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<blockquote data-quote="snoopy snoopy dog dog" data-source="post: 877018" data-attributes="member: 13611"><p>The presentation sounds almost too good to be true. Big money backer bringing rugby to new markets. New way of presenting the game to bring it to a new generation. Investment in grassroots. Bringing top players back. World Rugby, Australian government and tentative ARU support. </p><p></p><p>A note of caution would be that Andrew Forrest said he wouldn't have proceeded without the Western Force involvement. Somebody with more knowledge of Australian rugby can correct me on this but it seems to me as though the Force weren't well supported playing in the top club competition in world rugby (a crowd of 7,000 people is the only attendance figure I could see from the 2017 season). Why would fans flock to see a mismatch between the Western Force (who'll clearly be the best team in the comp) and Mumbai Marauders when they didn't turn up to see a higher standard against Super Rugby opposition?</p><p></p><p>If it is successful, I'll be interested to see where they get players from. Returning Aussies from Europe can only account for so many players. Will it essentially see NRC players dispersed around Asia? Will this be the new destination of choice for South Sea Islanders? Will the NRL become a target for filling out squads?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snoopy snoopy dog dog, post: 877018, member: 13611"] The presentation sounds almost too good to be true. Big money backer bringing rugby to new markets. New way of presenting the game to bring it to a new generation. Investment in grassroots. Bringing top players back. World Rugby, Australian government and tentative ARU support. A note of caution would be that Andrew Forrest said he wouldn't have proceeded without the Western Force involvement. Somebody with more knowledge of Australian rugby can correct me on this but it seems to me as though the Force weren't well supported playing in the top club competition in world rugby (a crowd of 7,000 people is the only attendance figure I could see from the 2017 season). Why would fans flock to see a mismatch between the Western Force (who'll clearly be the best team in the comp) and Mumbai Marauders when they didn't turn up to see a higher standard against Super Rugby opposition? If it is successful, I'll be interested to see where they get players from. Returning Aussies from Europe can only account for so many players. Will it essentially see NRC players dispersed around Asia? Will this be the new destination of choice for South Sea Islanders? Will the NRL become a target for filling out squads? [/QUOTE]
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