West Coast Pirates Bid News

[Perth Red]

I wish they wouldn't, I'm sick of sitting in traffic jams!

 

[Perth Red]

Yet more reasons why the nations wealthiest State needs an NRL team soon:
http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2011/03/wa-resources-boom-shows-no-signs-of-slowing/

The State’s Resources Industry has surged almost 50 % in value since 2009 reaching a record $91.6 Billion in 2010.
Figures recently compiled by the Department of Mines and Petroleum revealed iron ore remained Western Australia’s most valuable resource, accounting for $48.5 Billion or 53 % of all mineral and petroleum sales in 2010.
“Due to our State’s rapidly expanding resources sector, export earnings reached an impressive $100 Billion for the first time.”
The Minister said that WA led the nation in mining investment expenditure – accounting for $24.5 Billion in 2010.
“WA’s resources industry is expected to grow strongly in 2011 and beyond with more than $250 Billion earmarked for development and expansions in major mining and petroleum projects.”
“Strong economic growth in developing economies, including China and India, will underpin steady demand for the mineral and petroleum products in coming years.” Mr. Moore said.

 

[Perth Red]

 

[Perth Red]

Reds' Chiefs Sell the WOW Factor
Perth Reds took the first small step this week in what they hope will be a giant leap for West Australian sport.
A WA Rugby Leage delegation of chief executive John Sackson, chairman David Hobbs and director Bruce Havilah had a 90 minute meeting with NRL chief David Gallop and Andrew Hill, the newly appointed director of league integration and game development, in Sydney. Hill's involvement is significant. He was involved with the Western Reds, which fielded a team in the NRL in 1995 and '96 as the innaugural coaching and development manager and was also a reserve grade player with the club. Hill returned to Sydney at the end of '96 when the Reds joined Superleague. He spent 18 months with the AFL helping set up the GWS, and has now been lured back to the NRL for what he describes as an "incredibly exciting time".
Hill has an affinity with the Pwerth market, a factor that will not hurt the WARL bid. One of his new roles will be to coordinate the needs of teh wider game once the ARL is disbanded and a new 8 director independent commision is set up to run the game. Hill will report directly to Gallop and one of the first issues on the agend will be expansion.
"The meeting was very positive" Sackson said. "We had the opportunity to highlight every aspect of our case and where we are at, particularly with regard to sustainability, feasibility, corporate governance and government support".
" The formal proposal with all the bells and whistles willbe made once we get confirmation the NRL is expanding, but we belive we're in a great position right now."
The Reds have lined up a major sponsor which is ready to sign a $1.5-2million deal.
Hill will visit Perth in the "next month or so" and be updated on the Reds' plans to join the NRL in 2013 and see what shape the game is in at greassroots level.

Sport Confidential - Sunday Times 3/4/11

 

[BDGS]

Reds' Chiefs Sell the WOW Factor
Perth Reds took the first small step this week in what they hope will be a giant leap for West Australian sport.
A WA Rugby Leage delegation of chief executive John Sackson, chairman David Hobbs and director Bruce Havilah had a 90 minute meeting with NRL chief David Gallop and Andrew Hill, the newly appointed director of league integration and game development, in Sydney. Hill's involvement is significant. Hew as involved with the Western Reds, which fileded a team in the NRL in 1995 and '96 as the innaugural coaching and development manager and was also a reserve grade player with the club. Hill returned to Sydney at the end of '96 when the Reds joined Superleague. He spent 18 months with the AFL helping set up the GWS, and has now been lured back to the NRL for what he describes as an "incredibly exciting time".
Hill has an affinity with the Pwerth market, a factor that will not hurt the WARL bid. One of his new roles will be to coordinate the needs of teh wider game once the ARL is disbanded and a new 8 director independent commision is set up to run the game. Hill will report directly to Gallop and one of the first issues on the agend will be expansion.
"The meeting was very positive" Sackson said. "We had the opportunity to highlight every aspect of our case and where we are at, particularly with regard to sustainability, feasibility, corporate governance and government support".
" The formal proposal with all the bells and whistles willbe made once we get confirmation the NRL is expanding, but we belive we're in a great position right now."
The Reds have lined up a major sponsor which is ready to sign a $1.5-2million deal.
Hill will visit Perth in the "next month or so" and be updated on the Reds' plans to join the NRL in 2013 and see what shape the game is in at greassroots level.

Sport Confidential - Sunday Times 3/4/11

fantastic news.

 

[Perth Red]

Please take a look at our updated website. As the only bid with an independent supporters group the WA Red Army are playing a vital role in supporting the WA bid teams work , showing the loyal RL fanbase that exists in WA and providing a fans persepective for the WA Reds development.

Membership continues to grow and we welcome fans from all over the world to join our Army. Our most exotic members would have to be the ones from Peru and Morroco!

Check out our webpage and please send us any constructive feedback:

www.warzone.net.au

 

[Perth Red]

WA Red Army members April newsletter out this weekend.
Featuring:
Interview with John Sackson WARL CEO
Spotlight on an WA Reds SG Ball star
Latest bid news
Chance to have your say on Red Army merchandise
Win tickets to Souths v Brisbane
and much more
Join the Red Army for free at www.warzone.net.au and get behind the WA Reds in the NRL

 

[Perth Red]

Spoke with the WARL CEO at the weekend and heard that the meeting with Gallop went well. It was an informal meeting but the team presented the bid developments and Gallop was very receptive, he was especially pleased to hear about the corporate partners that are starting to be lined up.

 

[BDGS]

Gallop knows something that we don't ;-)

 

[Goldfields_Titans]

'Corporate partners'...once upon a time this game was for and about the supporters...now it's the suits.

