Save Our Sides Protest Rally - Campbelltown

[galahs]

Basically rugby League in the Macarthur region is in a shambles. The junior League is badly run and managed and Wests Tigers are more interested in returning to the inner city than tackling the challenges we have out our way.

We just want to give our kids more opportunities to play footy, not less!

The first of many protest rallies has been organised for Sunday the 5th of February to raise concern on the state of Rugby League in South West Sydney.
People from Liverpool, the Macarthur and Southern Highlands, have been ignored for too long by both Rugby League administrators and more recently the Wests Tigers back room men.

The situations we have at hand has gotten to a stage that if we don’t act soon, we will lose much support of our great game of Rugby League. We will lose it to other, better run football codes that have a strategic long term approach to winning the hearts and minds of this thriving area.

What is needed isn’t hard to achieve and we have many talented people from our own area to achieve it. We just need Rugby League to develop a long term roadmap for the area, and then act on it!

These are the basic demands we have:

- We DEMAND a professionally run Senior Competition for the Campbelltown and Liverpool district.
- We DEMAND that Rugby League clubs can play and train at a Home Ground of their own choosing.
- We DEMAND the region retains its own NSW Cup, SG Ball and Harold Matthews representative sides.
- We DEMAND that Campbelltown Stadium gets more than 4 NRL games a year.

We have had enough! For years we have only ever gotten lip service, we now want action. Action we can see! Results we can see!

The march will begin at Campbelltown Council at 10am and proceed down the road to Campbelltown Stadium and the Leagues Club.



Online Petition, please sign it
http://www.petitiononlineaustralia.com/petition/save-our-sides-rugby-league-protest-rally/277

More details here:
http://westsmagpies.blogspot.com/2012/01/save-our-sides-protest-rally.html
http://s9.zetaboards.com/Wests_Magpies_Forum/topic/7318595/8/#new

 

[Gow's Scissors]

Good luck... no offense but why did you come here to spruik your rally. Didnt see any save the sharks rally posts in the western sydney forums.

but as i say good luck, we got enough to worry about.

 

[Mark^Bastard]

It looks like a good cause. Is this really a Wests vs Balmain in fighting thing though?

 

[Gow's Scissors]

Yep pretty much...

im all for junior footy but not sure it belongs in Sharks Forever!

 

[fitz]

Hmmm... I wonder whether Western Suburbs would consider it a better option to have some lovely sky blue on their jerseys rather than that abhorrent orange.

 

[Mark^Bastard]

Hmmm... I wonder whether Western Suburbs would consider it a better option to have some lovely sky blue on their jerseys rather than that abhorrent orange.

We've probably got more Wests juniors than the Tigers at the moment!

And we're closer to Campbeltown...

 

[ABshark]

Hmmm... I wonder whether Western Suburbs would consider it a better option to have some lovely sky blue on their jerseys rather than that abhorrent orange.

It would have made the Leagues Club merger with Mounties all the more beneficial I would have thought.

A prominent criticism of our club is that it has no where to go, no where to expand. What about South West Sydney?

 

[Mark^Bastard]

How about Wests and Illawarra de-merge and join the Sharks. Epic junior base, that'd stick it to the 'glamour' tigers and dragons.

 

[Matty C of the Shire]

How about Wests and Illawarra de-merge and join the Sharks. Epic junior base, that'd stick it to the 'glamour' tigers and dragons.

I do love that idea

 

[galahs]

Mate we want to be a part of the Wests Tigers. We just want to be treated fairly.
We just want 50:50 as the joint venture states.

We just want local opportunities for local kids. They shouldn't have to go to Concord to play rep footy.

Please feel free to post your plight of the sharks on the Wests Supporter Forum. We love you Sharkies because we both have a hatred of all things 1978!
http://www.wests.co.nr

 

[the big boy]

Good luck but you are going to have trouble drumming up support here. We cant beat the West Tigers with a stick.

 

[Gow's Scissors]

Mate we want to be a part of the Wests Tigers. We just want to be treated fairly.
We just want 50:50 as the joint venture states.

We just want local opportunities for local kids. They shouldn't have to go to Concord to play rep footy.

Please feel free to post your plight of the sharks on the Wests Supporter Forum. We love you Sharkies because we both have a hatred of all things 1978!
http://www.wests.co.nr

Oi... i was born in 78... now you got no chance!

 

[Matty C of the Shire]

Damn gow.. No wonder why that year is cursed lmao ( thank god I was both in 79)

 

[Gow's Scissors]

I was a week old when we lost that grandfinal.... no wonder the elusive premiership means so much to me... damnit i just want 1 !!!!

 

[Matty C of the Shire]

Now we know who to blame...hahaha .. Let's hunt down gow for a sacrifice lmao

 

[Gow's Scissors]

If it will help us get a premiership. i will take one for the team.

 

[Matty C of the Shire]

If it will help us get a premiership. i will take one for the team.

Ok guys You heard it from Gow!!!!

 

[gosharkies]

I was a week old when we lost that grandfinal.... no wonder the elusive premiership means so much to me... damnit i just want 1 !!!!

i was born in 72 i have been waiting 6 more years than you,
how do you think i feel

 

[gosharkies]

If it will help us get a premiership. i will take one for the team.

well said

 

[Mr Ryan]

Not that I care too much about the Wests Tigers, but the way I see it, if they can only afford 1 NSW Cup team and wanna have all their fringies in 1 team, then that team should be the Magpies.

If 1 team has to go then it should be the old Balmain Tigers. They can play in the Jim Beam Cup.

In short it should be:

- First Grade: Wests Tigers
- Reserve Grade: Wests Magpies