The Official Shield Thread.

[Scoey]

My dad phoned this morning. He has a burl but he's not sure how good it will be for what we want.
Firstly, it's not as big as we'd hoped. My great uncle uses them to make coffee tables and the like so he only really has huge ones. The only smallish one he had is about ~400mm dia and roughly circular. The next size up was way to big.
He said there are more little holes etc in it than he was hoping but said it would still come up nice. He was hoping to get a tighter one.
I'm trying to get dad to take a photo of it to send to me but he said it was pretty awkward to get into the van and would probably need a hand to get it back out to take a pic. He will try but.
Lastly and probably the biggest hurdle is that him and mum are going to head out to Birdsville for a look around before heading back so won't be back for a couple of weeks.

So it's ours if we want it but no dramas if we go with something else. Dad said he will make something out of it if we don't want it.

 

[RugbyFuture]

RF only believes in perfectly round trees. That's what his Nintendo shows him.

Never had a nintendo, only playstations and xbox's, sheesh.

 

[Pfitzy]

Yeah, #firstworldproblems right? You poor flower...

 

[kiap]

If you slice up one of the big burls, can you get a few different useful diameters? e.g.

 

[Scoey]

Yeah you could Kiap but dad was just stopping in so sort of had to just get whatever my great uncle could spare.
If my Dad ends up sending us a photo of it we'll have a better idea.

 

[RugbyFuture]

So I'm having the oval spirit of rugby sheild proposal being cad'd up right now. it'll be a shit ton easier than the natural edge stuff as far as I'm aware and will be less prone to breaking.

Should have it done soonish.

 

[RugbyFuture]

Obviously the brass bit doesnt have any detail in it, but here's a 3d pdf for people to see.

 

[Sully]

That looks great mate. Things look like they are coming together.

 

[kiap]

Yep. That's looking good.

 

[RugbyFuture]

Have put out the feelers and will be getting quotes back this week.

What would be nice since we have the writing on the front is what people want written there?

In the mock up just to fill in the space I had:

"This shield will be competed for in perpetuity to demonstrate the spirit of rugby. The rugby community goes beyond the team you play for but the spirit is shown through friendly competition"

"Donated to the Australian Rugby Union by the rugby community, so that National Rugby Championship Teams could have a perpetual trophy to compete for in a challenge style competition."

Feel free to have a go at what should be put there on each side. and remember that it will be cast in bronze forever.

 

[Dave Beat]

Been following this thread - with no contribution - love the idea and work guys. This is what Australian Rugby is all about - well done.

 

[Pfitzy]

"This shield will be competed for in perpetuity

I like your youthful optimism.

But remember: this is the ARU

 

[RugbyFuture]

Just to let you guys know that the timber I'm pursuing on advise from the trophy makers (so not guaranteed, just what would be nice) is Australian blackwood. Its a part of the wattle family and when quarter cut seems to have a very nice figure to it.

 

[Scoey]

With regard to the words, would anyone have a link to Rupert McCall or someone similar? I'm a massive fan of Rupert's and I'm sure given a brief, he could pen something eloquent that sums up what we are trying to achieve.

His way with words and his love of Rugby is exactly what we want.

I should also add that there's nothing wrong with what you have written RF!

 

[RugbyFuture]

He's around on twitter, see if we can find him.

 

[Scoey]

He is.

@rupertmccall

Is there an ettiquitte to contacting celebs for this type of thing? I can do it if there's no one more experienced in such matters.

I was sort of thinking that someone on here may be related or mates with him etc but I'm not fussy with how we would do it.

 

[RugbyFuture]

I'm just doing it through his website as we speak.

 

[RugbyFuture]

No luck yet finding rupert mccall, but saw this and got inspired.


On one side:
"This Shield was donated in 2015 to the Australian Rugby Union to demonstrate the spirit of rugby, celebrate the National Rugby
Championship and inspire teams to always battle on."

and on the other

"May we all be the greatest of enemies on the field but the strongest of brothers off it.

For the spirit of Rugby."

Anyone else have any suggestions?

 

[Sully]

No luck yet finding rupert mccall, but saw this and got inspired.


On one side:
"This Shield was donated in 2015 to the Australian Rugby Union to demonstrate the spirit of rugby, celebrate the National Rugby
Championship and inspire teams to always battle on."

and on the other

"May we all be the greatest of enemies on the field but the strongest of brothers off it.

For the spirit of Rugby."

Anyone else have any suggestions?

That would do me. Job done.

 

[Scoey]

I know the other design is fairly advanced now but this is our burl if we still want it.
Doesn't matter either way but it's back in Brisbane if we want it?