 

[BDGS]

'Corporate partners'...once upon a time this game was for and about the supporters...now it's the suits.

It's all about the bottom line, fans are nothing but figures to clubs and the NRL these days.

 

[Perth Red]

Sadly when you turn sport into an industry that is the way it is. A $20mill income doesn't come from the fans.

There is an interesting debate going on with NIB stadium along these lines. Glory and WA Govt want the East stand building first which is a fans stand. Western Force (and to a lesser degree WARL) want the Western stand building which is mainly corporate boxes. I have heard that there may be a compromise with a reworked East stand to include a mix of corporate facilities and fan seating. Apparently selling one corporate box is equal to getting an extra 1500 fans through the gate every game, finance wise.

 

[Von]

So what's the latest Red???

I haven't followed this sting for a few weeks now.

Is there community support from the 'man in the street' in Perth?
Does the average Perth bloke know of the Reds? or even know about NRL?
What the Force have a detrimental affect?

 

[Perth Red]

Hi Von, yes I think there is a decent amount of support for the bid. It is still under the media radar and not likely to get amped much until the NRL offically says there will be expansion and the call for bids goes out. I would then expect the West to jump on the bandwagon. Coverage from the Sunday Times has been better. We know for a fact there are around 15k RL fans willing to pay to watch a game, with a good team, a decent budget and a clever marketing team we will hold our own crowd wise with most teams. The WA Red Army has already signed up 300 fans in a few weeks as the independent supporters group for the team and more to come!

Re the Force, they have the jump on us and have alot more support from the ARU than we will ever get from the NRL but they lack of decent players in Australia is killing them and they can;t put a decent squad together. Their crowds have dropped from 25k+ to 15k. When the Reds are back the jnr numbers will also start to dry up for them as they can no longer cherry pick decent WA jnr RL players.

Bid wise everything is coming together well, stadium, fanbase, corporate support etc is all there or there abouts.

 

[BDGS]

Re the Force, they have the jump on us and have alot more support from the ARU than we will ever get from the NRL but they lack of decent players in Australia is killing them and they can;t put a decent squad together. Their crowds have dropped from 25k+ to 15k. When the Reds are back the jnr numbers will also start to dry up for them as they can no longer cherry pick decent WA jnr RL players.

Could you please go deeper into this bold section?

 

[Perth Red]

yeh, when the ARU was looking at potential new franchise cities they picked Perth as a good choice. They then started to schedule Wallabie's games here, usually against SA which helped get good crowds and get RU in the papers and in front of people. They then based England here for some of their World Cup games, again giving the code huge media exposure etc. Then when the Force were announced as the succesful bid they gave them a $12mill start up grant to help them promote themselves, set up Jnr structures etc etc. Finally they worked over the State Govt to get a Govt funded $10mill RU centre of excellence built at Perry Lakes.

Compare that to the way the NRL has basically ignored Perth and even when we had the opportunity to schedule a couple of RLWC games here they totally ignored the city, they have done nothing to help the WARL get more NRL games played here, they have done nothing to get Ch9 to show the games at a decent time and I very much doubt there will be any additional financial assistance forthcoming if we are succesful in getting a team for 2013.

 

[BDGS]

yeh, when the ARU was looking at potential new franchise cities they picked Perth as a good choice. They then started to schedule Wallabie's games here, usually against SA which helped get good crowds and get RU in the papers and in front of people. They then based England here for some of their World Cup games, again giving the code huge media exposure etc. Then when the Force were announced as the succesful bid they gave them a $12mill start up grant to help them promote themselves, set up Jnr structures etc etc. Finally they worked over the State Govt to get a Govt funded $10mill RU centre of excellence built at Perry Lakes.

Compare that to the way the NRL has basically ignored Perth and even when we had the opportunity to schedule a couple of RLWC games here they totally ignored the city, they have done nothing to help the WARL get more NRL games played here, they have done nothing to get Ch9 to show the games at a decent time and I very much doubt there will be any additional financial assistance forthcoming if we are succesful in getting a team for 2013.

oh ok, When you said "the Force, they have the jump on us and have alot more support from the ARU "i took it was the Force is backing the WA Reds and they have support of that move from the ARU. My bad for misinterpreting.

Just for clarification the Force are on the WA Reds bandwagon so to speak?

Also, what would you say to someone that think if this bid enters the NRL it will only last 10 years tops?

Thanks.

 

[Perth Red]

I'd say that will be up to the RL fans of WA and the NRL to decide! There's a reason why after 100 years RL is still confined to very small geographical areas and it is that type of thinking. We have, on the field, the best game in the world, we just need administrators with the same level of talent as the players and this game will be amazing!

I'd like to hear the reasoning why people think it won't last 10 years.

ps I doubt the Force will be supporting us! They know we have the potential to be stronger than them and attracting the best jnrs to RL away from RU. We have already done it just by having a SG Ball team (Kurtis Rhona) so one can only imagine what is possible with a succesful NRL team! QWe also have greater pulling power for corporate support. What company wouldn't want to be shown via NRL to the audience that RL gets?

 

[j5o6hn]

Most of these people never wanted Rugby League to grow out of Sydney,a lot still don't unfortunate but true.
The opportunity is beyond them,they are frightened it might succeed,they killed the Reds off once with saddling the with all the incoming teams costs,you are dealing with some who cant see 30 yrs down the track,unlike both opposition codes

 

[Goddo]

LOL at how BDGS has turned on this bid in the light of Central Coast slipping to third in the race for expansion.