Moana Pasifika v Western Force (postponed)
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@KiwiMurph said in Moana Pasifika V Western Force:
@Chris at least Moana Pasifika get a well earned bye weekend.
They probably need it poor buggers.
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Mauger is correct here. MP should have been given a heads-up before leaving for Melbourne.
“We’re disappointed we found out so late,” Mauger told Stuff. “It’s less than ideal from the Force. Nobody got in touch to let us know a couple of days ago they had cases. That’s what we’ve done the whole way through … it wouldn’t have taken much to pick up the phone, and say, ‘we could be in trouble this weekend, just letting you know’.”
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@Bovidae said in Moana Pasifika v Western Force (postponed):
Mauger is correct here. MP should have been given a heads-up before leaving for Melbourne.
“We’re disappointed we found out so late,” Mauger told Stuff. “It’s less than ideal from the Force. Nobody got in touch to let us know a couple of days ago they had cases. That’s what we’ve done the whole way through … it wouldn’t have taken much to pick up the phone, and say, ‘we could be in trouble this weekend, just letting you know’.”
ozzies are selfish piston wristed gibbons in trans Ta$man compe, suprise - see league, soccer, bb and any other spor that is TT
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I think this article is pay-walled. Have copied and pasted the most important part, but not the enitire article.
Exhausted Moana Pasifika fed up, may request forfeit from Force
Embattled Super Rugby debutants Moana Pasifika are refusing to reschedule their cancelled game against the Force, saying enough is enough after playing six games in three weeks this season.
In a move that could have major ramifications for the make-up of the top eight, Moana chief executive Pelenato Sakalia told the Herald he was in no rush to lock in a new date for the round 10 clash and pleaded for some clear air for his team.
Sakalia did not rule out pushing for a forfeit from the Force, which is used in the UK Premiership and in other sports.
He also hit out at the way the Western Force and Super Round organisers handled the Perth side’s COVID-19 outbreak, which resulted in the Friday afternoon game being cancelled while Moana were in the air on their way to Melbourne.
And he said competition administrators had a duty of care to Moana players to allow them to focus on their Australian games without the threat of a fourth so-called “storm week” hanging over them.
“Is it in the best interests of the competition for one team to be so disadvantaged that they are consigned to being a non-player in the competition?” Sakalia said. “Is it really in the best interests of our players to be having discussions about the postponed game, before we’ve even played the next game in our schedule?
“There is plenty of time in coming weeks for myself, SANZAAR, New Zealand Rugby and the Force to work through what are our options. Yes, rescheduling is an option people have put on the table.”
The Sekope Kepu-captained side has been disproportionately hit by COVID-19 postponements, playing a game on average every three-and-a-half days for a period against New Zealand sides.
Led by coach Aaron Mauger, they spent three weeks longer than any other side in the Queenstown bubble at the start of the season and gave a debut to 46 Super Rugby players in their first season of competition.The Force are in eighth spot but face a tough run to retain that place with games against the five New Zealand sides. If Moana can beat one or two of their Australian-based opponents, including the Fijian Drua, the postponed match will have a major bearing on the final composition of the top eight.
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@Stargazer I have sympathy for both parties, but the ask of Moana Pasifika to play so many rescheduled matches is a ludicrous indictment on SANZAAR's lack off professionalism.
