THE LAST 5 YEARS OF PERTH RUGBY

Rugby in Perth is still 99% amateur when compared to Rugby Union Clubs in the east of the country and most of the rest of the world. However with the announcement 10 December  2004 by the then RugbyWA Chairman Geoff Stooke that Perth had won the bid over Rugby Union Victoria and Melbourne it all started to change.

Suddenly Western Australia was on the rugby map. It took another 2 years before the first Western Force team ran onto a rugby field to play in the then newly formed Super 14.
And then, on Friday 10 February 2006, the moment so many people have been wating for: The Tooheys New Super 14 début of the Emirates Western Force. More than 37,000 people packed Subiaco Oval to watch their team take on Australia's benchmark in the Super 12, the Canberra-based Brumbies. The final score was 25-10 in favour of the Brumbies but a new rugby force was born. What did this do for club rugby ?? well it will be interesting to hear the views of local people that have been in Perth longer  than what I have.

Photos and some info from RUGBYWA