{"id":4826,"date":"2019-09-29T10:35:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T10:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/?p=4826"},"modified":"2019-09-29T10:35:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T10:35:41","slug":"relocation-not-the-answer-for-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=4826","title":{"rendered":"Relocation not the answer for Force"},"content":{"rendered":"

Relocation is not the answer to the Western Force’s problems but former Force player Ryan Cross says keeping five Super Rugby franchises isn’t much better.<\/p>\n

Cross’s comments came in a week when outgoing Waratahs CEO Greg Harris suggested the Force should relocate cross-country and take up residence in Western Sydney.<\/p>\n

The ex-Force and Waratahs representative, who also played NRL for the Sydney Roosters, said that reducing the number of Australian franchises could be a better alternative.<\/p>\n

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“I suppose from an outsider now it’s hard to say but the less teams the better because then those teams would be stronger,” he said.<\/p>\n

Cross said there was certainly a niche market for Rugby in WA, but competing against AFL powerhouses West Coast and Fremantle, who both made it deep into finals in 2015, was always going to be tough.<\/p>\n

In his four seasons in Perth, Cross said the WA franchise had found it increasingly difficult to grab hold in the state.<\/p>\n

“When I first went over in the second year of the Force there was a bit of excitement about the possibilities over there, then there were a few dramas with sponsors and that sort of thing,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I think we’ve taken our eye off the ball and really concentrated on the East Coast and it’s a really tough market to do, especially without the governing body.”Whether Rugby fans would support a second Sydney franchise is an altogether different debate and one about which Cross was not overly optimistic.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I think Tahs supporters are a bit like most Sydney supporters, they’re a bit fair weather they turn up they turn their back on the team,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s been a pretty tough Rugby market and it’s struggling as it is, so trying to put another team in Sydney would be tough.”<\/p>\n

Former Wallaby Jeremy Paul has embarked on a head coaching stint with Penrith in the Shute Shield, seeing first hand the battle for hearts and minds in the Western Sydney area.<\/p>\n

Paul said rather than looking to shift the Western Force, focus needed to be on continuing to bolster talent in traditionally strong states, in a similar vein to the NRL’s Melbourne Storm.<\/p>\n

“I think with the success of Western Sydney Wanderers and GWS they love their sport out there,” he said.<\/p>\n

“You see four teams in the NRL as well that cover the west ,they’ll be the  fastest growing suburbs in Sydney over the next five years.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think we should relocate, what we need to do is bolster the competitions locally.”<\/p>\n

Paul said talent would be an ongoing issue for any Perth franchise.<\/p>\n

“Always one of the major issues there during the early days when they were deciding to put a franchise there was deciding whether they could financially support themselves but the talent pool side of things was always going to be difficult to bolster.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Relocation is not the answer to the Western Force’s problems but former Force player Ryan Cross says keeping five Super Rugby franchises isn’t much better. Cross’s comments came in a week when outgoing Waratahs CEO Greg Harris suggested the Force should relocate cross-country and take up residence in Western Sydney. The ex-Force and Waratahs representative, … <\/p>\n

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