All this seems remarkably sanguine about the idea of (a) getting free trans-tasman travel up and running soon; (b) getting people to come back to the RoF once that happens, and (b) seems like a significant worry for me, given current form. We don't get crouds again, Welnix continues to be skint, the team becomes unaffordable. I know that the other clubs don't want to get rid of us like FFA did; but you've got to wonder how much they'll subsidise us before it comes with strings attached, eg. "Woollongong Phoenix".
And the question is not THIS year, when they can afford Hemed/Taylor/Davila, it's next year when the money's gone, so are all those players, and Uffie. Those four people are an economic proposition provided we start winning and thus attract crouds (you know what Kiwi audiences are like). But that hasn't happened, it doesn't look like it's going to happen.
And the question is not THIS year, when they can afford Hemed/Taylor/Davila, it's next year when the money's gone, so are all those players, and Uffie. Those four people are an economic proposition provided we start winning and thus attract crouds (you know what Kiwi audiences are like). But that hasn't happened, it doesn't look like it's going to happen.