinkers on.

Didn't love Stirzaker's non attempt at a tackle leading to one of the tries. McMahon was surprisingly anonymous through the game which was a bit odd. Mafi was immense as usual. By far and away the best player for the Rebels for the season. Koroibete has dramatically improved with regards...