Many bloggers have raised the issue of why didn't Twiggy Forrest step in to help earlier.
Yesterday’s feedback from, Hans Sauer, the President of RugbyWA throws some light on the reasons why:
“In March 2016 we notified the ARU we were going to need help at the end of the season.
Considering they had previously bailed out the Rebels, QRU and NSWRU we thought we’d ask first.
One plan was that if they rejected us, we would need to fast track a few other options.
BUT HEY – they (the ARU) came to us and said ”we can help, in fact our intention is to follow the NZ model and centralise high performance and own all of the licences – we can then leverage a whole package to sponsors, we can move players like they do in N.Z. and if we start with you guys and prove the model, we can then sell it to the other franchises”.
This ladies and gentlemen is why we then began talking about an Alliance.
So, Clyne is right – we did let them know 18 months ago we were heading into financial problems, but he is milking this and misrepresenting it to suit his agenda.
They could have said – NO.
They (the ARU) came with the centralised model and we believed them.
Snake Oil salesmen!!!!
Let me also say that Bill Pulver acknowledged their commercial team had done zilch to help us on Sponsorship.
We have acknowledged that their High performance team have been great.”
The Senate Inquiry has the chance of finding out IF the ARU had other motives behind this centralised model/Alliance arrangement.
Yesterday’s feedback from, Hans Sauer, the President of RugbyWA throws some light on the reasons why:
“In March 2016 we notified the ARU we were going to need help at the end of the season.
Considering they had previously bailed out the Rebels, QRU and NSWRU we thought we’d ask first.
One plan was that if they rejected us, we would need to fast track a few other options.
BUT HEY – they (the ARU) came to us and said ”we can help, in fact our intention is to follow the NZ model and centralise high performance and own all of the licences – we can then leverage a whole package to sponsors, we can move players like they do in N.Z. and if we start with you guys and prove the model, we can then sell it to the other franchises”.
This ladies and gentlemen is why we then began talking about an Alliance.
So, Clyne is right – we did let them know 18 months ago we were heading into financial problems, but he is milking this and misrepresenting it to suit his agenda.
They could have said – NO.
They (the ARU) came with the centralised model and we believed them.
Snake Oil salesmen!!!!
Let me also say that Bill Pulver acknowledged their commercial team had done zilch to help us on Sponsorship.
We have acknowledged that their High performance team have been great.”
The Senate Inquiry has the chance of finding out IF the ARU had other motives behind this centralised model/Alliance arrangement.
