Druzik I am curious to hear what may know or have heard. I wonder if they fell out over the Tonga tournament.
Well I have spoken with Jack... and others. I remember last year that Jack was as staunch a supporter of Niu and the ANRL as there was. He was part of the management team and the Tomahawks and was there at the World Cup Qualifiers. He called David the best and most trustworthy person he knows.
FFwd... The way its been sumarised to me is that Jack was used to make contacts, and when they were made he was forced out. Essentially what has happened, as I understand it, is this:
There were many issues with what was happening in the AMNRL. There was a lack of financial transparency. Money was being taken out of the game in Hawaii... as revenues of some kind I guess... Jack felt that it should have been put back into the game, as it was to grow this year. There were issues with the Tonga selection, all were political not on merit with players from Oahu who never played the game and unfit being selected to court a few interests there. This apparently disheartened many who were on board. There were players left out due to differences between Jack and the AMNRL and also there is a lack of grassroots focus.
Jack moved there to organise the Hawaiian Rugby League and the Tonga game some part Tongan, who apparently screwed Unoin in Hawaii, was taking the Lead. Jack and his board wanted nothing to do with these new guys.
That's when he left, if on hos own or pushed, who knows that but them.
Well, that is about what I know of the situation. Course, anyone in the AMNRL you try and talk to about it, they just play silent or deny any knowledge.
