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QLD Premier Rugby 2025

Punter Pete

Bob McCowan (2)
Not sure if the Wests staff and player movements have actually been confirmed yet and how many it will end up being.

I’ve heard there were players who were being paid by the club and alleged they were in fact employees of Wests and didn’t receive some payments. It sounds messy.

It caused a huge bust up down at the club prior to their semi final game and may have been a reason for that poor performance.
What was the bust up before the semi? Any insight
 

PhilClinton

Mark Ella (57)
What was the bust up before the semi? Any insight

Just that it was over match payments. Some players who weren’t going to be available for the finals still expected their total agreed payment for the season. Wests management wasn’t going to pay it. That filtered through to the playing group and a few players who were eligible wanted to support their mates and threatened to walk off.

Still early days but it sounds like a few of the Fijian contingent may not be back next year by mutual decision.
 

Punter Pete

Bob McCowan (2)
Hahahah that is actually funny! All that information is absolutely totally false so I would be checking with your source…. From all reports all players happy and intending on playing again next year also no issues with match payments as they don’t exist at wests despite all these rumours.
 

PhilClinton

Mark Ella (57)
Hahahah that is actually funny! All that information is absolutely totally false so I would be checking with your source…. From all reports all players happy and intending on playing again next year also no issues with match payments as they don’t exist at wests despite all these rumours.

Unless the parents of some of these players are going around telling porky pies you might want to check about that “match payments don’t exist”.

If you’re getting hung up on a technicality then yes maybe they don’t exist as ‘match payments’ but players are 100% being paid by one of the sponsors.

The Wests contingent on here who have denied it for years are the jokers. I’m not sure why people get so precious about it. It’s happening at clubs everywhere - do you think Taqele was playing at Norths for a free sausage sizzle?
 

PhilClinton

Mark Ella (57)
I’ll add that I’m happy to be called out on bullshit - 90% of the posts on this anonymous internet forum are crap.

But the notion that Wests haven’t been making payments to players (at least since Elwee has been there) should have you thrown in internet jail.
 

Red Runner

Allen Oxlade (6)
Wests have been paying players but through a wealthy benefactor. There is unrest at the club but mostly in the lower grades given Elwee has no interest in the club beyond his ‘kingdom’ in premier grade.
 

Elwee's Loo

Stan Wickham (3)
From all reports the director of rugby position was made redundant due to the funding drying up rather than Phil Mooney being sacked. Elwee is one of the lowest paid premier coaches in the competition. I also dont believe any premier grade asst coaches have been sacked and not certain about the information around player payments so I am not certain where all this rubbish commentary is coming from however it is very interesting to hear all the rumours at this time of year it’s almost worthy of getting the popcorn out and watching it all unfold.
Morning PP - What's Elwee on compared to other QPR coaches? Funding drying up for the role of Director of Rugby? How can a club, especially a powerhouse club like Wests operate without a Director of Rugby? How could funding "dry up" for such a significant role. Didn't Wests just win the Doughtey Shield? Was the DOR's contribution toward that so insignificant that the funding dried up? Isn't his team into the GF? I don't understand any club rugby governance model that doesn't have a DOR. As for player payments, are you saying not one Wests player was on payments?
 

PhilClinton

Mark Ella (57)
I’m starting to think PP might be Public Relations Petey.

Wests so flush with cash that they’ve hired their own digital media relations officer!
 

hdnmstsnr

Allen Oxlade (6)
I'd make a comment about being humble but I understand this is a first for Bond so makes sense..
With all due respect, and without emotion or subjectivity, Wests and Easts walked in as favourites. They walked out as Bond highlight reels. A Mac Davis song definitely comes to mind. However, this comment may well be moot in 7 days. Then again, it may not...
 
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