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On Monday the 14th of September the Perth RBN joined other chapters of the Australian Rugby Business Network for a National Pre-World Cup Q&A event, broadcast all around Australia!

The panels consisted of former Wallabies, Owen Finegan, Dan Vickerman and Brian Smith in Sydney, with Perth Hosting Tai McIsaac and Richard Brown.

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From left to right: Gareth Lee-Bell, Louis de Klerk, Richard Brown and Carl Titchmarsh

During the introduction attendees were challenged to find one of the Perth RBN organising committee and provide feedback on what they would like to see done in future events. We want to create events which bring benefit to our guests and the wider rugby community as a whole. Some takeaways from your feedback were:

  • Female speaker/s

  • Get Rugby Clubs involved

  • Good venue

  • Great panel in the Q&A

  • The Live stream was good

‘For me Rugby networks are a lot about getting to know people first with a few beers, some old stories and comparing a few war wounds than hard selling strangers. So essentially it fit the bill in my view.”

Plus

“Maybe we could all attend 10 club games through the upcoming season one per Premier home game as part of the RBN calendar?”

Q&A Live Stream from Sydney

The live feed provided by Redback Conferencing was streamed onto a large screen in the Stables bar where a dedicated bar plus snacks meant a comfortable bunch of guests sat down to listen to the Q&A with the panel in Sydney from 4:15pm.

Once we got underway there were some fascinating and entertaining insights from the panel as they responded to Adrian Skeggs questioning. See the link to the video of the Q&A with former Wallabies Dan Vickerman, Owen Finegan and Brian Smith.

https://youtu.be/CX1CiLF0t_Y
 

Perth Based Speaker's Q&A

Once the stream ended we moved onto our Perth based speakers.

Tai McIsaac - Former Perth Spirit hooker Tai McIsaac has been appointed head coach of the Perth Spirit for the 2015 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship (NRC), alongside returning assistant coaches Dwayne Nestor and Elwee Prinsloo.

Tai responded well to variety of questions focused on the Perth Spirit’s season to date; his career as a player and coach; the quality of up and coming players like Nick Jooste and others who are part of the Future Force Foundation.

The Future Force Foundation identifies rugby talent from home and abroad and weaves them into the fabric of rugby in WA. We offer young players between the ages of 18 and 21 the opportunity to pursue a professional playing career as well as to develop as people.

Tai’s current challenge, given the run of results in the season thus far, was improving consistency of performance within the team and converting small margins into large gains on the field*.

*Since the event Tai appears to have achieved this with a win over the Qld Country.

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Get down to McGillivray Oval for their next fixture this weekend @ 3:30pm against Melbourne.

Tai closed off with a challenge to the audience to consider supporting the Force Fifteen Foundation - See Huw Lock’s details below for contact details to find out how.

Huw Lock - Western Force & RugbyWA Sponsorship Manager, provided some Perth Spirit match tickets as well as a Western Force signed rugby ball. These were won  by guests in a business card draw at the end of the evening.

Huw would be happy to discuss any corporate hospitality requests for Super Rugby or Wallaby Internationals in 2016 at the NIB stadium. Please reach out to him for more details. huw.lock@rugbywa.com.au

Tai and the Perth Spirit can be followed on twitter @PERTHSPIRIT / @RWA_Community and found on Facebook here and here.

 

Richard Brown - Western Force Founding Member [ from 2006 ] and played 89 games for them [till 2013]. Given the options Richard indicated that he was a 24 cap Wallaby!

Richard provided an insight into his formative rugby years at Nudgee College (how they made him what he is today!)

His response to the questions put forward during the Q&A provided the audience with a passionate, insightful and honest appraisal of life as professional rugby player, and life after professional rugby!

One of the highlights recalled by one of our guests:

Richard Brown offering to have a chat with me outside for a pavement bet for my Pocock/Politican question, especially as I meant it as a compliment and the fact that there was a change of PM (on the night)!

Where to find Richard - Linkedin and Twitter - @rickibrown

What Next - Provide your feedback by contacting the Organising committee and let us know your thoughts.

This saw Carl Titchmarsh, Louis de Klerk, Peter Biasin and Gareth Lee-Bell making a point of asking attendees for input.

We are looking for volunteers, organising committee, events - speakers, hosts and venues. Contact your organising committee if you can help. Join the LinkedIn group for event updates.

Venue

The Moon and Sixpence was the venue for the Perth event. Special thanks to Tanya Evans who arranged the Stables bar at the rear of the establishment and provided snacks and nibbles for the assembled guests. The close proximity to the centre of Perth made this a perfect location for CBD based attendees, due to the early start time in Perth.

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The Moon and Sixpence - Stables Bar

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For Perth enquiries:


Gareth Lee-Bell
Perth Organising Committee: The Rugby Business Network
Email: gjhleebell@gmail.com  
Mobile: 0487 021 012

For national RBN enquiries:

Adrian Skeggs
Australian ConvenorThe Rugby Business Network
Email: adrian@therugbybusinessnetwork.com 
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